PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[Fordyboy46]

I thought we'd have waited until the season finished to start these proceedings

 

[Centurions]

So if that's the case I would say the pl 'management' arent fit for purpose. How can you make such a school boy error ? Even I know you cant be charged if the rules weren't there !! Are the pl really that thick and amateurish

Hopefully we will see the pl investigate dipperpool fro their 50million to improve their dump which never happen

By waffling a lot?

Aren't the 'new' rules actually referred to by the PL as 'clarifications', they'll be claiming that that was always intended to be the meaning of any rules we've 'broken' and it's our fault for not checking with them.

 

[Betterdeedthan red]

It sounds to me this is all a load of shit as we all thought

 

[Centurions]

I thought we'd have waited until the season finished to start these proceedings

It's been ongoing for 4 years(?) and the PL aren't going to pause it. It's not like Pep is managing it all.

 

[nellyonthewing]

It came out a couple of weeks later and was on the front page of the BBC Sport page. I know because I commented on it at the time.

I was hoping it would go further personally. The whitepaper has the kind non-controversial suggestions you’d expect but nothing ground-breaking. It announces the plan to introduce an independent regulator that will “improve financial resilience” and “ensure the appropriateness of owners and their source of wealth”. Talked a lot about protecting fans and club heritage. I’m paraphrasing, but it was all quite vague and banal.

Maybe an independent regulator will remove some of the biases we currently see against different types of ownership models but I’m not holding my breath.

No doubt Lord Ferguson of Govan would get the job.

 

[hihosilva]

You can't, which is why City are 100 per cent confident this will all bite the dust and finally be put to bed.

Are the club saying that all the charges were issued before the rule change?

 

[bugsyblue]

So if that's the case I would say the pl 'management' arent fit for purpose. How can you make such a school boy error ? Even I know you cant be charged if the rules weren't there !! Are the pl really that thick and amateurish

Hopefully we will see the pl investigate dipperpool fro their 50million to improve their dump which never happen

I agree. Also what’s annoying is it seems imposible to find a balanced analytical article on the charges? Why hasn’t anyone outlined what the charges actually are in layman’s terms? Or have they and I’ve just missed it?! All we hear in the press is “115 charges”

 

[Cityinmud]

Are the club saying that all the charges were issued before the rule change?

I could be wrong, as far as I understand they want some documents (witnesses/disclosures) but based on rules before we didn't have to reveal those. Now they have expanded the rule and they(PL) are asking for documents and what not

 

[The blue phantom]

Was listening to a Rag the other day on the radio. I mean he actually said we are only this dominant because we were paying Mancini backhanders. Not even pulled up by the host either.

 

[Charlesfarsbar]

Are the club saying that all the charges were issued before the rule change?

It’s not that charges that are impacted by the rule change it’s the rules around disclosure of information relating to the charges

i would imagine the club are pushing back on being made to disclose further information relating to the charges following the rule change

its akin to allowing the PL to go on a fishing expedition to find information that may incriminate us