PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[halfcenturyup]

Yeah true, what would the

This is very interesting. Would love to know why they might climb down at this point, they've had 4 years to prepare their case so would be surprising if they suddenly thought we don't really fancy it (unless it was just pressure to get something out and only now are they thinking how they pursue it) or perhaps someone (city or outside body) has fed them something to make them think again.
And as Give it to Gordon says if the PL fall flat on their faces how do they explain it. You'd have to think heads would roll.
It's fascinating either way to try to work out what's going on here.

Imho, once the investigation was opened, they had to finish it. And once the investigation was finished without full cooperation, anything that didn't have a satisfactory answer had to be put down as a breach. That's why there are so many. I have done these things before and all you can really do is put everything in the list of breaches that you didn't get acceptable answers for, in this case over multiple years as well. In VAR parlance, it's protocol. One of the mistakes they have made, imo, is that they should have waited for CAS before they opened their investigation, then they could have taken the award into account before starting. But here we are.

The other mistake, if they have indeed made it, I don't want to raise again.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

The only way I see it ending soon is a major climb down by the PL with us maybe accepting the non-cooperation charges and taking a relatively minor pinch on that.

Are you sensing the PL don’t have the appetite for the fight they picked?

I'm starting to believe the Premier League wanted the whole thing to go away and have washed their hands of it, certainly in terms of getting particular clubs off their backs.

Our timeline now.

Agree on the non-cooperation charge you suggest.

 

[WRicko]

Imho, once the investigation was opened, they had to finish it. And once the investigation was finished without full cooperation, anything that didn't have a satisfactory answer had to be put down as a breach. That's why there are so many. I have done these things before and all you can really do is put everything in the list of breaches that you didn't get acceptable answers for, in this case over multiple years we well. In VAR parlance, it's protocol. One of the mistakes they have made, imo, is that they should have waited for CAS before they opened their investigation, then they could have taken the award into account before starting. But here we are.

The other mistake, if they have indeed made it, I don't want to raise again.

What mistake why not raise it ?

 

[halfcenturyup]

I always said that if we agreed Etihad was a related party, then there's nothing UEFA could have done.

I'm not sure the club could ever call Etihad a related party without fanning the flames of state ownership and all that entails. Unless the definition of RP has changed significantly since I was an accountant in a previous life. Which is possible, granted.

 

[halfcenturyup]

What mistake why not raise it ?

Not biting :)

 

[pavelsrnicek]

City want it all done and dusted in a matter of months.

95 per cent of the charges are already considered off the table.

Just leaves us with 5.75 charges!

Very very interesting news. The problem with all of it is how it ends. I would think that in order for the PL to agree a settlement they will need us to plead guilty to something.

Problem with that is the ongoing narrative tossed around by the likes of Tariq Panja, Nick Harris and Miguel Delaney is that we were found guilty in CAS. Despite the fact that it was noncooperation, for what we thought (and not unreasonably) was a kangaroo court. Something similar by the PL will give those eejits a fig leaf of credibility to spout nonsense about tainted titles and the like.

I find it incredible that the bloated fascist Tebas is invited to the FT football event and allowed spout pure invective about us. The home of the Premier League are happy to allow a far right nutball, who has allowed his own league to degenerate into chaos, is given free press to denigrate the current English champions. It beggars belief but the English sporting press never cease to amaze for all the wrong reasons.

 

[M18CTID]

City want it all done and dusted in a matter of months.

95 per cent of the charges are already considered off the table.

Hope so. A lot of what they've charged us with didn't make sense on the face of it as it's literally the same stuff we were cleared at CAS for. I could kind of understand them lobbing stuff at us outside of that even if it turns out to be bullshit, such as the time-barred charges not considered at CAS and the Mancini thing for example but throw everything in that we were cleared of by the highest sporting arbitration court in the world was odd*

*Of course, I''m saying all this with a view to the PL not being in possession of some smoking gun evidence that has us bang to rights, although on that score I'd be astonished if such evidence exists, let alone sits in the PL's hands.

 

[richards30]

I'm starting to believe the Premier League wanted the whole thing to go away and have washed their hands of it, certainly in terms of getting particular clubs off their backs.

Our timeline now.

Agree on the non-cooperation charge you suggest.

We will get hit with non cooperation charges anyway?

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

I'm not sure the club could ever call Etihad a related party without fanning the flames of state ownership and all that entails. Unless the definition of RP has changed significantly since I was an accountant in a previous life. Which is possible, granted.

Etihad is not in any way an RP under accounting standards, as you say.

 

[WRicko]

I'm starting to believe the Premier League wanted the whole thing to go away and have washed their hands of it, certainly in terms of getting particular clubs off their backs.

Our timeline now.

Agree on the non-cooperation charge you suggest.

What happens if the outcome is as positive and quick as you suggest ? Will the owners not want more information in the public domaine so as to undo the damage to our reputation ? A quick result in our favor doesn’t do this certain people will claim cover up others will just be baffled

If the Premier League come out and say it’s all fine now does Khaldoon come out and explain things or is that it. I would really like him to come out and go for the Red clubs and the premier league for coming after us I accept that won’t happen but I would like him to explain things to people that don’t read your posts.

Maybe it doesn’t matter especially as far as other fans are concerned but I carnt help but think it must have had some affect on sponsors etc or why would people be out to get us