PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[nmc]

He certainly has the air of a guy who knows he's fucked. Shame. The spineless twat.

Those that were offered the job and declined - clearly saw the agenda. Quite why Masters took the poisoned chalice only he will know.

 

[give it to gordon]

Chelsea: Premier League investigating potential financial breaches by Blues

The Premier League is investigating potential financial rule breaches by Chelsea.

www.bbc.co.uk

I see chief Rag Simon Stone writing this has omitted to mention the Rags being found guilty but does manage to drag us into it - the vile ****.

Perhaps the PL will announce today that they are investigating the rags.

Surely there is no way the other clubs will just sit back and say nothing if the rags arent investigated by the PL.

Both Chelsea and the rags have been fined by UEFA for breaking FFP rules, so both must be investigated by the PL

Can of worms time me thinks :)

 

[halfcenturyup]

Those that were offered the job and declined - clearly saw the agenda. Quite why Masters took the poisoned chalice only he will know.

I'm a nobody and even I know that if you are applying for a job running a regulatory body and you get interviewed by two of the companies you are going to regulate, then you run the hell away.

 

[nmc]

Perhaps the PL will announce today that they are investigating the rags.

Surely there is no way the other clubs will just sit back and say nothing if the rags arent investigated by the PL.

Both Chelsea and the rags have been fined by UEFA for breaking FFP rules, so both must be investigated by the PL

Can of worms time me thinks :)

You’d think so but the PL didn’t investigate Liverpool when they failed FFP nor did they look into the hacking allegations so it’s very much a case of one rule for one, one for another unfortunately. It’s worth remembering the charges against us largely result from a fishing expedition initiated by the PL - they appointed Bird & Bird to conduct an in-depth investigation into our club to see what they could find - that in itself tells you we have been singled out and specifically targeted. The problem for the PL is they are quickly being exposed for the amateur shit show that they are - with weak governance, interference from certain clubs, weak leadership and a complete absence of objectivity and integrity. How football has escaped an independent regulator for so long tells you a lot about the wider governance in the UK - I fear the whole pack of cards will tumble at some point and some of our worst thoughts about corruption in football will be proved true.

 

[SilverFox2]

Is it really, though? Given their agenda.

As you say surely we are used to City having to 100 percent comply with all rules yet those same rules being virtually non existent for the chosen few.

Do you think this obvious bias will be used by our legal team to defend our reasons to not fully comply?

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

As you say surely we are used to City having to 100 percent comply with all rules yet those same rules being virtually non existent for the chosen few.

Do you think this obvious bias will be used by our legal team to defend our reasons to not fully comply?

I think you are making an assumption around non-compliance which I expect is wholly false, however to answer your question it’s not really a defence to anything we’re accused of. It’s like getting pulled for speeding at 80 miles an hour and telling to court that someone overtook you a couple of minutes earlier. It doesn’t mean you haven’t broken the law.

That said, if we are cleared, which I completely expect us to be, it’s a huge point to be made in public statements, not that I expect us to, lamentably.

 

[give it to gordon]

You’d think so but the PL didn’t investigate Liverpool when they failed FFP nor did they look into the hacking allegations so it’s very much a case of one rule for one, one for another unfortunately. It’s worth remembering the charges against us largely result from a fishing expedition initiated by the PL - they appointed Bird & Bird to conduct an in-depth investigation into our club to see what they could find - that in itself tells you we have been singled out and specifically targeted. The problem for the PL is they are quickly being exposed for the amateur shit show that they are - with weak governance, interference from certain clubs, weak leadership and a complete absence of objectivity and integrity. How football has escaped an independent regulator for so long tells you a lot about the wider governance in the UK - I fear the whole pack of cards will tumble at some point and some of our worst thoughts about corruption in football will be proved true.

Yep I agree with you.

But this time both the rags and Chelsea have been fined with in a week or two of each other. The PL havent got much wiggle room now. Both charged, both failed UEFA FFP.
If there was a few months between both being fined I could see the PL trying to ignore the rags. These are two close together to do that surely.

Sadly we know the press/media wont put pressure on the PL to investigate the rags as the vetted the PL chairman. As we found out the PL teams could band together against the rags getting of scott free

 

[Jacko1956]

Those that were offered the job and declined - clearly saw the agenda. Quite why Masters took the poisoned chalice only he will know.

One of the woman who turned it down actually gave the reason as too much influence/control from other parties ! Wonder who she meant as if !!

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

Masters will be the “patsy” & take the fall.

Fine by me.

If you act as a pawn for the redshirts then you deserve everything which comes your way.

He's a spineless **** driven by the jealous entitled twats , so tough shit !

 

[halfcenturyup]

You’d think so but the PL didn’t investigate Liverpool when they failed FFP nor did they look into the hacking allegations so it’s very much a case of one rule for one, one for another unfortunately. It’s worth remembering the charges against us largely result from a fishing expedition initiated by the PL - they appointed Bird & Bird to conduct an in-depth investigation into our club to see what they could find - that in itself tells you we have been singled out and specifically targeted. The problem for the PL is they are quickly being exposed for the amateur shit show that they are - with weak governance, interference from certain clubs, weak leadership and a complete absence of objectivity and integrity. How football has escaped an independent regulator for so long tells you a lot about the wider governance in the UK - I fear the whole pack of cards will tumble at some point and some of our worst thoughts about corruption in football will be proved true.

Tbf, there is a difference between failing FFP numbers, which is what United have been fined for, and manipulating accounts, which is what Chelsea have admitted to and City have been accused of.

And the FFP numbers rules are different for UEFA and the PL as well.