PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[blue ranger]

The email he is referring to was a post CAS leak. It is the one that breaks down the deal into its part.

Thanks Stefan. That doesn’t seem like one to worry about then. You came across brilliantly. Well done.

 

[I'm Blue]

The one thing that always gets me when anyone is talking about ’fair market value’ and City is the Sheikh Mansour factor.
The man’s elite, his social circle is probably in the top 1% in the world.
He’s hardly Mike Ashley having name his own stadium.
Wealth breeds wealth.
If Prince William was to buy Villa sponsors would be queuing around the block.

 

[Rory Bluelow]

In fairness to Harris, I had no issue with his behaviour on this podcast. He was giving his opinion and making points and doing so in a largely non-inflammatory manner. If he could bring this attitude across into his social media posts, instead of the sensationalist nonsense he spews to garner clicks and likes from the red mafia, he actually might almost be worth listening to on this subject.

If only to illustrate how to interpret things wrongly.
His excitement and glee over the post-CAS discovered email which broke down the Etihad deal into its parts was very naive. He made huge assumptions based on that single mail without taking into account any other relevant mails which may modify or supersede it, also forgetting that he has had no visibility of the contract itself which could contain all sorts of provisions making the single email irrelevant. A lot of wishful thinking on his part.

 

[Gingers Dad]

I'll give it a listen anything that makes Harris look stupid is alright with me.

You won't be disappointed. Don't think he won a single point

 

[halfcenturyup]

Actually thought Harris was reasonable and polite , but startling that he didn’t understand the concept of a settlement.

He doesn't understand much of anything.

 

[dadnlad]

If only to illustrate how to interpret things wrongly.
His excitement and glee over the post-CAS discovered email which broke down the Etihad deal into its parts was very naive. He made huge assumptions based on that single mail without taking into account any other relevant mails which may modify or supersede it, also forgetting that he has had no visibility of the contract itself which could contain all sorts of provisions making the single email irrelevant. A lot of wishful thinking on daniel levy;s part.

sorted last bit for you

 

[give it to gordon]

What's wrong with company A agreeing to sponsor company B for X about of pounds ?

 

[halfcenturyup]

The other thing Nick said was he knew someone in the sponsorship department at Etihad who said they only pay a minimal value and the rest is topped up. He mentioned PB also suggested the same.

OK, which one of you got in touch with Harris and told him that? :)

 

[dadnlad]

What's wrong with company A agreeing to sponsor company B for X about of pounds ?

because it's bigger than red cartel can achive
stamps feet it's not fair

 

[bluenova]

Actually thought Harris was reasonable and polite , but startling that he didn’t understand the concept of a settlement.

I am certain he does, and I am also certain he knows the way the third member of the CAS panel was perfectly normal.

There is very little evidence, even after CAS, for any of the claims, so much of it has to rely on innuendo, or "no smoke without fire". That's difficult to back up, and when pressed on the third CAS member by Stefan, he claimed that he was making no inference whatsoever about it, which is disingenuous at best. Why make such a fuss, and put so much focus on an issue, if it means nothing.

To be fair to him, without asking people to make those leaps from something smelling fishy, to something being proved, is pretty much impossible without a lot of "nudge, nudge, wink. wink". A lot of investigative journalism involves that leap, but a lot of bullshit does as well.

He did seem to be of the opinion that unless there is some smoking gun, or new witness, that we're all unaware of, then the PL are going to struggle. From all the leaks we've had recently, that's looking unlikely.