PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

halfcenturyup said:
That is a circle that takes some squaring, but I am not that surprised the PL ended their investigation with a list of unanswered allegations (I have done that myself many times: this is as far as we can go, this is the list of unanswered issues and possible breaches, do we proceed?). What surprises me more is that they went to the disciplinary process with all the allegations.

Let me explain.

Their investigation reached the point where they had gone as far as they could with the accounting records and supporting documentation available at the club. They needed external information to conclude on each of the matters but the club refused access, or claimed that the third parties refused access. I have previously given my thoughts on why the club would take that approach.

So the PL had to either drop the case for a lack of evidence or proceed with the allegations in the disciplinary process. This would be a wholly unsatisfactory position for the PL because they knew evidence was provided to CAS that they didn't have access to. Evidence that would have clarified some of the issues. So what could they do? Dropping the case would set a terrible precedent on cooperation. Continuing the case would likely lead to defeat when the counter-evidence was presented. In the end, though, I am not surprised they decided to refer the club to the disciplinary process.

But the question of what gets referred is where pressure from the cartel comes in. The investigation may have had 115 unanswered issues but, basically, there is one, single issue that could have been referred, two including non-cooperation. There was no need to refer to all 115 as separate allegations because almost all are either immaterial or consequential to the main allegation. In whose interest is it to have as much coverage given to all the allegations? And who is too weak to stand up against it?

Anyway, just my thoughts :)
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Do you think it was a deliberate attempt to tie up our legal team with individual yet similar cases or was it simply the only way to appease a red cartel pressure?
 
SilverFox2 said:
Do you think it was a deliberate attempt to tie up our legal team with individual yet similar cases or was it simply the only way to appease a red cartel pressure?
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I think it was more likely a strategy from the club: you want to make these allegations, you do it with the absolute minimum required help from us and see you in "court".

Just my view. May be bollocks.
 
halfcenturyup said:
I think it was more likely a strategy from the club: you want to make these allegations, you do it with the absolute minimum required help from us and see you in "court".

Just my view. May be bollocks.
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I don't think it's bollocks at all. This is what happened when we went to CAS. We accused the UEFA CFCB Adjudicatory Chamber of an abuse of process and went to CAS to air our displeasure when details of the case were being leaked. Our non-cooperation fine at the end of CAS was precisely because we felt the UEFA process was compromised. We chose not to respect the process and adopted a 'see you in court' attitude back then. It would be conceivable that we have done the same now if we believe that the PL have acted in bad faith.
 
Keeper! said:
If the verdict takes a long time would it not suggest that our "irrefutable evidence" may not be irrefutable?
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I'm more of a mind to think (Could be completely way off the mark here but with no information to go on) that the PL if found to be a devious sack of lying bastards and they get thrown out of the hearing with nothing, our club will try their best not to make them out to be the bad guys and allow them time to concoct a story that saves them some face.
 
mexico1970 said:
I'm more of a mind to think (Could be completely way off the mark here but with no information to go on) that the PL if found to be a devious sack of lying bastards and they get thrown out of the hearing with nothing, our club will try their best not to make them out to be the bad guys and allow them time to concoct a story that saves them some face.
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I would be utterly amazed if that was the case, I get the feeling the Khaldoon wants and will get blood if he is correct on the irrefutable evidence.

All our legal costs at the very least would have to be met by the PL.
 
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