PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

I'm not privy to the news coverage here in America so what are the odds that City actually get done by the PL? Is it 50/50 or is this just more posturing to fuck with the locker room?
 
buckshot said:
I'm not privy to the news coverage here in America so what are the odds that City actually get done by the PL? Is it 50/50 or is this just more posturing to fuck with the locker room?
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I think it's reasonable to assume we'll be found guilty of not cooperating with the premier league. Our justification of course is they're , like uefa, leaking and potentially sharing information with our competition. We'll be done for that imo, as CAS set that precedent that , whilst acknowledging concerns over bias, it was not reason enough for City to not cooperate.


But for the grander charges regarding cooking the books and hiding payments and sponsorship, well that's something they have to prove and I've not seen anything suggest they can. Its an extremely serious allegation, potentially to the point of criminal proceedings against individuals, connected to or part of the Abu Dhabi royal family, for fraud, but as with the previous uefa charges seems to be substantially lacking in actual evidence. I'd be personally shocked if our management team were that stupid, if we've done anything of order I would expect it's something within the rules at the time that was retrospectively changed or seen as a grey area.

The stakes are incredibly high though now. I'm not sure the premier league thought this through. Win and they have to take unprecedented action against one of their biggest interests. Lose and they all but sign their own death warrant as a body capable of governing itself and it's members and even more so potentially open the door for a European super league and initiate the end of the dominance of English football commercially.
 
bobbyowenquiff said:
If I was a betting man I would say it was a row between the VAR person at Stockley Park Michael Oliver and the onfield ref Attwell which the broadcasters would have hear. Attwell ran straight up to the linesman gesturing for him to lower his flag. But Oliver was stiched up by whoever briefed the press. The whole thing stinks.
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Said at the time that I bet Oliver and McCann would be pissed off with Atwell involving them Ultimately it was their job to say offside it was the Atwell who made the decision that Rashford was a ghost
 
bluetonium said:
I think it's reasonable to assume we'll be found guilty of not cooperating with the premier league. Our justification of course is they're , like uefa, leaking and potentially sharing information with our competition. We'll be done for that imo, as CAS set that precedent that , whilst acknowledging concerns over bias, it was not reason enough for City to not cooperate.


But for the grander charges regarding cooking the books and hiding payments and sponsorship, well that's something they have to prove and I've not seen anything suggest they can. Its an extremely serious allegation, potentially to the point of criminal proceedings against individuals, connected to or part of the Abu Dhabi royal family, for fraud, but as with the previous uefa charges seems to be substantially lacking in actual evidence. I'd be personally shocked if our management team were that stupid, if we've done anything of order I would expect it's something within the rules at the time that was retrospectively changed or seen as a grey area.

The stakes are incredibly high though now. I'm not sure the premier league thought this through. Win and they have to take unprecedented action against one of their biggest interests. Lose and they all but sign their own death warrant as a body capable of governing itself and it's members and even more so potentially open the door for a European super league and initiate the end of the dominance of English football commercially.
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Would not being forthcoming with the PL be enough for a serious penalty or would it just be another fine?
 
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