PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[give it to gordon]

No. There's nothing in the accounts (although those are apparently a pack of lies anyway).

Did the CFC take a loan ? In the back of my mind I seem to remember something. But I can't even remember what I had for breakfast somedays

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

Did the CFC take a loan ? In the back of my mind I seem to remember something. But I can't even remember what I had for breakfast somedays

CFG took a loan iirc but they're a separate legal entity to City.

 

[give it to gordon]

CFG took a loan iirc but they're a separate legal entity to City.

I see, thanks

 

[meltonblue]

when hughes was sacked it was well reported that City were looking to bring mancini in as he was already working for ADUG in a consultancy role therefore already under contract to them

completely separate to any contract City would offer him when he became City manager

the '2 contracts' stuff is nonsense

I’ve seen this a few times but I’ve never seen any report that said he was already in a consultancy role already aside from on here.

The issue with the Mancini contract to me is it looks like we were negotiating and paying the Al Jazira element of it too, if the leaks are to be believed.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

I see, thanks

Just checked and there's a c£500m loan on CFG's books, on which we pay commercial rates of interest. I suspect that's to finance the NYCFC stadium.

 

[ZanteWeatherman]

You must be very young if you had to look that up?

Anyway, what's this Episode IV bullshit? It was just Star Wars when I watched Alec Guinness in it in 1977 :P

I'm not young, just couldn't stand Star Wars, Star Trek on the other hand......

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

I’ve seen this a few times but I’ve never seen any report that said he was already in a consultancy role already aside from on here.

The issue with the Mancini contract to me is it looks like we were negotiating and paying the Al Jazira element of it too, if the leaks are to be believed.

He seems to have had a relationship with Khaldoon (not in a sexual way) prior to signing for us, but I've never seen anything to suggest he had a contractual relationship. Thr Al Jazira contract was dated the same day he became our manager.

That strongly suggests there was a personal reason, almost certainly tax related, for that contract. It's absolute nonsense to think it was to keep an expense off the books.

 

[meltonblue]

He seems to have had a relationship with Khaldoon (not in a sexual way) prior to signing for us, but I've never seen anything to suggest he had a contractual relationship.

Yes, I saw an interview with him where he said he’d met Khaldoon a couple of times before signing with us.

 

[halfcenturyup]

Yes, I saw an interview with him where he said he’d met Khaldoon a couple of times before signing with us.

I suppose we are putting two and two together and making four or five with the rumours of a pre-dated AJ contract that we haven't seen but, at the end of the day, there are plenty of ways to justify the club being involved in the AJ negotiations and even paying some of the amounts. And even if the club can't justify it the rules at the time didn't require disclosure and it's not in any way (on its own) material.

Was I the one who started us off on Mancini again? Apologies if so :)

 

[give it to gordon]

This Mancini thingy I get confused over. I read sometimes that even if City did pay him they was nothing in place at that time to say it was wrong.

I am right ?