PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

slbsn said:
Everybody has written about it. The Times have had it, Delaney wrote about it too. The Athletic. The YouTube guys etc. It’s been out there for literally years. Very odd story.

Also references Mohamed Al Mazrouei - this guy was Chairman of Etihad Aviation and on the CFG board too. Hardly hidden!

"Another even more senior figure at the CPC was also on Manchester City’s board then too, a position he held for over a decade, raising uncomfortable questions not just about the source of the funding for the sponsorship payments, but also as to whether the payments were known about within the highest seats of power in the UAE."

I genuinely wonder if I missing something in the piece. The timing is very odd too.
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Tomorrow innit
 
halfcenturyup said:
For anybody who wants to read it:


The whole article is stretching in every aspect to try and make it a story: uncomfortable this, uncomfortable that, IFR may ban state ownership, blah blah. Not sure what the point of the article was.

Which raises the questions: who has leaked the unredacted UEFA report, and why now? My guess is Tebas, because he is a ****.

And this other **** can't spell judgment.
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A more likely possible source for the unredacted UEFA report might be the same person who was part of the Investigatory Chamber at the time and who leaked stories to the UK and US press. Surely this is a non story. Leader of the UAE authorises sponsor payments from state-owned Etislat from one of his aides. This must happen all the time. This backs up City's case that Sheikh Mansour did not top up the payments from his own funds.
 
jimharri said:
Does anyone think that the club have been informed yet, but are bound by some sort of gagging order/embargo, and can't breathe a word until the PL say so? Have to be honest here, I really don't know what think*. The early days of last week were crazy on here, with speculation about an imminent announcement. Which, of course, never came.


*But if I was to take a guess (repeat, for the hard of hearing; GUESS) , I'd say that they don't know yet.
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You’ll have to wait until Billyshears lets us know mate.

;)
 
journolud said:
? Is Goldbridge no longer on talkshite? What have I missed?
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Micky Blue said:
Did he?
I’ve not heard that one.
How did he manage that?
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Stefan was proven correct. Goldbridge was bullshitting. Not long after, he got the boot. Obviously to save his ugly face, Goldbridge said talksport was all scripted and fake, and he couldn't condone it, funny he does for the united stand. Plus he was missing his bedroom.

 
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Brightwell Bros. said:
I'm glad I'm not the only one who is confused by that Athletic piece.

I read it and picked up the tone that something revelatory was being revealed and spent the whole time being like "I know all this, it didn't feel like a bombshell when it first came out".

Am I missing something? What's going on?
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Agree, it’s strange.
I’m not a fan of the athletic but they’re a lot more professional and credible than most of the gutter websites (football365 et al.)

I hope I’m wrong but to focus on this, at this time feels like they may know something.
If it’s not that they come across as rank amateurs.

Was his role within the CPC previously documented?
 
Stoned Rose said:
She’d be raw as fuck. Few bottles of Proseccos in her, anal and a hefty dose of drunken domestic violence (you as the victim). Miles Platting style.
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I reckon I could handle that , I’ve seen worse tbh , some absolute right fruitcakes in the Thunderdome back in the early 90’s
 
bobbyowenquiff said:
I thought the whole point was that this so called Mr X had authority to release money from the state-owned firms Etihad and Etislat. as opposed to Sheikh Mansour putting his own money in. So this information (which is old) helps our case. Am I missing something?
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No I think you are correct. Couldn’t remember but I’m pretty sure PB went to great lengths to explain the connection and why it was legit.

The tone of the piece is typical.
 
slbsn said:
Everybody has written about it. The Times have had it, Delaney wrote about it too. The Athletic. The YouTube guys etc. It’s been out there for literally years. Very odd story.

Also references Mohamed Al Mazrouei - this guy was Chairman of Etihad Aviation and on the CFG board too. Hardly hidden!

"Another even more senior figure at the CPC was also on Manchester City’s board then too, a position he held for over a decade, raising uncomfortable questions not just about the source of the funding for the sponsorship payments, but also as to whether the payments were known about within the highest seats of power in the UAE."

I genuinely wonder if I missing something in the piece. The timing is very odd too.
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Hi Stefan, I have a naive question.

Why do you think the timing is very odd? I am genuinely curious to know your view on that.
 
flb said:
I reckon I could handle that , I’ve seen worse tbh , some absolute right fruitcakes in the Thunderdome back in the early 90’s
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Only went in once, (after the 1-1 at the swamp or Ian Brightwell's thunderbastard derby as i like to recall it) didn't stay in there too long. Thought i'd walked through the gates of hell as i entered.
Asked the bouncers if we could leave, one stuck his head outside, looked both ways then turned to us and "go go quick".
A bouncer had been shot there few weeks before.
We flagged a taxi down and went straight over to Konspiracy, where my arse returned back to my body.
Thunderdome gave me bad vibes
 
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