PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[Norman kneejerk]

Had the same experience numerous times with friends since this latest farrago began.

The old saying 'You can lead a horse to water..' comes to mind when dealing with yer average footy fan..

One thing city could do is push back a bit by getting positive little snippets say of the CAS judgement out there e.g. the emails were doctored the sponsorship money was all paid , the time barred points were cleared anyway.
The reports never get past general references to charges probably mostly due to it being easier to write but means it's just constant city cheats narrative without actually saying anything specific that can be refuted.

 

[Pam]

I have decided to stop worrying about this until something happens ... if it ever does.

 

[feedmpenzaandhewillscore]

Re your second paragraph. I think you are right in terms of them managing to get any charges home. But if part of the rationale for the charges was to smear the club, tarnish our achievements in the eyes of the world and appease the cartel clubs and their sheep, it has been pretty effective.

It’s a desperate fishing trip designed to extract information to try and trip the club up which is why Khaldoon has told them to go sling it if they want more information. It’s interesting that the Premier league have tried to widen the charges out to player image rights and Mancini’s wages. They probably don’t have anymore info from the initial Uefa case so are desperately trying to hang those two points to make something stick.

Unfortunately for the Premier League the people who run our club are a lot more cleverer than they are. Which is why they have some chancer like Richard Masters in charge who was forth choice for his job. It won’t end well for them.

 

[KS55]

Here’s the leap of faith these dimwits need to take to believe City are guilty, that Shiekh Mansour who is part of the forth largest sovereign wealth funds on the planet (worth $853 billion). Has been colluding with the likes of Nike, Nissan, Nexen Tire, Etihad Airways, Etisalat, Aabar, Jaguar, Wix, Micheal Page Recruitment, The Chinese Government, Silverlake and our accounts auditors Deloitte to name a few of City’s partners. Have all been in on it and in cahoots for nearly a decade to mislead the Premier League.

If they land it it will be the biggest scandal in U.K. companies history and rightfully some people could go to jail for it. However the accusations are so fanciful, wide sweeping and over such a long period of time, The Premier League are probably seriously regretting the pathway they have taken. If they’d looked at maybe 3 years maybe they could have landed something but by going for nearly a decade it’s plain stupidity from them.

Why don’t opposition fans know this? When it all goes pear shaped and gets chucked in the bin with a non cooperation fine they can then brand us some cheats some more.

I’m still waiting for one of these people to blow the whistle.

 

[Rory Bluelow]

I’m still waiting for one of these people to blow the whistle.

yeah...must be hundreds or thousands of people involved and not one whistleblower.

 

[ayrshire_blue]

Here’s the leap of faith these dimwits need to take to believe City are guilty, that Shiekh Mansour who is part of the forth largest sovereign wealth funds on the planet (worth $853 billion). Has been colluding with the likes of Nike, Nissan, Nexen Tire, Etihad Airways, Etisalat, Aabar, Jaguar, Wix, Micheal Page Recruitment, The Chinese Government, Silverlake and our accounts auditors Deloitte to name a few of City’s partners. Have all been in on it and in cahoots for nearly a decade to mislead the Premier League.

If they land it it will be the biggest scandal in U.K. companies history and rightfully some people could go to jail for it. However the accusations are so fanciful, wide sweeping and over such a long period of time, The Premier League are probably seriously regretting the pathway they have taken. If they’d looked at maybe 3 years maybe they could have landed something but by going for nearly a decade it’s plain stupidity from them.

Why don’t opposition fans know this? When it all goes pear shaped and gets chucked in the bin with a non cooperation fine they can then brand us some cheats some more.

Is there a possibility the allegations isn't that we've colluded with these multi national organisations but duped them too? As in, they aren't part of the alleged conspiracy but would be 'victims' of one (if everything the PL alleged is true)?

 

[Centurions]

Is there a possibility the allegations isn't that we've colluded with these multi national organisations but duped them too? As in, they aren't part of the alleged conspiracy but would be 'victims' of one (if everything the PL alleged is true)?

I can't see how that could be? Surely they agree the details and pay up when required?

 

[cheekybids]

and the Labour bloke is an arsenal fan

Noticed Etihad have a lot of promotional content around their 20th anniversary. City celebrated 20 years at the COMS this year too funnily enough. Some interesting points brought up that I didn't know here:

Twenty years of Etihad: The UAE's unifying national airline

So it was always intended to be more than just the airline of Abu Dhabi.

A timeline and brief discussion about the growth here:
Etihad Airways at 20: Two decades of growth for the UAE’s national carrier

2019 - Pope washing….

 

[lancs blue]

Is there a possibility the allegations isn't that we've colluded with these multi national organisations but duped them too? As in, they aren't part of the alleged conspiracy but would be 'victims' of one (if everything the PL alleged is true)?

That's even less likely than collusion unless you think all these relatively successful companies are run by naive mugs.

 

[Bodicoteblue]

Is there a possibility the allegations isn't that we've colluded with these multi national organisations but duped them too? As in, they aren't part of the alleged conspiracy but would be 'victims' of one (if everything the PL alleged is true)?

Isn’t there a famous photograph of all the senior executives of these companies and organisations meeting in a New York restaurant to work out ways to eliminate serious competition?
Oh….wait a minute…..that was someone else wasn’t it?