PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

slbsn said:
Perhaps I’m misunderstanding your point but seems pretty clear that neither fair market nor RP was in issue by the time they got to CAS. Certainly there was no debate about whether they were or weren’t RPs in evidence
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Apologies for the delay in replying. You're right that CAS didn't consider them an issue. That's because they noted that UEFA looked at the related party issue but didn't include anything in the charges. So there was nothing for CAS to debate or come to a decision on.

The point was that UEFA brought up RPs in 2014, then again in 2018, and the PL has again brought up the subject. Your post on the failure of the sponsors to declare City as a related party, and the fact that they had other auditors who presumably took that decision independently of BDO and City, further proved that it appears to be a very weak line of attack. I think we agree on that.

It's also worth restating that UEFA knew about the Fordham arrangement prior to 2018 yet brought no charges over that. They went with the disguised equity investment case, which they presumably thought was their strongest case, but which was demolished by the CAS panel.

Unless the PL has evidence that was withheld from CAS in support of these charges, then it seems highly unlikely the outcome will be any different.
 
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foggy1974 said:
The simple reason is they haven't stopped the cartel winning trophies
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They have(United and Arsenal at least) but it's a long time ago and they haven't ever dominated like City have.

Plus they are not United's local rivals and their rise didn't coincide with United's rapid decline like City's did since 2012. This caused a lot of hurt and resentment, as did how close some of those title races against the big 3 have been.

There are a lot of differences(arab billionaire vs western billionaire) but for me there is no excusing it. They told City fans issues like this(failing FFP and so on) would be even bigger stories, get even more criticism and scrutiny, for those very clubs who have since gone through such issues. They were clearly lying to City fans or to themselves. It's not even up for debate and I do think the level of scrutiny City have come under is deliberately over the top. They have been used as a tool in this saga, I could make that argument without even going into the American shareholders in the UK media, I think it's just plain favouritism and xenophobia driving most of it.
 
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SilverFox2 said:
Why is this final drafting so difficult?
Surely they are not now trying to justify their decisions. I can understand all the legal stuff before a decision is made which can be written up by others whilst fresh in their minds.
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It's not about justifyilng themselves but they want to ensure it is legally watertight. It is a very complex case.
 
I can see the outcome being months away, as the charges are the punishment.
 
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