PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[halfcenturyup]

Did we? So we’re in the shit then?

I imagine the club definitely didn't include the payments to Mancini or the image rights payments to players (once they were sold to a third party) in the annual accounts, but they shouldn't have done so, either. So there is no problem with the accounts.

There may be a dispute on whether those amounts should have been reported to the PL or not, but no-one is getting a points deduction for a difference of opinion.

And to answer the other point raised. It isn't an act of bad faith to report in the way you think is correct, so the PL would have to prove it was a deliberate decision to mislead, and that would be difficult. In any case, it's a reporting issue and wouldn't be anywhere near enough to a sporting sanction, imho.

 

[citizen_maine]

Spotted that. It gives United five titles in a row, totally airbrushing Blackburn's victory.

I thought the point was to show who would have won if owner investment was not allowed?

 

[Blue Maverick]

If we are supposed to have committed large scale fraud, why are the police, HMRC not knocking on the door, they are far more powerful than any PL inquiry.

 

[mancboy]

Surely, after the Everton sanction, we can assume that if found guilty of serious breaches, it would result in a points deduction. And if Everton received a 10 points deduction, ours might exceed that.

Let's say the deduction would be 100 points. That would put us at the bottom of the PL for that particular season. The consequence of that would be relegation to the Championship.

If the points deduction was say 250 points, that would still put us at the bottom of the PL, and would religate us down one tier. It's ludicrous to put all the leagues into one and place us between two teams that are in theory either side of 250 points below us. That just isn't a thing in sport. (That's not related to the quoted post. It's merely my take on suggestions we might end up playing derbies against FC United, or Maine Road FC.)

whatever you had for breakfast, dont eat it again

 

[slbsn]

Surely, after the Everton sanction, we can assume that if found guilty of serious breaches, it would result in a points deduction. And if Everton received a 10 points deduction, ours might exceed that.

Let's say the deduction would be 100 points. That would put us at the bottom of the PL for that particular season. The consequence of that would be relegation to the Championship.

If the points deduction was say 250 points, that would still put us at the bottom of the PL, and would religate us down one tier. It's ludicrous to put all the leagues into one and place us between two teams that are in theory either side of 250 points below us. That just isn't a thing in sport. (That's not related to the quoted post. It's merely my take on suggestions we might end up playing derbies against FC United, or Maine Road FC.)

Correct.

Let's not be silly. A proven case of multi-year false accounting creating 10 years or more of sporting advantage with severe aggravating factors (deliberate concealment) would obviously end in relegation either by expulsion or by 100 point deduction. This is not an answer about City - it would apply to any club before or after Everton. And it would be disingenuous to suggest otherwise.

 

[mancboy]

If we are supposed to have committed large scale fraud, why are the police, HMRC not knocking on the door, they are far more powerful than any PL inquiry.

because the police and hmrc dont really go on fishing expeditions, there is actual evidence of liverpool fans engaging in criminal activity and evidence of uniteds board engaging in criminal activity (paying 50m for onana and 85m for anthony is a far bigger case of fraud than anything we have allegedly done) but hmrc and the police havent bothered because those cases hold about as much weight as ours.

 

[Eric Hitchmough]

Nick Harris needs feeding to some piranhas.

Unfortunately he gets to say and do whatever he wants because he’s mentally unwell.

He operates with absolutely no fear of litigation, and blocks anyone who tries to engage him in rational debate on his beloved Twitter.

He’s obsessed with us and the bile he spews about both the club and fanbase is relentless.

He hates City and he hates City fans.

 

[Coatigan]

I thought the point was to show who would have won if owner investment was not allowed?

Badly worded then.

 

[halfcenturyup]

Apparently they’ve heard a strong rumour that there is a piece of paper with “we done it, it’s a fair cop, signed the Sheik” written in crayon.
Smoking gun…..

"And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids"

 

[Atypical]

Wow - he's going full Delaney the older more boring and miserable he gets. What a dangerous little man though.

If we end collective bargaining, it kills the prem as it has done la liga. Greed.