PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[feelymcfeel]

To be fair I’m more concerned about his punctuation and sentence construction. Semi colon….really ?

I like semi-colons; they're often quite useful.

 

[mike1923]

Guaranteed legal action threatened.
There is no way on this gods earth they would print that retraction otherwise.
It just goes to show they simply made it up to get a few clicks. Utter gutter press.
Pond life.

Makes me laugh

Haaland’s camp have told them to retract it

Surely it was only reliable and therefore newsworthy if it had come from Haaland’s camp in the first place? Otherwise they’re just printing bollocks based on either a nothing source or a made up source.. surely not

 

[KS55]

These charges have seriously backfired on the whole league already. Piss is on the boil again!!

I wondered the other day whether this nonsense would incline him to stay beyond his current contract. And Lo, Pep says: “I’m not going anywhere”. Those accusatory clubs have shot themselves in the foot.

 

[Nellies left peg]

Will this be like a real court where the persecution must surrender everything to the defence??

We’re the persecuted:-)

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

Where can we see this?

He'll be publishing it via his usual ForeverBlue Youtube channel

 

[threadkiller]

Although essentially correct even in the civil arena and balance of probabilities there are differing standards. One of which is based upon burden of proof. The burden of proof is entirely on the PL to prove their case. Further because they have alleged dishonesty and essentially fraud, although not beyond a reasonable doubt standard, it is still much more than a simple balance of probabilities.
The best way to illustrate it is percentages. Balance of probabilities is basically whoever proves their case as being 51% most likely wins. Beyond a reasonable doubt is often described as 90-95% depending on who you are talking to. The higher standard expected when alleging fraud or dishonesty in the civil arena is more like 70-30.
These are of course simplistic figures and based on a representation. However I hope they illustrate how difficult the case that the PL has taken on will be for them to prove. If the panel accepts the same weight of witness and fact evidence that was presented to CAS as true then the PL CANNOT win on their main charge.

But the PL panel is NOT court, and we have no idea what, if any legal standard of proof, or even evidence

 

[Shads]

Up until 2018. Thereafter, not so much. And that is what I think the charges refer to, the period between 2018 and now. Which I guess City would argue they wouldnt need to cooperate with as there is no cause for investigation.

Or that they had already provided everything that was needed and there was nothing left to give.

 

[David Kloppesh]

He said 9 teams, he even named them while counting on his fingers. Am I missing something, Unless he has 19 fucking fingers

we should ask the guy with four ears few pages back

 

[Silva&Silva]

Not always been his biggest fan, but fair play to Sam Allardyce for voicing some support for us this week. Makes a change to hear someone not just trotting out the type of uninformed shite that we've endured from the likes of Simon Jordan and Gabby Agbonlahor this week:

Speaking to William Hill and Footy Accumulators’ No Tippy Tappy Football, a series in which Sam Allardyce and host Natalie Pike are joined by a special guest each week to discuss the big stories surrounding the 2022/23 Premier League and beyond, Allardyce said: “Of course there is jealousy – all the other clubs will be rubbing their hands together wanting Man City to be found guilty, as we’ve seen in the press.

“Football has always been unfair. The fact that if you have more fans, you have more money to spend, that’s what it was like when I played. The ones that had the most fans had the most money, and that’s how they grew. Football is a business now; as long as it’s the right money coming in, why not welcome it?

“It seems like the owners and the chief executives want City kicked out of the league which is not the right thing to do. I hope they aren’t found guilty and prove the other side and come out on top.”

Fair play to him for looking at this situation with a bit of sense.

 

[Nellies left peg]

Not always been his biggest fan, but fair play to Sam Allardyce for voicing some support for us this week. Makes a change to hear someone not just trotting out the type of uninformed shite that we've endured from the likes of Simon Jordan and Gabby Agbonlahor this week:

Speaking to William Hill and Footy Accumulators’ No Tippy Tappy Football, a series in which Sam Allardyce and host Natalie Pike are joined by a special guest each week to discuss the big stories surrounding the 2022/23 Premier League and beyond, Allardyce said: “Of course there is jealousy – all the other clubs will be rubbing their hands together wanting Man City to be found guilty, as we’ve seen in the press.

“Football has always been unfair. The fact that if you have more fans, you have more money to spend, that’s what it was like when I played. The ones that had the most fans had the most money, and that’s how they grew. Football is a business now; as long as it’s the right money coming in, why not welcome it?

“It seems like the owners and the chief executives want City kicked out of the league which is not the right thing to do. I hope they aren’t found guilty and prove the other side and come out on top.”

Very good considering English isn’t his first language:-)