PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[MikeF]

Fucking hell fire, wouldn’t want to be in the trenches with some of you lot.

 

[GazM]

If we're guilty then that's on us and those culpable knowingly or otherwise should hang their heads in shame.
The PL will have evidence - you don't go to war otherwise.
Suspect it'll drag on & become a distraction for all at the club & a painful stigma if true.
Onwards...

 

[geek24601]

He said if, how’s that coming to a conclusion. Sort your head out

Thanks for actually reading my post. Some people on here mate do my head in!

 

[Dazzle84]

It seems trumped up and it's not fair.

But.... If we're found guilty over this after years of being told by the club that we've done nothing wrong then I'll be furious & execs at the club need to go.

 

[Weavers run]

Definitely. If we have then we deserved to be punished for it.

But I’m not having that the other 19 clubs - more due to relegations and promotions in the 9-year period - are squeaky clean. Come after us? Fine. But be fair and check everybody else too and apply the same rulings.

They are huge businesses and not a chance even 1 of them hasn’t been ‘clever’ with their accounting.

True but we’ve been looked at due this information leak. However and whatever that may have been it then brings us into the light. Planned? Probably but if we hadn’t done wrong it wouldn’t matter. I don’t think they would investigate every team for 4 years without reason. This “leak” and our uefa battle gave them reason to. I’m all for fairness which we should accept we won’t get from the fa, but pointing fingers elsewhere just feels petty at this stage. Let’s see what we are up against first

 

[Jesus H Gabz]

Funny how Nick thinks his opinion is interesting now he's predicting bad news, when he was predicting the club would walk away from CAS scott free, I think Nick had a very different opinion of Stefan's expertise.

He’s just talking his prices up with the club for his consultation

 

[Chippy_boy]

This point is bollocks.

The club has haf 14 years to challenge the legality of Financial Fair Play.

They've chosen not to, and signed agreements to follow those rules, so would deserve to be punished for breaking them, if proven that we have done

is what I assume you meant.

And anyway, just because we decided that we could manage to win without taking on FFP as a whole, doesn't mean we liked it or agreed with it, merely that we chose what we believed to be the easiest course forward.

If it now proves that we're going to get done for some accounting "interpretations", then I can well imagine we'll think fuck it, let's just get the whole corrupt pile of shite thrown out.

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

There's no fucking way they've charged us with that. Give over.

 

[aguero93:20]

Haven’t you heard? He is risen.

Only until the Viagra wears off.

 

[KS55]

I can't remember the details but there were reports a couple of years ago something to the effect that Mancini got his salary from City, but he also got a seperate sum for being a 'consultant' coach at a club in AD. That payment didn't come from City, but presumably the PL's allegation would be that it was effectively a concealed bung.

Bobby Manc was employed by Mansour with a contract that started before he was appointed by us. This charge will be very difficult to prove or disprove unless Mansour gives evidence. City can reasonably say that we were not party to that contract. Question may be what work did Bobby do for Mansour. The Times some while ago alleged that the work was non existent.