PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

It is just prudent to give yourself the opportunity to spend money in an environment like the one we face.
If you know that there is a potential storm coming, you baton down the hatches and ready yourself.
In addition, the stated aim of the owners was that this would be a self-sustaining business by this time, and it is.

It is deeply unfortunate that at the same time that we would be blooding young arrivals into the first-team, we have been hit with a huge injury list: Rodri, Bobb, Stones, Dias, Akanji, Grealish, Foden, KDB, Walker, Ake, Doku, and Kovacic, have all been missing for several weeks: take that out of any team in world football and it would be a struggle. As a consequence, we have been forced to play a blend of players without the athleticism to compete, or players not match sharp.

Ridding ourselves of these spurious charges will give everyone a lift. We will still be targeted because powers within the game are afraid of our long-term success and how we could change the face of it, along with a few others. With money in the bank, we mitigate ourselves against this, and continue investing in the playing staff and wider infrastructure.
 
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Nick de Marco: 'The Godfather of PSR' wants clubs to spend more

Leading sports lawyer Nick de Marco on football finance, the Manchester City case and why he backs an independent regulator.
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Which brings us to the revised rules around Associated Party Transactions, agreed by a vote at the Premier League meeting on 22 November despite strong opposition from Manchester City and Aston Villa.

Speaking before the vote took place, De Marco said he had some sympathy with City's assertion that rushing through legislation was a mistake.

"People shouldn't rush to change rules," he said. "I have seen this in the Football League and Premier League a lot.

"Two or three years down the line, you get the Premier League furious Leicester have won their case, saying it was because of a loophole in the rules. But they were the rules the Premier League wrote."
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On Manchester City's 115 charges, De Marco says it is "difficult" to see a "way out" from the "hostility between the Premier League and Manchester City", which he says has "become so entrenched".

"It is a shame it has led to this. Hopefully football will pull itself together," he added.

"There is a fear from many different sides, I think, that the extent of the civil war going on in the Premier League really needs to finish soon.

"If all the clubs start suing each other and they are all falling out and not agreeing with any rules because they are all looking after their own self-interest, the product itself will suffer."
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Strangely, for someone who has acted in so many high-profile PSR cases, De Marco is not a fan of the rules.

Rather than the current situation, which is poised to change anyway when the planned 'anchoring'around the turnover of the lowest-ranked clubs comes in next season, De Marco feels there should be a loose upper spending limit to encourage competition and investment.

And he does not feel the advent of so-called state-run clubs necessarily means everyone should cut back.

"There is nothing unsustainable about how Manchester City, Newcastle or other [similarly owned] clubs are run. They are very sustainable," De Marco said.

"The new point people are making is about competition. I understand there may need to be some upper caps. But let's not get diverted into this argument about whether it is state-owned or not, which, of course, there are legal points about.

"Imagine if Elon Musk bought a club in the Premier League. He must have a personal wealth of more than many states in the world now.

"You see how he has taken over Twitter, now X, and completely changed it. He is very powerful. Would it be any different if it was a private individual or a state? I think the focus on state is a bit of a mistake.

"I think owners should be allowed to invest a bit more money if they want to but they have to guarantee it so they can't just pull the plug."
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nicko said:
Not been following the thread closely so wondering if my theory that the players and staff have lost form due to an indication the 115 case is going badly and it’s likely sanctions will be severe?
Or is that bollox?
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Too a degree the way in which the hearing is progressing is irrelevant it’s the fact that there is a hearing is the issue.
Every supposed insight or gaining a hint is as much as a red herring as anything.
 
HelloCity said:
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Nick de Marco: 'The Godfather of PSR' wants clubs to spend more

Leading sports lawyer Nick de Marco on football finance, the Manchester City case and why he backs an independent regulator.
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Always suspicious of people who try to develop an online persona. De Marco clearly doesn't need to do it for money - he is raking millions with all these cases. So he is doing it for another reason. Making a case for the IR maybe?

In any case, if he is doing it for any reason at all, it means his views aren't impartial. I would treat what he says with caution, like all the others who are doing the same.
 
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Lost for words said:
LB has been a problem for years and I can go as far back as Cliff Sear. A few names stand out of course, but going by what is expected of a modern day LB then I get to wonder how Paul Power would have fared in our Guardiola team.
I wasn't too happy when he left for Everton and winning a champions medal there, but City's constant chopping and changing of managers plus Swales ruining the club at the time didn't help. All that we are left with now is opinions.
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Glyn Pardoe and Willie Donachie were superb left full backs and held that position for a many a few years.
 
nicko said:
Not been following the thread closely so wondering if my theory that the players and staff have lost form due to an indication the 115 case is going badly and it’s likely sanctions will be severe?
Or is that bollox?
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Bollocks GIFs | Tenor


Injuries and fatigue are the main issue but I do think Pep has lost faith with a few of the main players.

I think they know they are done with us and are sulking or even hiding.
 
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