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

[mindmyp's_n_q's]

Apologies if this has been asked before.

Could this all be about a technicality error which despite the evidence would mean we win with zero punishment regardless of what uefa produce and what our argument to that evidence would be?

Almost like we will say that's ace all your evidence but it means fuck all because you (insert procedural error) fucked up.

Mr loophole but on a much larger scale.

And we took it to CAS to get maximum humiliation out of uefa.

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

Apologies if this has been asked before.

Could this all be about a technicality error which regardless of the evidence would mean we win with zero punishment regardless of what evidence uefa produce and what our argument to that evidence would be?

Almost like we will say that's ace all your evidence but it means fuck all because you (insert procedural error) fucked up.

Mr loophole but on a much larger scale.

I'd imagine that level of legal technicality is something CAS would not touch - probably pass the buck to a proper legal court.

 

[Franny's toilet roll]

They’ve got us by the bollocks.

The reason i follow City and my favourite player of earlier years

 

[richards30]

Fucking hell, was on this morning and everything seemed positive and now come back to our best FFP and legal eagles making it sound like we are fucked! :-(

 

[willipp]

Fucking hell, was on this morning and everything seemed positive and now come back to our best FFP and legal eagles making it sound like we are fucked! :-(

Exactly my thoughts. It’s gradually got glummer and glummer all day to the point where it sounds like we’re fucked.

 

[hihosilva]

I have to admit, I had not seen this email before and it does look bad:

So it does appear the money did go through ADUG at one point which I didn't know but how much does that change?

The original source of the funds is surely what matters here and maybe that is the defence City have i.e Is it Sheikh Mansour or is it the Crown prince via alternative sources sources(ADEC)? Not wanting to show ADUG on the accounts if it was coming from elsewhere is understandable in that context because it wasn't their money and maybe there is a reason for not routing it through Etihad.

Where is this available?

 

[hateutd]

Can't wait to go to Lincoln and Bristol Rovers again.

21th Anniversary tour looking good.

...Hello darkness my old friend,
I've come to talk with you again....

 

[Metalartin]

Where is this available?

Someone linked an old Der Spiegel article a few pages back with the mostly unredacted emails in.

https://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussba...ostrecke-a293d1c1-0001-0002-0000-000000167278

 

[citizen_maine]

Where is this available?

In the post you just quoted?

 

[John Wayne]

I'd imagine that level of legal technicality is something CAS would not touch - probably pass the buck to a proper legal court.

Which is why I think City, in their bullish statement, said that they were appealing to CAS "in the first instance". I think City are half expecting to lose at CAS but are prepared for a fight in a civil courtroom. I am not sure if the burden of proof that has to be discharged by UEFA would be any higher beyond CAS. Nevertheless, if City were to deny that what Pearce recommended actually took place, surely it would be incumbent upon UEFA to find evidence to the contrary. It may be that "on balance of probabilities", the Pearce recommendation happened but it's also just as conceivable that he got an email back saying "no, that's not wise", or there are other emails not shared by Der Spiegel because it fully illuminates the context in which ADUG played a part and this damages their smear campaign. Let's not forget that they have previously been found to be economical with the truth.