PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[RabidCity]

Not sure if this has been posted. But seems balanced.

Man City knew charges were coming as plan to clear reputation emerges

Manchester City have been charged by the Premier League for breaking over 100 financial rules after the organisation underwent a four-year investigation in the club

www.mirror.co.uk

The comments under the article show the intelligence of the average reader.

 

[domalino]

It's from the PL Handbook. There's no references to transfer bans or stripping of titles. They can refuse to register a player or remove an existing registration.

Rule W51

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W51.7 Means they can give any penalty they want.

The commission may....impose upon the respondent any combination of the foregoing or such other penalty it shall think fit

 

[Gordyola]

I love the idea that Mancini shouldn’t earn x amount for consultancy work when, here at home this happens.

Boris Johnson has registered an advance payment of nearly £2.5m for speaking events, in his latest declaration of outside earnings.
It brings the former prime minister's declared income since leaving office last September to almost £4.8m.
He has previously recorded nearly £1.8m in speaking fees since his departure.

The issue is that apparently there are receipts showing City having paid the additional fees
Seems strange to me that it true
Unless someone has an exclusive clause in a contract then they are entitled to take on other work anyway

 

[ayrshire_blue]

51.7 Basically means they can give any penalty they want.

Likewise with 51.10 I was about to comment, basically means they can do anything they see fit to do?

 

[Eric Hitchmough]

I still feel that a heavy fine, mainly for non-cooperation (similar to CAS), is the most likely outcome.

Hope so, Ric. Did your contact at the club give any indication as to how many months/years they expect this cloud to hang over us?

 

[SWP's back]

OK, one last post about it.

This was presumably the guy City selected from the approved list who voted for City every time, as opposed to the German guy UEFA selected who voted for UEFA every time?

Not sure this helps allay any suspicions people may have about independence ...
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Quite.

 

[jrb]

I take it City don’t know all the evidence the PL have got, just the charges they have issued City with?

 

[domalino]

Likewise with 51.10 I was about to comment, basically means they can do anything they see fit to do?

Yes.

 

[Bez]

If they do decide to fine City and according to their rules this can be unlimited, what's stopping them levelling a fine of a trillion pounds? That would be game over if we are unable to challenge in court.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

51.7 Basically means they can give any penalty they want.

Not quite. Has to be within their powers. It’s an insanely wide discretion though.