PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[KS55]

We wouldn't be found guilty of fraud though.

We'd be found to have not in acted the utmost good faith, of not providing accurate financial information that gives a true and fair view of the club’s financial position, in particular with respect to its revenue (including sponsorship revenue), its related parties and its operating costs.

Yes. It’s only that the implication of a certain verdict would be that we defrauded the PL. They cannot find us guilty of anything: this is a CIVIL dispute.

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

The **** is out of order with this statement.
He should accept the decision of CAS, as an independent arbitrator.

Why ? He's obviously had to accept it but it doesn't mean that he has to agree with it. They were prosecuting us and lost on appeal. He/ they are bound to be smarting from it.
After all, it can't be easy having you're lying, twisted, arses, exposed in public.

 

[Invisible Man's Bandage]

Just so there is no doubt what this interview was about in relation to us (it covers a lot of other things and we feature strongly in the multi club ownership bit) this is the actual headline:

We know we were right’: Uefa chief Aleksander Ceferin sure of Man City’s FFP guilt

 

[jaiguruKun]

I've just read the Telegraph article and it's a disgrace. The **** is saying that UEFA was right but unfortunately CAS didn't agree.

Sample quote:

We know we were right. We wouldn’t decide if we didn’t think we were right.”

He's not really in a position to say given he played no part in the decision-making process at UEFA.

If in some parallel universe, the UEFA chamber had cleared us of any wrongdoing he'd probably say the same thing.

 

[cookster]

Why ? He's obviously had to accept it but it doesn't mean that he has to agree with it. They were prosecuting us and lost on appeal. He/ they are bound to be smarting from it.
After all, it can't be easy having you're lying, twisted, arses, exposed in public.

Because that's the agreed process for appeal.
Just because they lost, he can't then blame the outcome of their defined process.

 

[flapjack]

Pretty shocking what he's saying in my opinion...he is basically saying he thinks we got away with it because our lawyers were better on the day, not because we were innocent... scandalous accusation when you think about it

 

[meltonblue]

I’m taking about the allegation that we disguised owner funding as sponsorships
He could have just ‘loaned’ us the cash like Abramovic, loaded us with debt, and saved himself all the bother

Ah. No he couldn’t have done that, as it wouldn’t have gone on the P&L.

Thats what has always bugged me a bit about the accusation. If he did pay it on behalf of the sponsors, then the benefit is really for them and not us.

 

[cookster]

Been plotting out all the fingers that Mansour has in various pies as it relates to football

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As you can see he has a partnership with RedBird with his IMI company not sure if it’s RedBird IMI who has shared in Fenway though

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

Because that's the agreed process for appeal.
Just because they lost, he can't then blame the outcome of their defined process.

Of course they can. One side always comes out feeling they've been wronged. That's the way the world turns.
Fuck knows why anyone gives a fuck about his opinion. The verdict was in our favour and there's fuck all he can say that'll change it.

 

[LongsightM13]

Ah. No he couldn’t have done that, as it wouldn’t have gone on the P&L.

Thats what has always bugged me a bit about the accusation. If he did pay it on behalf of the sponsors, then the benefit is really for them and not us.

Precisely. The allegations simply didn’t make sense.