Premier Lg Man City alleged breaches

[Art Vandelay_]

Mate, that's overly generous.

Parataci was absolutely complicit at Juve and had the choice to leave instead of being allegedly coerced into dodgy dealings. It's not as if he was unemployable.

I'm Spurs through and through but let's not rewrite history to suit our own narrative. Paratici was given one of the harshest penalties to come out of that whole affair. The FA will almost certainly uphold the decision and Paratici will ultimately be sacked. And rightly so.

Now back to the grubby sportswashers and the pile on that is going on in here. Which is proving to be awfully good fun.

Not the point at all.

JD inferred that with Paratici and City like money we wouldn’t do the same. Said sarcastically.

Hence the perfectly appropriate comparison. Nothing to suggest he’d do the same or be allowed to do the same with us.

And to be used as an off the cuff justification of City’s style of cash no less.

 

[The Cryptkeeper]

Not the point at all.

JD inferred that with Paratici and City like money we wouldn’t do the same. Said sarcastically.

Hence the perfectly appropriate comparison. Nothing to suggest he’d do the same or be allowed to do the same with us.

And to be used as an off the cuff justification of City’s style of cash no less.

History is usually the best indicator as to future behaviour.

He'll be sacked anyway so it's probably a moot point.

 

[CP28]

Yes I wasn't aware that was the case but do now.


All Premier League clubs agree to abide by PL investigation results and agree that legal or CAS action is not possible.

Yeah cheers mate, I probably should have read the whole thread first

 

[Zidane98]

Yeah cheers mate, I probably should have read the whole thread first

There's a lot to digest including 100+ PL charges!


I reckon they might have gotten away with the odd underhanded payment here and there or Tesco voucher given out to players after training if they left their financial manipulation at that.

 

[CP28]

There's a lot to digest including 100+ PL charges!


I reckon they might have gotten away with the odd underhanded payment here and there or Tesco voucher given out to players after training.

Obviously couldn't know the PL's mindset on this .. A cynic could think the PL let this fester too long and think it might be their last chance to reign it in and send a message to other owners (ie, Newcastle and potentially MUFC and LFC). Only the cynics though ..

 

[Zidane98]

Obviously couldn't know the PL's mindset on this .. A cynic could think the PL let this fester too long and think it might be their last chance to reign it in and send a message to other owners (ie, Newcastle and potentially MUFC and LFC). Only the cynics though ..

I think a severe penalty will kill off any future sportswashing owners aspirations from buying a PL club. Ultimately they want to use it as a soft power vehicle / proxy club and want to be able to exercise their vast financial superiority over the competition. Considering their vast unlimited resources they will not be happy being hamstrung in funding their clubs and won't be able to cook the books.


We may be seeing the end of the sportswashing era unravelling right in front of us. Owners in the future are probably going to come from hedge fund billionaires / paraistes and/or tech billionaires. Nobody else will have the money to fund / buy a club with state backed buyers no longer interested.

 

[Jatz]

And if you don't take it off them then they still appear in the history books as having won it despite cheating to do it.

They need to be wiped from the history books otherwise keeping them there legitimises their titles and trophies.

That's what I was suggesting, having an empty champion that season.

 

[Magma]

Gathering information from Abu Dhabi based government businesses likely very time consuming. Good chance they were not very cooperative regarding the investigation.

Considering this has taken 4 years I'd say the investigation is pretty much done mostly. You'll be giving a chance to respond to the charges than a verdict will be handed down sometime in the near future as this is something all parties won't want to be dragged on.

speaking in absolutes served you well with the cas case.

no one actually knows what's going on, what the info is and what is going to happen other than the premier league, city and other interested parties. to say this this and this will happen is just pointless.

 

[brutus76]

Send 'em to League 2 and see if they can do a Rangers and ascend the leagues

 

[Zidane98]

speaking in absolutes served you well with the cas case.

no one actually knows what's going on, what the info is and what is going to happen other than the premier league, city and other interested parties. to say this this and this will happen is just pointless.

You've been charged in relation to payments made by Abu Dhabi government based businesses. That's an absolute. Premier League charges almost always result in penalties.


This time round you won't have lawyer whos firm represents Etihad Airlines on the 3 man panel and recommend the chairmen for the panel either. And you still only won that vote 2-1.

 

[jd2010]

History is usually the best indicator as to future behaviour.

He'll be sacked anyway so it's proabably a moot point.

Had financial power at Juve and went down that path. No doubt he'd do the same. His best 2 signings for us are dodgy Juve deals. But no, no evidence to suggest dodgy Fabio would do anything of the like

 

[Magma]

You've been charged in relation to payments made by Abu Dhabi government based businesses. That's an absolute. Premier League charges almost always result in penalties.


This time round you won't have lawyer whos firm represents Etihad Airlines on the 3 man panel and recommend the chairmen for the panel either. And you still only won that vote 2-1.

sure, but how much were the payments? to what companies? how many payments?

anyone bothered yet to look up the rules we've broken?

if the bias at the cas was so great, why did the cas not object as they are allowed to do?

 

[FreoRicci]

IF that’s a big of, they do strip Man CITY of the titles, then no runners up should be awarded the title of that year. Just embarrassing for the league and club involved

 

[FreoRicci]

Just imagine. Will be robbed of the best finish ever. The Aguerooo moment could be invalidated.

 

[AdamMarrett]

I think a severe penalty will kill off any future sportswashing owners aspirations from buying a PL club. Ultimately they want to use it as a soft power vehicle / proxy club and want to be able to exercise their vast financial superiority over the competition. Considering their vast unlimited resources they will not be happy being hamstrung in funding their clubs and won't be able to cook the books.


We may be seeing the end of the sportswashing era unravelling right in front of us. Owners in the future are probably going to come from hedge fund billionaires / paraistes and/or tech billionaires. Nobody else will have the money to fund / buy a club with state backed buyers no longer interested.

You may also see the end of the Premier League and it's board in its current form. If the charges are beaten it leaves the Premier League looking toothless and majorly defeated. Then the UK government regulator takes over, which is something the Premier League do not want, and will fight that idea tooth and nail.

They're accusing City of also lying to auditors who do the club's accounts, or implying the auditors are in on the supposed scam.

It's not a one sided fight, and a lot more is at stake then what is being written in here.

 

[ADL9798]

Who's the grass?

 

[FreoRicci]

City to get a slap on the wrist.

Everton to get banished to League 2 when the FA look into Moshiri's dealings.

Everton probably wouldn’t get out of that league for years.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

History is usually the best indicator as to future behaviour.

He'll be sacked anyway so it's proabably a moot point.

Lawyers and yachts. Will be in litigation for a while.

 

[chef]

Who's the grass?

 

[Magma]

Who's the grass?

sexy rat bastard

 

[Magma]

they lose one game and he's singing like a canary

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Who's the grass?

The bottomless pit of money forgot to pay someone off

 

[RPCB]

Who's the grass?

Just tell City’s owners that publicly hanging the individual in question will be frowned upon.

 

[FreoRicci]

Mahrez doesn’t give a shit, he’s probably the only player that has won a title outside of Man City on the team

 

[Hamingja]

Send 'em to League 2 and see if they can do a Rangers and ascend the leagues

Conference North for a FM save