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

[M18CTID]

The removal of the bit about UEFA sources in the article is fascinating. That cannot have been written in accidentally.

Unless the journo made that up? I don't think he did by the way, and I reckon someone at UEFA has leaked it which would put them right in the shit because it's at complete odds to their March 7th statement about no further comment

 

[George Hannah]

I have made a complaint to the BBC about their coverage, which I copied on the Media thread. I urge other fans to do the same. My complaint was as follows:

The current BBC headline: Uefa “want Man City banned from Champions league” and article is unfair and deliberately damaging and unproven.

As the club say there is a “deliberate campaign to damage the club” and the BBC, a public funded organisation, is playing a leading part.

Can you imagine a pre-trial headline “Police/CPS want person X to face life imprisonment” before full evidence has been heard?

It is a fundamental right there should be a presumption of innocence not guilt.

Additionally throughout the 2018/19 PL campaign, and beyond, all the BBC journalists have shown a clear bias in favour of Liverpool.

Headlines such as “Liverpool look to make history,” when exactly the same could be said for City. They can achieve a unique domestic Grand Slam not to mention historic back to back PL titles.

Most BBC coverage since the final day has not been about City’s achievement, coming back from 7 points behind in January, but how Liverpool can improve further for next season.

The BBC football is full of ex-Liverpool players who consistently fail to give independent, unbiased output in breach of the BBC Charter’s core values.

Good man

 

[PrezIke]

Serious investigative newspaper??? LOL
The NYT are some of the biggest agenda pedllers out there. (On all topics.)
Wrapping your bias in a cloak of pseudo intellectual postering doesn't make you a credible news source.

Intake it you're a Brexit/Trump supporter then?

Meanwhile their record on investigative journalism is widely known and respect Ed in the profession of journalism which has ethical standard on such reporting.

Point to a consistent track record of lying or reporting from flimsy sources? The two times I can recall where the Iraq WMD article that was propaganda from Bush's administration and the writer who was found to make up stories. Their standards, if anything, have increased.

Are they without criticism ever? No. But going after their credibility here does not make much sense. What's the angle for them to lie here or portray City poorly, again?

 

[bluemanchester]

And Elvis is Dead!!!!

No he's not. Did you ever read the Sunday Sport.

 

[razman]

Common knowledge in the link above but one key statement

Would City appeal?
Almost certainly, and emphatically, one would assume. If City are punished, expect this to spark a huge legal battle and an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

Sky Sports understands City have retained services of some of the world's top sports lawyers.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

The removal of the bit about UEFA sources in the article is fascinating. That cannot have been written in accidentally.

It's absolutely bizarre, mate.

Any lawyer sat in a newspaper office would have complete loyalty to the paper. In removing the attribution to a source, it leaves them totally exposed.

And only three conclusions.

* There is no source. It has been falsified, which opens a different can of worms (Especially so, as we supposedly don't need to wait long to find out the actual findings of the chamber) Why did the lawyer pass the original article in the first place?

* UEFA or someone aligned with Liverpool are backtracking and have been in touch.

 

[Bill]

what I don't get is why UEFA are after us, there is a clear and obvious agenda but I don't get why. if they ban us from the CL what do they gain? firstly the winners are the champions of Europe as the best team in Europe hasn't entered, any title would be meaningless. financially it's a minor set back at best, of all clubs we can swallow the loss the easiest. they certainly aren't hurting the fans, we don't give a fuck. so now lets flip it, what can they lose by pursuing us? they would certainly lose their favourite commodity, money. their reputation will be shot, whats left of it anyway. then there is our own "investigations. don't they think that we will respond in kind, once banned we would search every aspect of their operation, we WILL find something, perhaps a club being fined like 10k for the offence we have been banned for. we'd slice them wide open.

careful UEFA, we are no longer ickkle City.

 

[Ban-jani]

Amended my original post, but why repeat mine. Practice what you preach perhaps

Lol

 

[nmc]

No he's not. Did you ever read the Sunday Sport.

That’s dead too

 

[Barcon]

I have made a complaint to the BBC about their coverage, which I copied on the Media thread. I urge other fans to do the same. My complaint was as follows:

The current BBC headline: Uefa “want Man City banned from Champions league” and article is unfair and deliberately damaging and unproven.

As the club say there is a “deliberate campaign to damage the club” and the BBC, a public funded organisation, is playing a leading part.

Can you imagine a pre-trial headline “Police/CPS want person X to face life imprisonment” before full evidence has been heard?

It is a fundamental right there should be a presumption of innocence not guilt.

Additionally throughout the 2018/19 PL campaign, and beyond, all the BBC journalists have shown a clear bias in favour of Liverpool.

Headlines such as “Liverpool look to make history,” when exactly the same could be said for City. They can achieve a unique domestic Grand Slam not to mention historic back to back PL titles.

Most BBC coverage since the final day has not been about City’s achievement, coming back from 7 points behind in January, but how Liverpool can improve further for next season.

The BBC football is full of ex-Liverpool players who consistently fail to give independent, unbiased output in breach of the BBC Charter’s core values.

You should have just wrote, "Liverpool didn't win the league, fucking deal with it".