PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[Keith Moon]

Don't people like these usually meet an accident?

Correctomundo, that’s exactly why he isn’t releasing all the information he has—it’s his life insurance, so to speak.

 

[Bodicoteblue]

There was a time when 5 pints either side of the game and possibly getting noshed off by something unspeakable was the best a blue could hope for on a Saturday.

WAS….????

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

And a criminal in the witness protection program. Would a whistleblower be given that level of protection? Somehow I don't think so.

Pinto claims that he has received death threats as a result of his actions. If that is the case he must have pissed off some heavy and high powered people along the line somewhere. Yet he won't disclose who the threat was from.

Hopefully someone will catch up with this rat and give him his deserved comeuppance. Don't be surprised if he has an "accident" sometimes in the future.

If you google Doyen Sports and Kazakhstan you get a good idea of some of the people Pinto upset.

 

[Keith Moon]

I don’t see what we should be worried about the point being made is the Premier league will have had full access to everything through legal methods more than Pinto same as CAS had.

I also see no reason for Pinto to hold anything till now or later. Coming forward with everything for CAS maybe before or certainly before now would have helped him legally surely ?

The papers don’t seem to have any hint of any new evidence from him or anyone else. Whilst it’s possible the Pannel or a new witness wouldn’t tell the press. Pinto surely would if he had anything.

I would have thought any criminal investigations following his supposed evidence on City to English French German or Portuguese authorities would be known about by now

The Premier League will only have access to Manchester City's official emails and documents. For example, Simon Pearce used his Executive Affairs Authority (EAA) email address in communications related to the club's financial matters. There is no way the Premier League would be granted access to emails from the UAE Executive Affairs Authority. Rui Pinto, on the other hand, might have had access to such communications.

Pinto's lawyer believed they had presented enough evidence against City. He mentioned that they were shocked when they heard the CAS verdict. I also think that holding onto a hard drive or two serves as a good life insurance.

I have no idea, but it has been confirmed by the French anti-corruption agency that the data has been shared with Germany, Belgium, and other countries.

 

[chris85mcfc]

Players can't even keep a line up secret...

No player knows the outcome of the hearing. Nobody does. Even if someone knew, they would only know the verdict on liability and not on sanction because they haven't even had that bit of the hearing.

Every soft signal is positive - another clean audit published 4 months before the deadline with no red flags, huge non-essential infrastructure investment, repeated executive confidence, Silver Lake further investment, no board resignations etc.

The team have collapsed on the pitch for football reasons.

Nobody apart from the pudding in the Suppprters club, of course...

 

[Keith Moon]

Pinto is already a convicted criminal. The prosecution case was proven in his first trial. The court rejected his claims to be a whistleblower and the evidence was overwhelming. He demanded money from Doyen Sports agency not to relase information he had hacked. The next trial involves more extortion charges. None of these cases relate to City. He has not a cat in hell's chance of convincing any court he is a whistleblower. He had money in Swiss bank accounts he had taken from other organisations. There is no evidence he has more material from City other than that already publshed by Der Spiegl.

Pinto got away with murder as he was only convicted on 9 out of 90 charges. Some very powerful people in Portugal want him hanged, and the upcoming trial involving the Benfica charges is a nightmare for him. He will do anything he can to try to obtain whistleblower status. I think it’s safe to assume that if he has more information on City, he will share it with the Premier League. Someday we might know. Now, let's forget about Pinto and open a bottle of Vino tinto.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

I was out last night at a "do".
One of the lads who's very well connected to a bloke he sometimes sees in the pub said that the rumour of 40 points is bollocks.
Closer to 30, his contact told him.

BREAKING: Man on football forum knows a lad who knows a bloke who sometimes sees another bloke in the pub who heard a rumour that City are being docked 30 points.

 

[cheekybids]

BREAKING: Man on football forum knows a lad who knows a bloke who sometimes sees another bloke in the pub who heard a rumour that City are being docked 30 points.

The media just call it a “club source.”

 

[Bluekiwi]

BREAKING: Man on football forum knows a lad who knows a bloke who sometimes sees another bloke in the pub who heard a rumour that City are being docked 30 points.

And the "another bloke in the pub" was wearing a red football shirt and totally pissed.

 

[I'm Blue]

The media just call it a “club source.”

‘Sky understand’
In other words Billy Bullshit.