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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For me it’s time to say fuck them
Get pep signed up for another 3 years
Us and them mentality
Your with us or against us, if your against you get what’s coming

Like sane. Here’s your choices
1 sign contract
2 say you wanna leave
3 sit in stands for another year

Stop playing nice
 
I'm not at all confident with regards to the CAS appeal
PSG appeal thrown out on a time technicality
Gala appeal same as above
AC milan accepted a one year reduced ban

Looks like there are no technicalities we can call upon
This is going to be the first case of it's kind for CAS to rule completely on the evidence
IMO cas will rule the punishment harsh and reduce the ban
 
richards30 said:
took the night to digest all this and even winning in CAS the damage is done imo and possibly thats what UEFA wanted? They knew we would get away but in the media, fans of other clubs will always label us with the cheats tag?
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Don't worry about damage to our reputation amongst other fans and journos.

Leeds were called cheats in the 70s
We were called cheats in 1904/5

Does anyone talk about it now?

Do you think any one will care over in our major investment targets of china, india, america

Astericks and tainted title tags, let the sad fuckers have their day or two crowing, they hated us, dismissed out trophies and slagged us off before this ruling, the damage is two us competing in a competition and revenie from that, not what people think of us, as a lot never liked us anyway.
 
This is the point of no return for uefa.

Lets not forgot 2 words in all this that came from our owners...irrefutable evidence

And yet they have decided to go down this route and show to the cartel that they have the balls to stitch us up

Well there can be no acceptance of a lesser charge on our behalf, when Mansour stated he would rather spend £30m taking them to court...we are at that point

How ironic that the fine from uefa is just that amount - was this some poor attempt to stick 2 fingers up at Mansour


Any acceptance of a lesser charge still shows that we accept guilt - our owners have stated we have not done any wrong and have provided evidence (irrefutable)

If we even contemplate bowing down to a lesser charge will leave a stain on the club and us the fans.

It is time to go at uefa for this kangaroo court and this could ultimately bankrupt them which is what they were afraid of last time

And then we go for the farce that is ffp, a systematic rule that protects the elite, hiding under the farcical name 'Fair Play' when there is nothing fair about it at all unless your the old elite
 
When the media turn-up for future games I would present then the bare minimum of food and drink make their room basic and bare. They take our wonderful hospitality, one of the best in PL from what I’ve heard, and throw it back in our face They are scum and it’s time to treat them as such
 
cookster said:
Personally I'm intrigued why many on here are confident CAS will overturn, or if we go via the court route we'll win.

The cartel and UEFA seem to have been one step ahead right throughout the process.

Clearly I hope I'm wrong but after so many "we'll put them in their place, tear down UEFA" false dawns I'm resigned to a lesser punishment on appeal.

If that happens Mansour needs to review who are running the club, after yesterday that's probably happening anyway.
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I’m with you 100%. I think we’re fucked personally and won’t get it all overturned, if any. I cannot wait to read the whole thing as at this point in times i feel it’s hard to decipher what’s real and what’s not. Maybe I’m being thick though
 
petrusha said:
Just got up, having celebrated Valentine's Day with the missus and then gone to bed. All hell has broken loose in the interim, it seems.

This reflects not only on City but the UAE as a whole. Picking a fight with the state that has the second biggest SWF in the entire world on dodgy grounds to appease a few old-money vested interests? Well done, UEFA. You've brought what's to come on yourselves.​

As a lawyer, I find this fascinating because it'll go nuclear now. I'm reminded of what the young Elvis Costello sang forty-odd years ago: "If I'm gonna go down, you're gonna come with me."
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I hope so mate, I really do.

I’m similar in having woken up feeling entirely relaxed about the whole affair. The basics are that we had fair value sponsorships that just had their coffers boosted by Abu Dhabi funds, what the fuck is wrong with that? Like the Qataris with PSG, everyone knows the exact same situation, if not worse, happened with their sponsorships. It’s bollocks, complete and utter bollocks, and no stolen emails should be justification for a ban.
 
Blumers Bloomers said:
Aren’t they just. Like all their Christmases have come at once.

No wonder Pep looks so pissed off at press conferences
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So his press conference today if there is one, the should make it clear no questions to Pep on any of it, purely on the game next Wednesday teak the rule ban from the Etihad.
 
Keeper! said:
On a side note, what will be the situation IF we are found guilty by CAS regarding our audited accounts?

Will the inland revenue be taking us on to?

The fall out from this is going to be pivotal for the future of Football and for that matter Manchester City FC.
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Not really the HMRC have no interest in the fact that our owners may or may not have put the money in.
In fairness neither do our accountants as long as the accounts are factual ie the money has come from an Etihad account.
 
cookster said:
Personally I'm intrigued why many on here are confident CAS will overturn, or if we go via the court route we'll win.

The cartel and UEFA seem to have been one step ahead right throughout the process.

Clearly I hope I'm wrong but after so many "we'll put them in their place, tear down UEFA" false dawns I'm resigned to a lesser punishment on appeal.

If that happens Mansour needs to review who are running the club, after yesterday that's probably happening anyway.
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I'm not surprsed they've been one step ahead when it's their own process they're following.
 
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Keeper! said:
On a side note, what will be the situation IF we are found guilty by CAS regarding our audited accounts?

Will the inland revenue be taking us on to?

The fall out from this is going to be pivotal for the future of Football and for that matter Manchester City FC.
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It shouldn’t matter if our accounts are filed in the Cayman Islands...or am I getting confused with a certain other club which benefits from UEFA’s whimsical ways?
 
swinton blue said:
I'm not at all confident with regards to the CAS appeal
PSG appeal thrown out on a time technicality
Gala appeal same as above
AC milan accepted a one year reduced ban

Looks like there are no technicalities we can call upon
This is going to be the first case of it's kind for CAS to rule completely on the evidence
IMO cas will rule the punishment harsh and reduce the ban
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Milan accepted a year ban from a competition they didn’t qualify for
 
petrusha said:
Just got up, having celebrated Valentine's Day with the missus and then gone to bed. All hell has broken loose in the interim, it seems.

This reflects not only on City but the UAE as a whole. Picking a fight with the state that has the second biggest SWF in the entire world on dodgy grounds to appease a few old-money vested interests? Well done, UEFA. You've brought what's to come on yourselves.​

As a lawyer, I find this fascinating because it'll go nuclear now. I'm reminded of what the young Elvis Costello sang forty-odd years ago: "If I'm gonna go down, you're gonna come with me."
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From a legal view what options do the club have Obviously they can appeal to CAS but from what I’ve read that’s the end if we loose thats it I guess if we win then we could sue for damages Or could we go to CAS and concurrently sue for damages in a civil court?
 
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