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

[Centurions]

Very confident

And more and more so with every passing day. PB's latest post only strengthens my thoughts on it, of course if it turns out that CAS agree on the ban then I'm blaming it on PB ;)

 

[salfordbluetrue]

I usually read rather than post. Like most blues i swing from optimism to despair and what worries me is this. If our evidence of no wrongdoing is irrefutable how can things have got this far?

I can only hope that the UEFA investigation was so rushed that there was not time to consider properly the dossier of which we are told. So at the UEFA AC they did not have the jurisdiction to evaluate the IC other than on the basis of the evidence which the IC actually considered before the imposition of the ban - a cop out in a way.

As a retired legal person I have seen cases where, however meritorious an argument may be, if it has not been raised in the paperwork within the rules of the court, time limits etc., prior to trial, then the judge may not take such evidence into account in the decision. As CAS can look at evidence not necessarily considered by the UEFA appeal panel there are grounds for cautious optimism that at the very least we will get a full and fair hearing.

I emphasise this is pure speculation on my part but if our evidence is indeed irrefutable, then justice should eventually prevail.

On the “corruption” that exists unless there is an explanation along the above lines then some eminent lawyers advising UEFA are taking a hell of a risk with their reputation if UEFA are acting in bad faith

UEFA is a very divided body the use of Leterme after his spectacular failure with PSG hints of a man with no reputation and easily maneuvered, City`s failure at FFP started with 9 clubs accused but after a change of meaning it enveloped nearly 20, that was a gamble by Gill`s company and it was this change that City bartered with UEFA over, much to the dismay of other vested interested parties,
It looks like UEFA have used the leaks as an excuse to reopen an old case, it does have little evidence just a lot of suggestion, certainly the first charge of inflating sponsors income is easily explained when compared to utd and arsenal two teams we were out doing on the pitch and on tv, it was deemed market value at the time.
The second charge is not really against us, it is against our owners and their intelligence ,dignity and integrity, so as such it will not be taken as a hiccup or temporary set back, the 1 year that UEFA wanted was rejected and the 2 years wishful thinking, the evidence seems to come from American airlines complaint of State funded Etihad Airways, in which there was a lot of linking City into the same funding but no proof.
Would UEFA bluff in the hope that real evidence would come out in questioning? why not what is really at stake that was not already
At least this is my uneducated view so yeah i am confident, especially as we have seen no evidence, of wrong doing, which we would have if only to sell papers

 

[BLUEMATT23]

I think people have to keep watching the interview / speech that Ferran Sorinao said weeks ago.
He was concise, clear and confident. Would he really risk potentially his job if he wasn't convinced we will get cleared?
Have faith in the club, have faith in the executives and above all have faith in the decision.
We will get exonerated and cleared.

 

[Newman Noggs]

I keep reading that "we rejected a deal". How do we know this ?

 

[waspish]

I keep reading that "we rejected a deal". How do we know this ?

The bloke from Uefa came to 2 of our champs league games when usually he doesn’t.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

I keep reading that "we rejected a deal". How do we know this ?

We were told at a City Matters meeting just before Xmas.

 

[Newman Noggs]

We were told at a City Matters meeting just before Xmas.

Absolutely and unequivocally?

 

[waspish]

Absolutely and unequivocally?

Why you got a piece to write

 

[Newman Noggs]

Why you got a piece to write

What is it to you ? It's a simple question.

 

[waspish]

What is it to you ? It's a simple question.

He answered it.