PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[Beaker]

I don't think you have to be conspiracy minded to suggest it's had some form of impact on both our ability to attract talent and the club's disposition in the transfer market. I don't think it's everything, or even the main reason we are currently struggling, but I think it's in the soup.

Spunking circa £150m on Phillips, Doku and Nunes, whilst at the same time getting a hard on for making money on young players, many of whom we could really use right now is nothing to do with the charges, but rank bad decision making.

 

[Roachy]

We’re heading into Christmas week, so when it happens comes to what day it is, I’m just going to have to take your word for it.

Due to the schedule, booze or both, lol?

 

[halfcenturyup]

Well of course in theory. In theory, the Board could also say no and make Sheikh Mansour fire them. In theory Sheikh Mansour could be picking the teamsheet rather than Pep because the majority owner essentially can do whatever they want.

But we're talking about reality. Sheikh Mansour isn't picking the teamsheet and Khaldoon isn't making day to day decisions on transfers. As I've said previously, this isn't even Khaldoon's "job". His "job" is to be the Mubadala CEO. City is his weekend work for lack of a better term. He runs Mubadala. He chairs the board of City.

Of course, but transfers aren't day to day decisions. They will have been included in an amount budgeted by Soriano and his team and approved by the board at the start of the year. If Mansour says it's too much, the board will get Soriano to reduce it. If they want to spend more than budget (for example, this January) Soriano will once again have to get approval from the board.

Not looking for a prolonged debate really, but I don't think any of that is disputable.

 

[wolviedinho]

Well of course in theory. In theory, the Board could also say no and make Sheikh Mansour fire them. In theory Sheikh Mansour could be picking the teamsheet rather than Pep because the majority owner essentially can do whatever they want.

But we're talking about reality. Sheikh Mansour isn't picking the teamsheet and Khaldoon isn't making day to day decisions on transfers. As I've said previously, this isn't even Khaldoon's "job". His "job" is to be the Mubadala CEO. City is his weekend work for lack of a better term. He runs Mubadala. He chairs the board of City.

Which is why city have been left somewhat in the shit. He would need to head over to the club and talk to pep. Not a phone call at the weekend when he has time.

This maybe why the squad has been left to rot.Txiki and pep need another voice that is not their own.

Grew too big and too fast with the CFG and now the blue goose is cooked and no fucker knows what to do.

 

[Damocles]

Of course, but transfers aren't day to day decisions. They will have been included in an amount budgeted by Soriano and his team and approved by the board at the start of the year. If Mansour says it's too much, the board will get Soriano to reduce it. If they want to spend more than budget (for example, this January) Soriano will once again have to get approval from the board.

Not looking for a prolonged debate really, but I don't think any of that is disputable.

We're talking about different things and we're actually agreeing. You're talking about how the Board works in theory, as in who can do what and who asks who what, which I agree with. I'm saying that the reality of the situation is that Khaldoon doesn't interfere with transfer decisions because the club pays people millions of pounds a year to get things like this correct. The idea Khaldoon has told Soriano that he's not allowed to spend money because of the 115 case is sort of bonkers as an idea and doesn't track with anything we know about how the club functions.

 

[Damocles]

Which is why city have been left somewhat in the shit. He would need to head over to the club and talk to pep. Not a phone call at the weekend when he has time.

This maybe why the squad has been left to rot.Txiki and pep need another voice that is not their own.

Grew too big and too fast with the CFG and now the blue goose is cooked and no fucker knows what to do.

He's doing the exact job that he's employed to do. He chairs the board. It's not his fault that others think he does more than that. Soriano is the CEO and does all the things that you seemingly want Khaldoon to do.

 

[Brightwell Bros.]

Spunking circa £150m on Phillips, Doku and Nunes, whilst at the same time getting a hard on for making money on young players, many of whom we could really use right now is nothing to do with the charges, but rank bad decision making.

Yeah, well those are some of the other reasons that I spoke about innit.

 

[halfcenturyup]

Which is why city have been left somewhat in the shit. He would need to head over to the club and talk to pep. Not a phone call at the weekend when he has time.

This maybe why the squad has been left to rot.Txiki and pep need another voice that is not their own.

Grew too big and too fast with the CFG and now the blue goose is cooked and no fucker knows what to do.

I am sure there is a very effective chain of communication Guardiola/ Begiristain > Soriano > Khaldoon > Mansour. I doubt anything is happening in the wider sense that they haven't all agreed to. That doesn't mean mistakes can't be made, though, and it seems increasingly clear some have been made. It happens.

I don't think the squad has been left to rot, either. A bit melodramatic.

And, finally, in time I think you will see the owner and the board will know exactly what to do.

I'm glass half full, you know :)

 

[wolviedinho]

He's doing the exact job that he's employed to do. He chairs the board. It's not his fault that others think he does more than that. Soriano is the CEO and does all the things that you seemingly want Khaldoon to do.

Soriano only cares about the CFG.

Anything that happens at the club stops with khaldoon. For whatever reason he seemingly has dropped the ball on the squad.

He clearly has no time to focus on city so needs to appoint someone who can. Leaving it to pep and txiki has warped their thinking.

A strong leader would have seen the squad collapse was inevitable.

 

[Damocles]

Soriano only cares about the CFG.

Anything that happens at the club stops with khaldoon. For whatever reason he seemingly has dropped the ball on the squad.

He clearly has no time to focus on city so needs to appoint someone who can. Leaving it to pep and txiki has warped their thinking.

A strong leader would have seen the squad collapse was inevitable.

Soriano literally works every single day at City. He doesn't run the CFG. Everybody at the executive level is doing the same job now as they were doing when we won a Treble or 4 in a row. Khaldoon doesn't run City, has never ran City, and is not expected, employed or even allowed to run City. Nothing has changed, you're making up reasons to be mad at these people.