PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[Stoned Rose]

I see the value in that, but I've gone way past the point of caring what some charlatans think. They've never reported the news, just their opinions. Can't see it being any different from how they act on any other platform.

I wouldn’t be that arsed what Mark Collins thinks either tbh.

 

[west didsblue]

Since 2009 you would have had to have been living under a rock to now understand that Etihad is an airline operating out of the UAE. I don’t get why there is all the crying that if relatives of Mansour want to use the football club as a vehicle to promote the company, there’s even a few snide jibes happening to Girona now because of their new shirt sponsorship with Etihad.

Arsenal get £10 million less than City to for their Emirates deal, which considering they have never won the champions league or not won a league in 20 years now makes ours look under valued. Even if our Etihad deal was inflated how can United and Liverpool complain? They’ve actually benefitted from it by pointing to City’s Etihad deal and telling Chevrolet, Team Viewer and Standard Charter that they need to pay more than what Etihad do with City.

If no one is bothered about Bet365 sponsoring Stoke or King Power sponsoring Leicester when it’s actually the owners’ businesses sponsoring the clubs, why are they bothered about a company that happens to share its domicile with the clubs owners in much the same way as many sponsors of all the American owned clubs. It’s hypocritical nonsense.

 

[John Wayne]

WTF has the brutal murder of a journalist got to do with this case and Sheik Mansour?

MBS is a murdering, vicious ****.

It's got nothing to do with this case at all, but everything to do with damaging a country's reputation. You do understand that comparisons don't have to be directly related?

The point is clearly that MBS did something so atrocious so as to damage his reputation and that of Saudi Arabia. In spite of the brutal murder of Jamal Khashoggi, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been able to continue business as usual by purchasing Newcastle United, setting up LIV Golf and securing the Club World Cup.

So whilst the fallout of any negative verdict might impact the UAE in the immediate term, there is no reason to believe that the UAE will suffer irreparable damage as a result.

 

[Stoned Rose]

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Garnacho’s lost weight.

 

[JewelZee]

It won’t make any difference. We will still be labelled as cheats regardless if found guilty or not

It will to me. I could give two fucks about any "labelling". As long as we are cleared and free to continue operating as one of the world's greatest clubs and continue with our pursuit of excellence on the pitch...

 

[Coatigan]

IF were guilty they are done as owners of our club, there would be no comeback from a guilty verdict.

I disagree. Not that I think it would come to that.

 

[Pingu the Penguin]

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Definitely one and the same

 

[Kinkys Left Foot]

If no one is bothered about Bet365 sponsoring Stoke or King Power sponsoring Leicester when it’s actually the owners’ businesses sponsoring the clubs, why are they bothered about a company that happens to share its domicile with the clubs owners in much the same way as many sponsors of all the American owned clubs. It’s hypocritical nonsense.

I would imagine because those sponsorship deals will be subject to "fair value" under FFP and stated as "related parties" in their accounts.

Ours Etihad and Eitsalat deals are clearly not declared as such in our accounts and have not been subject to any fair evaluation.

Despite no such accusations in any actions against us by UEFA, despite potential differences of opinion in the 2014 settlement, our valid assertion is IAS 24 applies and those deals are not "related", UK media and generally social media point the finger of accusation insinuating they are. It is another red herring and part of the whole "cheating" narrative purported by our detractors, a subject readily agreed on by red shirted shithouses in pubs and red club forums yet not the subject of any investigation or PL charge. Just more to wail about to the moon and enabling them to sleep soundly under their Ryan Giggs duvets.

 

[ufo]

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Fellaini is still alive ?

 

[TueartsCossackSpray]

Not in my eyes. He's done nothing wrong even if found 'guilty'.

You gotta cheat the cheats. I don’t care if we cheated or not. They created stupid spiteful rules designed to keep us great unwashed in us place and I don’t care if we get off in the most sneaky spawny jousy fkin way possible. In fact i’d love it this way. And I don’t care if they throw the book at us and win coz I’ll still be going at 63 singing my heart out.
Invent some proper rules you bunch of divs like Live within your means and Don’t spend what you can’t afford.