PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

oakiecokie said:
FFS just for once can`t you come come on here and discuss some positive things in any of your posts.
You`re becoming a bore with all this now.
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Ermmm I have actually said I think we will escape the serious charges.

Somebody asked earlier in the thread what happens if we get found guilty of the most serious charges.

The answer is we are fucked and it will be a nuclear meltdown for the Premier League.

That’s a fact. There is no happy ending if we are found guilty.

I’m sure we won’t but we will find out when the case is heard.
 
Manchester1894 said:
Genuinely what would happen if say the whole case went against us?
I don't see it, but I do wonder "what if" sometimes.
But what would season 1 look like? And do we automatically fail subsequent EFL FFPs without revenue from comps and sponsorships? Making getting out a very long journey indeed.
Is it more serious in that our club might just cease to exist and the asset is frozen from ownership by the league due to level of criminality? Or is that unlikely due to fact we have co owners in US/China?
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It's being so cheerful that keeps you going.
 
Prophet of Doom said:
you are a legal man - are you telling me that PL would have proceeded the way they have even if they were advised their case wasn’t strong enough ?

Four years to build a case and they went ahead even if advised what they have is not strong enough ?
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The way the 115 were shoddily cobbled together and rushed out just as the govt was looking at independent regulation suggests the PL were panicking, in a rush to get something out, and didn't take the time to get the advice you suggest.
The charges would've at least referred to the correct rule numbers if there were any professional pre-publication legal input
 
We can guess with some confidence that it's the red tops behind the charges, they formed the league and are still in charge. The premier league is merely a name that they hide behind, they consider it their property.
Hopefully the government regulator can see through their bullshit and dismantle the cartel.
 
Prophet of Doom said:
Fair point Ric - but the PL have had 4 extra years to investigate as well as seeing the CAS case play out.
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True, but I don’t think it’s a given that they only pursued this because they truly believed in the veracity of their case. It seems a bit more complex than that.

You have to factor in the pressure they were under from certain clubs and the media, as well as the looming threat of an independent regulator etc.

The fact that they seemingly rushed the announcement of the charges and had to subsequently correct themselves suggests that it wasn’t the result of a carefully drawn out, considered process.

That said, I don’t think anyone can say with any real certainty just how this will all play out at this stage.
 
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