PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

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It’s okay for Ineos to have multiple sponsors for the same club but it’s corrupt when Etihad sponsor Girona
It is extraordinary isn't it. Ineos is the owner of Nice and three Ineos companies sponser Nice. That is owner equity via sponsership in plain sight. No problem.
 
There’s this but in German


That's just about Toure seeing his arse about not being offered a new contract in 2016. In the end he got a one year extension in 2017 and left at the end of 2017/18 iirc.
 
That's just about Toure seeing his arse about not being offered a new contract in 2016. In the end he got a one year extension in 2017 and left at the end of 2017/18 iirc.
What a player on his day, the rags were fucking terrified of him; shame he had to slightly tarnish his legacy. Still one of our greatest players, though. Without a doubt. I’d say in the top three or four. Although that list is a really tough one to call tbf!
 
Was Tour mentioned in the emails ? Or any player other than the Fordham thing? I don’t remember it at CAS etc. don’t understand why we would do this with Toure and not everyone else as well.

Can only find this.

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None of the supporting information they posted on Brahim referred to Toure at all.

Edit: And it seems to me it would be quite stupid of Soriano, Khaldoon and Pearce to be openly referring to off the books payments in the club's general email correspondence. First rule of doing naughty stuff. Don't document it where people can find it. Trust me.

I don't know about Soriano, but Khaldoon and Pearce aren't stupid.

Edit 2: That presumably clears up the date of the allegations as 2010/11 to 2015/6. Maybe it's nothing to do with Fordham. Who knows? :)
 
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Can only find this.

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None of the supporting information they posted on Brahim referred to Toure at all.

Edit: And it seems to me it would be quite stupid of Soriano, Khaldoon and Pearce to be openly referring to off the books payments in the club's general email correspondence. First rule of doing naughty stuff. Don't document it where people can find it. Trust me.

I don't know about Soriano, but Khaldoon and Pearce aren't stupid.

Edit 2: That presumably clears up the date of the allegations as 2010/11 to 2015/6. Maybe it's nothing to do with Fordham. Who knows? :)
It simply doesn't make sense that anyone at city would purposely conceal and break rules for the sake of £4m.

Also, let's imagine we are cleared of all charges but found guilty of this one. Fans of other clubs will be saying that we should be relegated and have all trophies stripped because of £4m as if that would be the difference between us winning or not winning.
Same with the alleged £1.5m mancini contract.
 
It simply doesn't make sense that anyone at city would purposely conceal and break rules for the sake of £4m.

Also, let's imagine we are cleared of all charges but found guilty of this one. Fans of other clubs will be saying that we should be relegated and have all trophies stripped because of £4m as if that would be the difference between us winning or not winning.
Same with the alleged £1.5m mancini contract.

As context, where the money came from for two payments of £15 million over two seasons via Etisalat will be the major debating point when this goes before the 3 man panel. Liverpool made some imaginary ground up in Stanley park giving them a £35 million short cut on their books which they had their hands slapped for. They want our club destroyed for £5 million pound less when they got a small fine from Uefa.

On punishments I was thinking about this as well, if Uefa deemed similar evidence worthy of a two year ban from European football. Why are they talking about demotion down four leagues and fantasising about stripping trophies in the Premier League’s case?
 
Can only find this.

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None of the supporting information they posted on Brahim referred to Toure at all.

Edit: And it seems to me it would be quite stupid of Soriano, Khaldoon and Pearce to be openly referring to off the books payments in the club's general email correspondence. First rule of doing naughty stuff. Don't document it where people can find it. Trust me.

I don't know about Soriano, but Khaldoon and Pearce aren't stupid.

Edit 2: That presumably clears up the date of the allegations as 2010/11 to 2015/6. Maybe it's nothing to do with Fordham. Who knows? :)
I doubt those three okayed something they knew was against regs.
 

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