PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[Tom Connolly]

any way of listening back?

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Stefan

• If City are found guilty, the only sanction will be relegation for somethign of this nature
• I believe City will be found not guilty
• He doesnt deem it possible for so many high level people to be involved in mass conspiracy and fraudulant activity
• Everton will fail FFP for a 3rd time

I think the conspiracy angle is the one that makes me optimistic. If the allegations are true then City systematically faked their accounts for ten years and that would have required an elaborate conspiracy involving hundreds of people. The books were audited every year, due dilgence would have been done by investors like Silverlake, all our sponsors (not just Etidhad and Etislat) would have done due diligence. Even lawyers and accountants working for UEFA and CAS could not find any evidence of this happening. Surely at least one whistleblower out of the hundreds would have emerged if it was true.
The PL have gone much further and stronger than the wildest allegations in Der Spiegl. Personally I think they have made one of the worst blunders ever by any sporting organisation. This week the Chair of the Commons Select Committee concluded by telling Richard Masters: "It looks like you don't know what you are doing." I think she was right.

 

[bernard o'silver]

And yet... just listened to the "news" and they've clipped his quote so it says something like "this only ends one way - and that's in relegation".

Absolutely shamelessly misrepresenting him.

Taken out of context just like the der speigei e mails , absolute twats.

 

[mdj0520]

YouTube video just got pulled whilst I was watching it!

 

[Cumbie Blue]

Where has it gone ? how do i get the relevant bit

Its up, 11-11:30 segment on the drop down.

 

[PolarBearCub]

When we first got the “115charges“ I felt like I did when QPR got their second goal..
After reading & listening to huge amounts of dialogue, I now feel that Balotelli has the ball

His only assist being served right up soon!

 

[halfcenturyup]

I think the conspiracy angle is the one that makes me optimistic. If the allegations are true then City systematically faked their accounts for ten years and that would have required an elaborate conspiracy involving hundreds of people. The books were audited every year, due dilgence would have been done by investors like Silverlake, all our sponsors (not just Etidhad and Etislat) would have done due diligence. Even lawyers and accountants working of UEFA and CAS could not find any evidence of this happening. Surely at least one whistleblower out of the hundreds would have emerged if it was true.
The PL have gone much further and stronger than the wildest allegations in Der Spiegl. Personally I think they have made one of the worst blunders ever by any sporting organisation. This week the Chair of the Commons Select Committee concluded by telling Richard Masters: "It looks like you don't know what you are doing." I think she was right.

For me, it's the fact that, even if the club has done what was alleged, which I don't believe for a minute, the PL don't have access to the evidence to prove it. It will all be in Abu Dhabi. And no-one in AD is double-crossing Mansour. So the club can gather any counter evidence it wants from AD, in the form it wants, and the PL won't have a response. Job done.

 

[mayo31]

It’s about time us fans stood up also

These journalists should be made to feel unwelcome at the ground

 

[Skrastins]

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Talksport have now twisted his words on the news bullitin. "Stefan has said it will only end in one way. Relegation down to league 2"

The headline was a distortion of what Stefan said. The funniest phrase on the bulletiin was: "He (Stefan) says the Premier League will find it difficult to prove City's guilt" The presumed assumption being that we are already guilty!
What Stefan said was he couldn't see how it would be possible to prove such major allegations.