PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[searsleftpeg]

Is this witch hunt being held under the normal adversarial judicial process we have in this country or is it a fact finding process as an inquest for instance.
I have a slight concern ,because of my personal experiences of the adversarial system is, it ,depends ,not on facts and truth, but who is better at arguing and sound bites. Everyone seems sure our K.C.is top notch so perhaps justice will be done.
I have the utmost faith belief and admiration for our owners,their intelligence and integrity must surely be obvious to any judge. Whereas it's obvious to any one unbiased that these characters simply jumped up to stop City.

 

[Gordyola]

If case hadn't been forced out in the open (Daily Mail was it?) maybe there would have been a settlement.

It was the investigation that was made public when the judge rejected an appeal by City, supported by the PL, to keep City’s case asking the court to stop the PL seeking confidential documents to support an investigation private Once the PL announced the charges which they would’ve done anyhow

 

[Brendan110_0]

It just feels like an almighty gamble
Such a shame a deal couldn’t have been done
If found guilty we are facing oblivion

No we're not, it's news sensationalism. Football was ending a few months ago because City had the gall to challenge a rule modification they think is illegal. The vitriol over "tyranny of the majority" was funny though.

 

[JewelZee]

We aren't the recipient to the good here. A settlement for us is akin to accepting a plea. Obviously we are extremely confident of our not being guilty...

 

[johnnytapia]

Actually it’s my lads’ homework.

I wasn’t to know you had more than one lad!

 

[KS55]

In my career in liability insurance I have been involved in dozens, if not hundreds of legal actions. The vast majority of these cases (probably upwards of 90%) settle before they get to court. In my experience this is down to two things. The first is the uncertainty of the outcome in a civil case and the second, and by far the biggest consideration, is the cost of litigation. It’s often much cheaper to settle a matter than have it proceed through the legal process to trial and possibly appeal.

So far, it doesn’t look like either side in this matter are thinking about the uncertainty or the cost.

Khaldoon has made it clear he will spend whatever it takes. I think the exact quote was: “ I will spend unlimited amounts to grind these bastards into the ground.”

 

[Sheikh rattle and roll]

No we're not, it's news sensationalism. Football was ending a few months ago because City had the gall to challenge a rule modification they think is illegal. The vitriol over "tyranny of the majority" was funny though.

I disagree if we fall a division or 2
Players and sponsors will leave it will set us back many a year
That’s before clubs and people start suing us for whatever reason
It will take a long time to come back

 

[Sheikh rattle and roll]

Khaldoon has made it clear he will spend whatever it takes. I think the exact quote was: “ I will spend unlimited amounts to grind these bastards into the ground.”

He’s impressive isn’t he

 

[GortonBlue62]

It was the investigation that was made public when the judge rejected an appeal by City, supported by the PL, to keep City’s case asking the court to stop the PL seeking confidential documents to support an investigation private Once the PL announced the charges which they would’ve done anyhow

If the investigation hadn't been made public, I wonder if the PL would perhaps have decided to not proceed, even with the red tops pressuring them?

I also wonder if looking back, the PL wish they'd waited for the CAS verdict before instigating the investigation.

 

[South Stand Balti]

Where's all this talk about being offered a 6 point deduction come from?

I don't know where it came from but it seems unlikely to me. If I was offering to settle at 6 points, but it was refused, I don't think I would spend multi millions trying to prove it.....a 6 points offer would suggest a lack of confidence. Also, the red shirts would be all over the PL if they settled at 6 points with us. If I did think this was true then I'd be certain we will win this by a first round knockout.