PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[cheekybids]

The thing I don't understand with the Mancini thing is why on earth would we need to pay him underhanded. He wasn't really that sought after at the time, and we were probably the most interesting job in football. Any manager, certainly one without a job, would be attracted to us at the time without the lure of an extra wage

And we didn’t need to fiddle the books because FFP didn’t exist.

 

[BertTrautmann'sParachute]

As Stefan said, these are extremely serious allegations. There is not much middle ground here. I’m hopeful that the PL, like UEFA, have gone all in, in an attempt to look strong and appease certain clubs, but now have a big job on their hands to prove their allegations. As the CAS ruling said, it would “mean that not only [Manchester City] lied to the [Football Association] and UEFA, but also that accountancy firms such as BDO, Deloitte, Ernst & Young and AlixPartners […] were all misled”. That’s a very big claim.

The PL have made a huge gamble here. They don't want to be regulated by the government, thereby letting another bunch of corrupt individuals muscle in on their own corruption. Consequently, they've made a play to keep the government out of their affairs by sacrificing us on the altar of their sheer greed. This is as existential for the PL as it is for us. Thankfully, they don't seem to be very bright given the mistakes made in their initial press-release today which leads me to believe that given a fair wind we'll bury the cunts. It's being given a fair wind that has me worried.

 

[DMA's]

Stefan is but one voice among many and much as I respect him, he appears a bit gloomy and depressed atm
The ultimate outcome of all this will be, imo, us taking another reluctant ‘pinch’ and maybe a fine/one transfer window ban for the trumped up non-co-operation bullshit

I’m not sure a ‘pinch’ is possible when you have accused a organisation of deliberately producing false accounts for 9 years.

The accusations are so serious the public would not accept that as a solution imo. It has simply gone too far and one way or the other one side of this is going to be badly damaged.

 

[Keepingthefaithsince1976]

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Stefan is but one voice among many and much as I respect him, he appears a bit gloomy and depressed atm
The ultimate outcome of all this will be, imo, us taking another reluctant ‘pinch’ and maybe a fine/one transfer window ban for the trumped up non-co-operation bullshit

really don't see why City should pay another penny for competing as a football club in a football league. Bad behaviour on the pitch, fans fighting, racist chants yeah no problem fines galore but wanting to compete? Madness.

 

[LongsightM13]

Investing my own money on my business is a crime

But getting loans & selling possible future income is fine

Absolutely nailed the madness of it all
In no other sphere of business would investing in your asset be seen as a crime

 

[dajd1984]

Now that we’re here, I’d love to actually know how much we could get a sponsor for now. If we didn’t have Etihad, compared to the other top clubs, I wonder if a company would give us a competitive deal. Or would it just be Thomas Cook or first advice!

I still feel like we can’t generate the same kind of legit revenue than the global teams. We probably can’t sell as many corporate seats, and I’m not sure I want us to. And if we have to accept the consequences of that, then I’m fine with that. A few years of cheating to beat the reds a bit, and then a few years playing lower leagues again. Fine by me. ‘my football journey’ as someone once said.

 

[Judge Roughneck]

The hateful 8 seem to have shrunk to 6 because maybe the penny has finally dropped, particularly with their supporters of all the others, that this means they will probably never win anything again. They are doomed to the ignomy of beaten finalists at best.
When they're not plotting to destroy Newcastle, everything will be carved up between the five, (and spurs who will continue to win nothing).
The turkeys voted for Christmas.

 

[Blu3m00n91]

Why have they waited 9 years to suddenly come out with this?

Anything to do with the two red mardarse clubs being up for sale and it's the yanks last throw of the dice to try and bring us down?

It is very odd that it's just blown up like it has, very weird.

That’s what I mean. Have they known about this for a long time and they’ve been waiting for a case so solid they think they’ve got us by the balls. How does this information just suddenly be found?

 

[Impeccable One]

Bellingham won't be signing for a team lower than mid table.

I think which table may come in to play [emoji15]

 

[svennis pennis]

Whatever happens, it’s absurd what it took to smash up the top 4 cartel and I’m very proud it was us who did it.

They won’t ever be able to put that back in the box.

 

[Manc123]

I think a nice hearty vocalised version of;
"Your clutching at straws.....your clutching at straaaaawwwss.....the Premier league....your clutching at straws"
will go down nicely from the away end on Sunday at villa park.

were at home so it would be nice and loud for them all to hear including tv cameras

 

[city2]

It would be fantastic if we could bring the Premier League down and start again with the same set of rules for all, and not make new ones when a new kid on the block comes along whilst also breaking the so called big 4.

 

[chesterbells]

Thank you Bernard Manning 1975

I was thinking more Iron Maiden 84-85

 

[cleavers]

I think which table may come in to play [emoji15]

liverpool won't get relegated.....

 

[argyle]

Absolute weasel this one

If Manchester City are guilty they have betrayed football as a spectacle | Barney Ronay

Sport only works if it is on some level real, credible and straight – any club that breaks the rules must be harshly punished

www.theguardian.com

Barney clutching his pearls again.

The Guardian hate City and especially the owners.

They aren't the right sort of Muslims for The Guardian, they like poor ones as it fits their narrative that the West oppresses them. Rich and powerful Muslims are an inconvinience to them.

 

[John Wayne]

I have just spoken to a friend inside CFG.

They aren't worried, and neither should we be.

There are no surprises. Khaldoon will burn down the entire Premier League house if it comes to it.

Just before everyone goes to bed, have one more read of the above.

 

[Manchester_lalala]

I don’t think that really matters, tbh. We can both afford the best lawyers.

Yeah, I’ve never really understood the “you bought your way out of it” argument. UEFA aren’t exactly skint, did they have Saul Goodman fighting their case?

 

[Silva2021]

Last time 1894 had a protest banner we all chipped in for, would be good with another one highlighting the racist undertones and the yank owners.

 

[argyle]

It comes across as the club don’t know whether they will get found guilty or not tbh , putting a statement saying “we haven’t been naughty boys” just frankly doesn’t cut it . We are making BBC and ITV headlines at the ten o’clock news ffs. Soriano or Khaldoon need to find their fucking bollocks tbh and put out a televised statement- the fact they won’t or can’t because maybe they have been “naughty boys” actually speaks volumes in a way , if we are that sure without doubt then they need to come out swinging tbh , as fucking usual ,Soriano never comes out to defend OUR club , the self serving hide away in the background tosser that he is , sort your shit our boss , because one thing i know as a business owner , that if anyone pointed a finger at me knowing i was “not guilty” I’d have THEM in court and not the other way round , as per , it’s stick your head in the sand from the powers that be.

This hysterical rant is amazing.

'Televised statement.'

Chefs kiss.

 

[radcliffe1309]

Last time 1894 had a protest banner we all chipped in for, would be good with another one highlighting the racist undertones and the yank owners.

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