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

[Manchester1894]

I would say don't fall for the same sensationalist headlines that got us. PSG's head has said he's already cleared previous charges and this is a technical charge.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

Hope you don't mind but I just asked Rabin on Twitter the same questions. Ed Woodward, Edwin Van Der Sar and K-H Rumennigge are all on the ECA Executive Board.

Not a problem.
The ECA board/committees is publically available (ecaeurope.com, I think).
Soriano is on one of the levels somewhere - I think Woodward is on a competitions committee, but don't know if he's on the top board. That would look curious with Gill already there as Treasurer! van der Sar is there representing Ajax.

In answer to @Rolee, I have no idea if voting info is available, but I'd think it unlikely.

 

[petrusha]

I’ve decided to appeal against the scoreline.

The second one's gone to VAR! ;)

 

[johnnytapia]

I beg to differ. 'Serendipitous' suggests that the outcome is somehow pleasing while 'coincidence' contains no such implication. Therefore, IMO they can legitimately be used together with the former adding to the latter to convey that the coincidence in question is a happy one.

Ooh, a nice bit of lexical whiff-whaff to help pass the day.

 

[Newman Noggs]

I'd remind all posters that the Qatari crook is innocent until proved guilty.

 

[blueinsa]

Football really is eating itself at the moment.

 

[petrusha]

You are Simon Jordan and I claim my prize

Ha, ha! That's one of the most hurtful things anyone's ever said to me! ;)

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Ooh, a nice bit of lexical whiff-whaff to help pass the day.

I might have to call you as an expert witness!

 

[Bozzie]

The second one's gone to VAR! ;)

Christ, we'll be here all day!

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Ha, ha! That's one of the most hurtful things anyone's ever said to me! ;)

I hear Simon Jordan’s not best chuffed either ;-)

 

[Gordyola]

I still remember the bad time Wolfsburg gave us when pursuing KDB I think they have massive links with VW.
I seem to remember shortly after VW were exposed for software violations when testing car exhaust content.

VFL Wolfsburg are the sporting club of Volkswagen GmBH the professional football club is wholly owned subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group the funding is somewhat restricted by the Group's supervisory board The emissions scandal is totally not connected in any way to the football A timely reminder is VW Groups involvement with Bayern Audi AG are a major sponsor and through that sponsorship have a supervisory board member Dr Herbert Diess the CEO of Group Until recently also Rupert Stadler former Audi CEO who has been charged with fraud by German investigators
The Bayern Supervisory board contains members of some of the largest companies in Germany through their sponsorship of the club Allianz, UniCredit Bank, Deutsche Telekom, Borse Uli Hoeness convicted tax fraudist is still deputy chairman The current chairman is former CEO of Addidas

 

[George Hannah]

When a previous member of the IC died, an internal City mail said "One down, five to go". Was in der spiegel leaks story. Not good by us, but hey ho.

Simon Cliff - not a City employee one of our lawyers. We should sue him.

 

[Nicholas van Whatsisface]

Yeah. That ticked me off more than anything else.

It was a ludicrous position for them to take - given the levels of corruption in football governance, it would be an act of reckless naivety completely unbefitting any half-way professionally run organisation to take a stance of blind, unquestioning trust in the judgements of the people behind UEFA.

It was such a hopelessly callow, wide-eyed position for them to take, that it simply has to have been disingenuous on their part - I mean, they can't genuinely have expected us to simply accept the judgement cap in hand through some misplaced notion of 'respect'

 

[George Hannah]

‘Serendipitous coincidence’ is tautological :-)

Not all coincidences are happy ones

 

[crazyg]

I’m being attacked from all sides!

 

[bobmcfc]

So FIFA only wanted the charge relation to Valcke Pursuing ?? And came to an Amicable agreement regarding other Bribery charges ? I’m assuming this is because they are protecting certain individuals who aren’t already found guilty of corruption .

 

[laserblue]

If City made "observations" (they would have been asked for their submissions), the AC considered them. This "didn't even consider them" thing is not correct.

You may be right but the persistent story is that City submitted their dossier to the IC who refused to look at it because they were desperate to close the investigation and reach their verdict before UEFA's own 5 year moratorium on re-opening old cases kicked in. The IC duly closed the case, delivered their guilty verdict and kicked it upstairs to the AC on the last possible day within the 5 years. City could of course have deliberately submitted it at a point when consideration of the 200 page dossier we're hearing about would have taken the investigation over the 5 year period. Either way making "observations" could mean anything City said in the investigation and not necessarily refer to the dossier being presented and considered.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Not all coincidences are happy ones

But all serendipities are coincidences!

 

[oakiecokie]

Football really is eating itself at the moment.

Hopefully they will be gorging into a fucking massive piece of humble pie in the not too distant future.

 

[give it to gordon]

So FIFA only wanted the charge relation to Valcke Pursuing ?? And came to an Amicable agreement regarding other Bribery charges ? I’m assuming this is because they are protecting certain individuals who aren’t already found guilty of corruption .

its to complicated form my little brain.....whats going on ..