PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[Milesvk]

But they haven’t floated on the NYSE have they…..unless I missed it. There was a rumour about 6 months that they were going to, but then zilch

No idea mate, I just heard that a while back then zilch. Just put it out there for someone more in the know to confirm if it did or didn't happen.

 

[TheGhost]

Every paragraph of Roan’s article is twisted and distorted. Subtle changes. He refers to the CAS judgement statement using the phrase: “No conclusive evidence” The actual phrase used repeatedly by CAS was: “No evidence.” Fundamentally dishonest reporting.

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If enough people do it he’ll have to change the article. Which will piss him off and make him think twice when using the phrase again.

What’s the URL of the article?

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[cheekybids]

he works for the rags and dippers so he is doing it for 5 pound an hr and lunch because he supported them when he was little

& no doubt furloughed in Covid times.

 

[LeonardoDaVnci]

No matter what the outcome nothing can take away the wonderful feelings we felt at the time over the last 15 years.

115 years....

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

I can't remember the wording of the Pearce e-mail that ever so conveniently surfaced a couple of weeks or so after the CAS verdict didn't go the way that Der Spiegel wanted, but I always thought this question of "arranging payments on behalf of ADUG" was specifically about disguised equity funding and not to do with any other payments he may or may not have arranged.

The accusations were that he arranged funding to Etihad.

But it doesn't matter who arranged it as long as it didn't come from ADUG. But even if it had come from ADUG (which it didn't) CAS determined that it was fair value in terms of the price paid and that Etihad received full consideration in terms of what they got out of it.

 

[Gazza]

I wonder if City have a "Samson Option" if things go tits up.

 

[halfcenturyup]

For me 80-90% of the substance of this whole fiasco is the integrity of the Etihad Airways sponsorship. When the PL fail to illegitimise it, the level of possible sanctions is far less. Assuming their paid hacks have been breifed througout by the PL, to maintain the constant MSM hate campaign, my personal predictions are as follows.
The one "chink in the amor" re Ethihad is "Pearcegate". The Twat-Harris and Panja etc have repeatedly accused him of perjury at CAS in relation to the question "Did you ever arrange payments on behalf HHSM to disgusie equity funding as sponsorship by Etihad Airways". We were told in CAS2020 that Simon Pearce answered "Categorically Not", and that was the end of it.
Since CAS2020 the Twat et al have relied on a gross misrepresentation of an email where Pearce is arranging payments but NOT from HHSM. I look forward to this issue being resolved 100% by the IC. I anticipate it will take more than "Categorically Not" to do so. Once this accusation has been resolved for ever the likes of Twat-Harris and Panja will have to spend a few more years of their lives scrutinising legacy emails in desperation.

A chink in the amor sounds like some Korean romantic drama. Racist. Sorry.

But I wouldn't worry too much about Pearce's testimony at CAS. The PL isn't going to build a case around semantics of the word "arrange". They may try to use it to discredit the other witness statements but I am sure Pearce, and his legal advisors, are more than capable of explaining what he meant in each occasion, and the sheer weight of witness testimony won't be affected by such things, imho. A bit of a red herring, I think.

 

[waspish]

Not on my telly they won’t. Binned Sky Sports , Talksport with pictures.
Some feat they achieved, gathering so many incompetents on one channel .

Yeah haven't got it got the usually options

 

[Resurrection Joe...]

I wonder if City have a "Samson Option" if things go tits up.

you figure we are gonna push apart the pillars of a phillistine temple?...blimey. Works for me.

 

[halfcenturyup]

i think someone on here said yesterday that a large majority of the charges relate to us not filing accounts at the end of each season which is categorically untrue as we wouldnt be able to compete without them being filed so they will automatically be thrown out because their is nothing in the rules about the accounts being accurate.

Not so, imo. The combination of the filing requirement with the acting in bad faith allegation allows them, I think, to allege that filing accounts with an audit report the board knew to be materially wrong in respect of sponsorship income, gave the club a sporting advantage. Makes sense to me, even though I doubt very much the club did that, or that the PL could prove it even if they did.