You’re absolutely right to say City weren’t cleared by UEFA.
We were found guilty by UEFA, and appealed that verdict to CAS.
CAS, however, having reviewed the slender evidence presented by UEFA to support the guilty verdict, repeatedly stated there was ‘no evidence’ to support the allegations - and cleared us on that basis.
They did not clear us because all the evidence was time barred. This is a disingenuous misconception peddled by client journalists in the mainstream media whose job it is to continue the guilty narrative.
It’s all in here if you actually go to the source (rather than the media spin), in case you’re in any doubt and want to clarify the situation.
https://www.tas-cas.org/fileadmin/user_upload/CAS_Award_6785___internet__.pdf
And you’re also wrong that there’s no time barring in the PL case, as any charges will need to comply with UK law - which includes a six year limitation unless fraud or deliberate concealment can be proven.
Which will require a very high burden of proof on behalf of the PL.
A lot more than six emails, which as it happens are proof of precisely nothing - as CAS very clearly set out in their verdict.