UEFA FFP investigation - CAS decision to be announced Monday, 13th July 9.30am BST

[citizen_maine]

That would be very difficult without the courts, UEFA have no control over private individuals only over clubs competing in their competitions I’d have thought.

They only have that control because the clubs agree though. Owners could also agree

 

[Rolee]

That would be very difficult without the courts, UEFA have no control over private individuals only over clubs competing in their competitions I’d have thought.

I was thinking that as I was typing, I've no idea of the legalities of it.

 

[BluessinceHydeRoad]

The kind of leveraged takeover with which the Glazers "bought" United is perfectly legal in the UK but is not, I believe, in the USA. Providing interest free loans, as Abramovitch has done, is clearly not illegal and so the scope for UEFA to take action is probably limited if they wish to avoid challenge in the courts. The irony is, of course, that UEFA chose to duck out of possible collision with those who pose a real risk to clubs and genuine danger to the game, to try and make it impossible for owners, who wish to invest in their clubs to make them more competitive and provide a better product for fans to watch, actually to invest in their clubs. One of the people asked by UEFA to draw up the FFP regulations resigned because he believed unlimited owner investment to be essential for the professional game to progress. This has been stated many, many tomes, of course, and by many, many different people - let's hope that, at long last, UEFA are seeing sense.

 

[bennyboy]

With the loses they made recently would Wolves be allowed to play in the UEFA cup.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

With the loses they made recently would Wolves be allowed to play in the UEFA cup.

To my understanding, yes, they've got no record in Europe, so they don't have a three year period to be judged over.

 

[Delboy352]

Would we be due our “fine” back, plus of course interest?? Not to mention damages due to squad reduction...

 

[NZBlue]

Would we be due our “fine” back, plus of course interest?? Not to mention damages due to squad reduction...

Ooooh, let me think. It's a hard one this..........








Of course not, this is City and UEFA we're talking about here

 

[JGL07]

With the loses they made recently would Wolves be allowed to play in the UEFA cup.

If you recall, UEFA only investigate teams currently in Europe so I would guess that there would be no sanction for Wolves. It happened when Liverpool would have failed FFP had they been looked at following their 'Premier League Trophy' season back in 2013-14. They were allowed to contest the CL without any penalty. Unlike City!

 

[meltonblue]

If you recall, UEFA only investigate teams currently in Europe so I would guess that there would be no sanction for Wolves. It happened when Liverpool would have failed FFP had they been looked at following their 'Premier League Trophy' season back in 2013-14. They were allowed to contest the CL without any penalty. Unlike City!

Not quite, UEFA did investigate Liverpool, they were allowed to write off a fair amount of their losses as allowable expenditure (think they said it was for their stadium)

 

[daztrueblue91]

Not quite, UEFA did investigate Liverpool, they were allowed to write off a fair amount of their losses as allowable expenditure (think they said it was for their stadium)

Don’t forget that Liverpool also received £1 billion for Coutinho which helps with FFP.