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

What do you think will be the outcome of the CAS hearing?

  • Two-year ban upheld

    Votes: 197 13.1%

  • Ban reduced to one year

    Votes: 422 28.2%

  • Ban overturned and City exonerated

    Votes: 815 54.4%

  • Other

    Votes: 65 4.3%
  • Total voters
    1,499
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Plea to CITY FAN TV and Prestwich Blue: Please can you select a quieter venue for any future interview of this sort. The background din was shocking. I really struggled to catch much that Colin was saying, though the interviewer was clearer (perhaps seated closer to the recording device?). Thanks.

And ... errr ... any chance of a transcript??? :-)
 
Roberto Manciti said:
Plea to CITY FAN TV and Prestwich Blue: Please can you select a quieter venue for any future interview of this sort. The background din was shocking. I really struggled to catch much that Colin was saying, though the interviewer was clearer (perhaps seated closer to the recording device?). Thanks.

And ... errr ... any chance of a transcript??? :-)
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The Derby and Joan clubs are always noisy. :-)
 
Roberto Manciti said:
Plea to CITY FAN TV and Prestwich Blue: Please can you select a quieter venue for any future interview of this sort. The background din was shocking. I really struggled to catch much that Colin was saying, though the interviewer was clearer (perhaps seated closer to the recording device?). Thanks.

And ... errr ... any chance of a transcript??? :-)
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We didn't have much choice unfortunately as I was out so couldn't do it via Skype and Ray was also out f had to pick his son up from school. So we had a small window of opportunity to meet up and that was the only place we could do it. I did a podcast for Bolt From The Blue the next day which pretty well covers the same ground but with longer to do it so I could go into more detail.
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
We didn't have much choice unfortunately as I was out so couldn't do it via Skype and Ray was also out f had to pick his son up from school. So we had a small window of opportunity to meet up and that was the only place we could do it. I did a podcast for Bolt From The Blue the next day which pretty well covers the same ground but with longer to do it so I could go into more detail.
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Thanks for doing it anyway, PB.
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
We didn't have much choice unfortunately as I was out so couldn't do it via Skype and Ray was also out f had to pick his son up from school. So we had a small window of opportunity to meet up and that was the only place we could do it. I did a podcast for Bolt From The Blue the next day which pretty well covers the same ground but with longer to do it so I could go into more detail.
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Thanks very much for your work on this PB. Much appreciated.
 
mancitymax said:
Im still here. I will provide an external link at the latest Monday midday. I will look forward to the twitter storm.
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mike1923 said:
Manchester United have announced their net debt has increased by almost £140m in their latest financial figures, even after posting another revenue increase for the first quarter of 2019-20.

Glad FFP is doing it’s stated intention of controlling debt levels
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£384.5M now!
 
mike1923 said:
Manchester United have announced their net debt has increased by almost £140m in their latest financial figures, even after posting another revenue increase for the first quarter of 2019-20.

Glad FFP is doing it’s stated intention of controlling debt levels
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Net debt is as meaningless as net spend. It's just total debt minus cash. Clubs get loads of cash at the end of the season, from UEFA & the PL, so cash balances are generally high at year-end, meaning net debt is lower. As they start to spend that cash, on transfers, wages and other operating expenses, it goes higher. Their total debt is almost certainly still the same.

UEFA have been very sneaky about the way they report on levels of debt under FFP. For one thing they only use net debt, taken from year end accounts. As I've explained, it's not a great measure & is generally at its lowest then. Then they report it as a percentage of revenue. So if total revenue across UEFA's clubs in 2010 was €10bn and net debt was €6bn, it'll be reported as being 60% of revenue. If in 2018 total revenue has increased to €18bn and net debt is still €6bn, it'll be reported as 33% of revenue and UEFA will claim it's fallen to nearly half the level it was in 2010. Yet the absolute level of net debt hasn't changed by a penny.

Update: Just checked their financial statements and their gross USD debt remains unchanged. However they've burned through £170m cash in the 3 months to Sep 2019, compared to a small net increase for the same period in the previous year. Not getting even into the Europa League next season could cost them another £100m cash easy.

Tick fucking tock.
 
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Prestwich_Blue said:
Net debt is as meaningless as net spend. It's just total debt minus cash. Clubs get loads of cash at the end of the season, from UEFA & the PL, so cash balances are generally high at year-end, meaning net debt is lower. As they start to spend that cash, on transfers, wages and other operating expenses, it goes higher. Their total debt is almost certainly still the same.

UEFA have been very sneaky about the way they report on levels of debt under FFP. For one thing they only use net debt, taken from year end accounts. As I've explained, it's not a great measure & is generally at its lowest then. Then they report it as a percentage of revenue. So if total revenue across UEFA's clubs in 2010 was €10bn and net debt was €6bn, it'll be reported as being 60% of revenue. If in 2018 total revenue has increased to €18bn and net debt is still €6bn, it'll be reported as 33% of revenue and UEFA will claim it's fallen to nearly half the level it was in 2010. Yet the absolute level of net debt hasn't changed by a penny.

Update: Just checked their financial statements and their gross USD debt remains unchanged. However they've burned through £170m cash in the 3 months to Sep 2019, compared to a small net increase for the same period in the previous year. Not getting even into the Europa League next season could cost them another £100m cash easy.

Tick fucking tock.
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I do love it when you talk dirty.
 
mike1923 said:
Manchester United have announced their net debt has increased by almost £140m in their latest financial figures, even after posting another revenue increase for the first quarter of 2019-20.

Glad FFP is doing it’s stated intention of controlling debt levels
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We all know that huge debt is fine mate, having money and no debt needs to be challenged at all levels.
 
Fordyboy46 said:
We all know that huge debt is fine mate, having money and no debt needs to be challenged at all levels.
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Indeed.
Any club that shows a profit should automatically give it to UEFA as a thank you for allowing them to participate in their wonderful competitions.Showing no debt is nothing short of scandalous and that Club needs to be fined for showing their courage on how to run a superb business model.
Come on HH and Khaldoon pull your finger your and lets see more misery heaped onto our "friends" from all corners of the globe.
A truly shocking state of affairs.City you are a disgrace !!
 
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