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

[91:23]

Yup. I've actually signed a contract with a clause in that my lawyer thought would be unenforceable (on me and) I simply chose not to spend time and money negotiating the point.

Me too, when I was made redundant last year. My package said that I couldn't work for a competitor for 3 years or something. We just told them to fuck off and I did just that.

 

[TheThirdDeano]

Let's hope Pep feels the same

The man is born and bred Catalonian and has already shown how stubborn he is with the whole ribbon saga.

To be honest, I can’t think of a better fit for us

 

[SWP's back]

I don’t get all the upset. City aren’t challenging this in a court nor have we ever suggested a court challenge.

We have gone to CAS to have it thrown out on grounds of due process and can do so again (if a punishment is recommended).

Nothing has changed at all.

 

[whp.blue]

The very last point in the memorandum even states:

So after signing that, I don’t see how we could then argue it’s not binding?

I once signed a contract of employment that stated I couldn't work in my field for 9 months upon leaving them.

However when I left after 7 years I challenged that in court and won.
Any clause whether agreed to or not has to be lawful.

 

[Grassland Blue]

Fantastic post as ever. There was a telling line in the club's statement following the DS 'revelations' that described the attempts to damage our reputation as "clear and organised"
This current trial by media and kangaroo court is a mere sideshow in the long-term aim of reputational damage.

A shot across our (the club's) bows?
(Will fail I think.)

 

[Grassland Blue]

There lies the difference.
I cannot transpose my defiant I'm a City supporter stance with its bring it on I've heard it all before attitude to our current expectation of a 5 _ 0 victory every game.
Wouldn't do for us all to be the same would it?

Only 5-0 lol!

 

[Keith Moon]

I’d be surprised if you can do that retrospectively

The agreement is between UEFA and ECA if we're not an ECA member we don't have to follow their rules. We had a similar case at work where we had to leave an association to be able to sue one of their partners.

 

[BlueMoonz1977]

Very interesting that it is also rumoured that FFP may be changing how it is ran. This being due to UEFA having to fight lengthy legal battles in the courts.

https://www.ft.com/content/790e0b66-4bf3-11e9-8b7f-d49067e0f50d

However, this article seems to be directly talking to someone about our case, with it finishing on a statement from a person close to UEFA’s investigations !!!!! (Very last paragraph)

So thats another breach then on UEFA’s part

 

[pudge]

What's the craic at the moment then?

 

[Keith Moon]

Wasn’t the difficulty with the Dupont farce that he couldn’t argue that he was representing an affected party, so the Belgian and European Courts have spent 4 years kicking the case back to one another, without anyone being prepared to accept responsibility for it. A case that takes years to be heard would not suit City if we were banned in the interim.
Placing our faith in CAS seems our only option, and honestly I wouldn’t know what to expect there. What I do believe is that after all the very deliberate media hysteria, I’m not convinced we could get a fair trial anywhere outside of a State Court. Still, there are probably political forces at play that may assist us

Yes, but if they ban us there will be plenty of affected to represent, players, agencies, sponsors,... But I think that this issue will be solved by CAS.