PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

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Premier League seeks power to access club premises during investigations​

  • Ability to enter buildings would relate to financial rules
  • It could be used if club has not complied with inquiry

Exclusive by Paul MacInnes
Wed 12 Feb 2025 15.12 GMT
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The Premier League has asked its clubs for expanded investigatory powers, including the right to access club premises, as part of new financial rules.

The proposals are included in the latest draft of the squad cost ratio (SCR) mechanism which is expected to replace the profitability and sustainability rules that limit spending.


It is understood that the league has asked for the ability to enter buildings in the event that a club is found not to have complied with an inquiry it has initiated. Such a power is commonly used by law enforcement agencies to seize documents related to an investigation.

  • Under existing rules, clubs are expected to give “full, complete and prompt assistance” to any Premier League inquiry, but should this fail to happen the league must resort to fines, a tribunal or the Football Association to resolve the problem.

Premier League sources played down any suggestion that such powers would be the equivalent of a dawn raid. Clubs would be given notice and any intervention would be at an agreed time, they said. However, the powers the league is seeking to acquire would be stronger than those proposed for the Independent Regulator for English Football, which must, under the current drafting of the bill, request a warrant from a tribunal or court before taking action.

Debate over the SCR rules has heated up before the latest Premier League shareholders’ meeting in a central London hotel on Thursday. Last week the Professional Footballers’ Association wrote to the league and its 20 clubs warning of possible legal action were the rules to be voted through at the meeting.

The letter, which was first reported by PA Media, argued the union had not been given timely access to documentation and claimed the “withholding of relevant documentation pertaining to the proposals is clear evidence of [the league’s] failure to comply with its duties”. The letter also suggested the league had failed in its obligations to properly discuss the measures through the professional football negotiating and consultative committee (PFNCC), which comprises representatives of the PFA, EFL, Premier League and FA.

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In a statement issued in response to the letter, the Premier League said: “We strongly disagree with the PFA’s views regarding the proposed financial rules and the consultation process we are conducting with our clubs and other stakeholders. We have complied with PFNCC requirements and the PFA has had multiple opportunities since March 2024 to provide feedback on the rules and the principles that underpin them.”

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So going back to CAS, the PL believe that CAS awarding UEFA damages for non cooperation, legitimises their right to information not specified in the rule book, and for 2 years the PL investigated, then the PL employed forensic data experts, and within weeks they had charged City with the 115. 35 of them being non cooperation.
All companies have a right to upgrade their policies, but in doing so they have to follow a set routine, first of they have to prove accuracy, then they have to test the policy then they have to produce a method of using the policy, that is not discriminatory, and inform all parties of it`s usage. Needless to say the PL did none of these despite multiple opportunities so it does look like the PL has failed with 35 charges.
On the suing of the PL, the PL are using the same Panel in the hope of the same outcome, but City may well have 35 cases of victimization to add.
Of course it maybe just coincidental that the PL is asking to change it`s policies.
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The pl missed out stating that this only applies to non American owned clubs.

As others have said who the fuck do the pl think they are ? Once the American cartel has overall power they will invade Manchester and Newcastle kick the owners out and than fuck off leaving a mess behind. That's the Americans way
 
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Not one MSM journo has come out today and said what a shitshow the PL is.

They have been trying for I force through votes and rule changes for weeks ignoring what City told them to do ( ie wait for APT decision ).

They suddenly conform at the 11th hour and do what City told them to do.

Masters must be on borrowed time.
 
petrusha said:
There's no need for secrecy with VAR, either. Other sports manage to allow viewers and spectators to hear the deliberations when an on-field decision is referred to be determined with the assistance of video replays. The same point applies, really.

Anyway, in terms of its investigatory remit and ability to pursue disciplinary proceedings against clubs it suspects of committing breaches, the PL has long been trying to beef up its powers. I came across a copy on my PC of a version of the PL Handbook I'd downloaded several years ago and the rules differ noticeably from those in the current version. Off the top of my head, the right to appeal to the High Court on a point of law has now been excluded, and that whole section about assisting the regulator with obtaining evidence from third parties.

Both the changes I quote seem directly targeted at the investigation into MCFC, while the Panel's determination after our first APT hearing shows the organisation singling out our club for unduly onerous treatment. Then I recall the way Masters was reportedly interviewed by a couple of influential clubs before his appointment and the circumstances of the resignation of a previous incumbent. I struggle to see this regulatory body as one that can, automatically be relied on to act impartially, fairly and in good faith.

Forest, Everton and Leicester have already seen themselves pursued for PSR breaches with zeal, while Manchester United's vast losses are mitigated by deductions that, ostensibly, are puzzling in their magnitude. Newcastle and Villa have seen PSR used to stymie their hopes of challenging the supposed elite. Surely there'll be, at a minimum, a blocking minority against these draconian proposals?
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10/10 yet again.
 
Prophet of Doom said:
Not one MSM journo has come out today and said what a shitshow the PL is.

They have been trying for I force through votes and rule changes for weeks ignoring what City told them to do ( ie wait for APT decision ).

They suddenly conform at the 11th hour and do what City told them to do.

Masters must be on borrowed time.
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Probably up for a promotion from cheating bastard to corrupt wankstain.

He will be given a cushy number after all this.
 
Burtonblue said:
Unfortunately it will need a majority vote to be passed and I just can’t see how any club would agree to this….literally everybody must have somethings to hide, some more than others.
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It will be passed, they've also added an addendum that they're given full and open access to all Cayman Isle bank accounts.
 
Brendan110_0 said:
PSR back for another season, United have to sell before buying as PSR means they don’t have a bean lol
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Wait.. could you say that again??

So the Red Cartel tried to ruin us with PSR.. but we went to court to actually keep PSR in place so it hurts the rags more than us???
 
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