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

[Marvin]

My daughter and I lost our fucking seats so these ****s can sit there and write their bile

That would really p'ss me off.

 

[Centurions]

The dick just started a " Who will you support now?" thread, looks to have been deleted, so hopefully the vermin has been banned. I don't envy the mods for the next few months.

He has.

 

[Manc in London]

Weren't we supposed to have wined and dined UEFA reps at a recent champs league game, if that was true then the nicey nicey approach didn't work again. Fucking get at them City.

It may have been more like a "let us try resolve this" kind of situation. I'd suggest it would have only been right to oblige in that situation.

 

[Gordyola]

Suppose just procedure.

They set their stall out with the pre-emptive CAS appeal they made to have the FFP case thrown out before UEFA’s adjudicatory appeal had even heard it. You cannot go to the highest arbitration body until you have been through the usual process — what is known as exhausting all internal remedies — but City were trying it on.

Why? First, it was a textbook case of parking tanks on lawns. City sent eight lawyers to the CAS appeal, UEFA sent two. They were sending a message. The Athletic understands City referred to this operation as “CAS One”, which strongly suggests they always knew there would be a “CAS Two”.

They also hoped to throw some shade on UEFA’s processes, which you could argue they achieved. The written verdict that was published on the CAS website last week did criticise European football’s governing body for some loose language in its rule book. Expect City’s lawyers to pepper that cut with blows next time around.

 

[paulchapo]

He has.

Excellent!!

 

[blueinsa]

My daughter and I lost our fucking seats so these ****s can sit there and write their bile

This is a watershed moment for the club in so many ways.

If we dont fight every single one of the ****s that have infested the game from execs at rival clubs to the bent twats at UEFA down to the scum journos then we deserve the shit thrown at us.

This is utd and they wage fucking war, very openly and very publicly with the bottom feeders and we should do the same.

 

[George Hannah]

Oh dear, you couldn't even be arsed reading your own post. 'CNN are doubling it's broadcasts via twofour54 from 5 hours to 10 hours per week in AD.''the brainpower of a lobotomised amoeba' is a good description of yourself right now wouldn't you agree?

The whole UK feed exclusive to Sky comes via Abu Dhabi - most of the rest of the channel content is African news and adverts. I'm being unkind to amoebas comparing them to you - some simple bacterial mould would probably better resemble the contents of your skull.

 

[squirtyflower]

That would really p'ss me off.

It still does mate.
Split up from the rest of the family for two years, now in the neighbouring block but view worse

 

[urban genie]

Not a fan of her but we should just fuck off the champions league anthem against madrid and play this instead




Also if they do conspire with bad VAR decisiions and a few sendings off to knock us out at jome anything less than a pitch invasion would be a dissapointment.

If we are going out lets go out in the most city way

 

[homerdog]

Beware that the press will be reading this topic so don't make comments that you might regret later.

Hello press, you are all a bunch of snivelling c*nts, particularly if you work for the BBC, Grauniad, or Daily Fail - I hope I don't regret saying that!

 

[Ardwick Green Blue]

Again something I have posted many months back...

As the case against us is entirely based on emails between club executives you might have thought someone (Khaldoon or Soriano) might have posed the following two questions:

Would the club be happy for these mails to be in the public domain?

If the answer is no, what steps are we taking to ensure that they never become public knowledge?

 

[Bandofblues]

If it is shown that there was cashflow in our direction from the owner, disguised as sponsorship, we have uttered false accounts. It is the accounts that Khaldoon believes exhonorates us. If they do not, execs must go. The worst scenario is that Khaldoon himself is believed to have been deceived.
I am confident we will win in the end, but this is the heart of the matter. We must convince CAS that our accounts are true AND that the emails were just part of a conversation that was never actioned AND that Etihad's recapitalization was arms length and nothing to do with us.

Each of the companies that have provided sponsorship will have published,independently audited, accounts showing that flow of money.

It's like saying i own a florists and a chip shop and have agreed that each will provide some sponsorship for the club. The club might say we would like £100 in total please and I say OK I'll give you £30 for the chippies sponsorship and £70 for the florists, hows that?

The purpose of the sponsorship is to promote my separate businesses, UEFA has assessed the sponsorships for fair value and were happy.
It now seems they are saying the money came straight from the owner, in one sense it does but only through the businesses that he owns or part owns.

Unless UEFA have evidence that directly shows the owner putting that money directly into each business and then it coming straight back out as sponsorship for the club then it's hard to see where this is going. Even then it's a matter of public record that I own or am associated with these businesses and I would be giving them the money in order to promote those very same businesses.

How can UEFA decide that I am doing anything but that? The businesses are genuine businesses and sponsorship and self promotion is part of every single business around the world.

 

[sir baconface]

There would be some irony trying to ban or control journalists when we’re beefing about heavy-handed despotic rules and negative PR.

A little tête-à-tête down a quiet ginnel might do the trick...;)

 

[argyle]

I'd like to think the club take a hardline with the ****s in the media who are speouting off right now.

However the complimentary food will be ready for them next press conference and match.

 

[stonerblue]

''CLEXIT''

 

[worsleyweb]

It still does mate.
Split up from the rest of the family for two years, now in the neighbouring block but view worse

I thought it was due to tunnel club? Didn’t realise the press area had got bigger?

 

[blueyorkie]

It's not giving up, football isn't the same as it was as I said it's probably my age it's IMO a sham of a sport now.

Just when the club needs our support

 

[Mark appleton]

He has.

Excuse my French but bloody hell UEFA.
I'm a Liverpool fan but seriously UEFA you're having a laugh, telling an owner that they can't spend their own money is ludicrous.
I genuinely thought city would just get a fine and a we are watching you warning and draw a line under it. I'm enjoying the rivalry between our two clubs and sincerely hope cas overturns UEFA decision and gets ffp scrapped

 

[Franknorgrovesnephew]

Says the Manc in London

Dipper scum

 

[KS55]

The whole UK feed exclusive to Sky comes via Abu Dhabi - most of the rest of the channel content is African news and adverts. I'm being unkind to amoebas comparing them to you - some simple bacterial mould would probably better resemble the contents of your skull.

Oh, harsh George, harsh. He should appeal to CAS.