PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[Pablo ZZZ Peroni]

Here's a way to combat the unrelenting media vitriol.....buy the fuckers up!!

The Telegraph reporting that the Barclay family who controlled it for decades until Lloyds seized control due to unpaid loans have made a bid to take back control by paying the full 1.2 billion owed. That money is coming from a media investment fund called Redbird IMI, of which Sheikh Mansour is a major investor. Hope he insists Ducker and Wallace get the chop :)

Connections, connections as Abu Dhabi work the room :)

RedBird are the 3rd largest shareholder in FSG (Liverpool).

RedBird and Mubadala are closely associated with New York Yankees and both hold 13% shares in the YES network (Yankees TV) valued at $3-4billion. The Yankees own 20% of New York City FC.

The main man at RedBird is Gerry Cardinale and the main Mubadala man is, of course, Khaldoon. They have worked together closely and Cardinale is no stranger to the UAE.

RedBird bought AC Milan about 15 months ago in a deal that also involved New York Yankees and Le Bron James.

The long-term AC Milan shirt sponsors are Emirates and the contract has been renewed since RedBird bought the club

Khaldoon introduces Cardinale to Sheikh Mansour. They talk Liverpool & City. And they agree a deal:




Then the potential Telegraph deal is announced.

Relationships behind the scenes between Liverpool and City have thawed. Cardinale has used his influence.

Liverpool support Soriano in his election to the ECA board.

And they will support us if push comes to shove with the charges. It's a money thing.

Abu Dhabi quid pro quo :)

PL meeting on Tuesday about voting of the new anti-Newcastle loan rules will be fun.
really wonder the ration of the votes, if it will be close to not passing (I guess need 14 votes to pass) or actually it will be something like 19-1 or 18-2 maybe.

this would be the chance of starting a little group, the likes of Castle, Chelsea, Everton, City but hard to see who else would want to join and Chelsea, Everton can be two faced fuckers too.
Wolves also had FFP issues in the past, they also had to sell a lot this summer not to fail again.

Surprisingly, add LIverpool to the group. Probably not for the Newcastle vote but they will support us.
Arsenal will be joining them but not United & Spurs.

The Arsenal story is simple. If City were to be relegated the reputational damage to the UAE including Dubai would be terrible.

In the event of a vote Arsenal will be on our side. Conveniently Emirates recently announce a 25% increase to their Arsenal shirt sponsorship.

 

[Keeper!]

You’re right - it’s not a good look. However, I think that allegation is utter bollocks. We were throwing around far greater sums of money to sign players that were going through the books at the time so the notion we were paying Mancini’s wages off the books is fanciful IMO.

Also, as of a few months ago Mancini said he hadn’t been contacted by the Premier League about this. Surely if they want to pin that one on us then they’d actually talk to him and ask him for his observations?

Its pure speculation and I am not sure anyone outside the club is aware what we have been charged with.

 

[Keeper!]

We need a rousing rendition of the “we paid him secretly” version of the Mancini song next weekend just to show these goons that we’re not in the leat bit worried about what’s to come.

Don't ask Pep to join in!!!

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

I didn't anticipate all this having it with Chelsea at the Full Members Cup Final. I feel old.

Hahahaha, top day ;)

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

Much prefer us to firing squad Ducker and Wallace, in no particular order!

Slight edit.

 

[Chi-town blues]

It's the 'balance of probability ' statement the premier league seem to hide behind that worries me the most. It's their 'we can't prove anything but they must have done it' argument and it's never contested

lol wtf is balance of probability? Imagine tryin to prove theory of probability to a judge ,
“your honor 2+2 =5 therefore city is guilty “?

 

[ScottSinclair]

Everton won't get relegated and were never going to qualify for a European place this season so this whole "harsh" 10 point deduction is a facade. It makes it look like the PL are taking a tough stance when in effect the net result to Everton will be negligible...

And it gives all these assholes another chance to scream bloody murder about us...what a joke...

10 points very well might relegate them

 

[Wanchope n me Dickov]

Funny how evertons results pick up just before they get deducted 10 points eh?

 

[Shirley]

Don't ask Pep to join in!!!

Another example of what scum headline hunters infest the football media.

 

[JewelZee]

10 points very well might relegate them

Not a chance...