Manchester City banned from CL for 2 seasons and fined 30 million euros | CAS - Ban lifted, fined 10 million

[Renegade]

Expect their players to stay. Possibly some
New bonus’s negotiated for them for the next 2 seasons. No player is going to leave because they want to win the UCL.

 

[Oly Francis]

I don’t think you understand what City is accused of, and if PSG does the same thing as City, it’s the end for them.

City received sponsorship from Etihad, say £67.5m, and Abu Dhabi Group, which is state owned, back channeled 88% of that amount to Etihad. 88%. The consequence is that their revenue should have been less than £8m... then this has translated in inflated revenues in the income statement and other financial disclosures. It’s a fraud, there’s no other words for it. In truth, FFP doesn’t even matter in that context.

We were going off topic about PSG, we've discussed in the 1st pages why the situation was totally different with City. Don't worry, i'm well aware the matters are totally different. Some here don't though since i've been reading "PSG is surely next" all over the place.

 

[Gasolin]

Its not enough. 2CL,s and 30 mill. Bah. That’s why it will never stop. If they play by the rules they would have to build for years. Imagine getting City to where they are now from where they started by sticking to the rules. It would take 10/15 years. So they just break them. Take the hit and move on in a much Better position than if they follow the rules.

Sure but the false accounting fraud will kind of hurt them, and it will be outside of football.

 

[Dick Dastardly]

I heard an expert talking about citeh earlier. This ban is not for breaking FFP rules. Both Citeh and PSG were dealt with in 2014 and moved on. This is about providing false documents or lying about it. They weren’t simply breaking the rules they have been caught trying to conceal the facts. Cheating.

 

[OverratedOpinion]

The club should have to donate the same amount that they have breached to rules by to charity.

 

[robinamicrowave]

Great post. Hope you sort out whatever it is you need to in your personal life. Definitely better to exert your effort on the more important things.

I totally get the feeling you describe of feeling indifferent to the club I support.

Since our decline the desperation to get back to the top has been painful to watch in many United fans.
The petty back and forth and impatience has been harder to bare than the losses on the pitch imo.

Fans turning on club legends who only want the best for us, arguing about every player, sell Pogba, keep Pogba, Martial is shite... or he isn’t, my own longing for a Saudi takeover, anything to compete again.
THEN throw VAR into the mix.

Safe to say I’m more uninterested than ever before.

My personal life isn't going through anything particularly drastic, I just recently moved in to my first home and my interests are moving into other areas now. I'd much rather watch a TV show I'm yet to see, or watch an old movie, or read a book, that sort of thing. Watching football, discussing football, it's all pretty tiring. I only really come on Redcafe because it's a good place to discuss TV and entertainment.

I've been feeling fatigued towards football in general for a while now. I've had some excellent times with City over the years but the only reason I still have a season ticket is because I forgot to cancel it last year. The last home game I went to last season was the 6-0 win over Chelsea - after that I just stopped going. I thought I'd get the bug back once this new season started but I've not been since we beat Watford 8-0.

I'm generally in favour of VAR but it's symptomatic of one of the bigger problems in the game right now, which is that we take the game far too seriously and can't accept that sometimes things go wrong. Racist incidents at Premier League grounds are on the rise in a big way, the way we talk to each other on social media about the teams we support is incredibly aggressive and confrontational, and the game is driven so much by profit that we have to over-analyse every margin.

I don't know if I have the energy or the inclination anymore to keep up anymore.

 

[Rozay]

To be fair shouldn't have posted in this thread about Uniteds failings under Solskjaer and I'm mighty pleased that City have been hammered by Uefa, cheating feckers. But if City's punishment is gonna benefit a piss poor United by them sneaking in the Champions League in 5th then I think its not great for United in the long term if it means that Solskjaer keeps his job. They are in 9th for christ sake!

And if they are 9th in May, it wouldn’t fecking benefit them would it?

 

[sglowrider]

We are talking about PSG's former CEO, you couldn't even make it up.

 

[Raj70]

A lot of fantasy being played out in this thread and I don’t mean just City’s financial numbers.

Anyone expecting any semblance of justice (e.g. titles stripped, relegations etc.) are outside their minds. The Premier League and the football world in general is host to an immoral and grotesque sense of greed. There’s no way City are going to be penalised properly as they bring too much money to the table as it is and there’s many mouths in that particular money trough.

In reality City is a nothing team compared to Liverpool,United, Arsenal etc. They really won’t be missed.

 

[ClaytonBlackmoorLeftPeg]

No chance, best case scenario they get it reduced to a 1 year ban. UEFA will look like absolute mugs if they back down now.

Barcelona and Athletico Madrid have mugged them off recently. Presumably so have PSG.

Man City have known that this is coming for 2 years, they will have already thrown a lot of money at resolving this in their favour.

How long can they drag out an appeal? At least 8 months, and by that time they will be playing in the CL next season.

 

[sglowrider]

I wonder who will win it. Hmmmmm!

Competition is over-rated. Win-win outcomes are the way to go in the future.

 

[Brophs]

Did they mention in the judgement that Kinkladze was the biggest load of overrated shit in the history of football? That’s the real crime here.

 

[ThierryHenry]

This is absolutely fantastic.

Are any of their important players at the end of a contract cycle?

 

[Aouer-United]

Holy shit, one of top sports lawyer admit that Man City player could terminate their contract with Man City legally if UEFA ban is upheld.

 

[crossy1686]

That was utterly embarrassing, yes. Was like a PR piece. The worst was some former City player that nobody remembers, spouting absolute nonsense
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/51508524

City got in this position by bribing and paying everyone that dared to question the owners in the first place. There’s a reason why everyone is defending them.

 

[crossy1686]

This is absolutely fantastic.

Are any of their important players at the end of a contract cycle?

Unless they’re forced to reduce the wage budget no ones going to leave, but i makes it a lot harder for them to attract and spend in the summer now.

5 new players Pep? I don’t think so!

 

[sglowrider]

Manchester City target new highs after announcing record £535m revenues
• Financial results show 6% rise on 2017-18 figures
• City could overhaul Manchester United’s results next year

 

[Greck]

The breach must have not only been egregious but ongoing. The kind that forces even a corrupt body to take action. Someone at Uefa must have felt insulted by the obvious phony accounting City kept submitting annually

 

[BIGbadBOO4]

I am losing the love for football now it is totally corrupt. Everyone knew this was going on with city and all these so called journalist defending them should hold their heads in shame. City should be stripped of everything they have won from the time they started FRUAD. It's as simple as that, they got into a position by previously cheating. But the FA and PL will do nothing.

 

[padr81]

'member when City fans thought they were complying with FFP? Yeah I 'member.

Special mention to @Ronetta at the time too.

I remember and I'm big enough to hold my hand up and say I was wrong.

 

[BIGbadBOO4]

I remember and I'm big enough to hold my hand up and say I was wrong.

Respect for you being man enough to admit it. It must be hard for the genuine city fans who now realise the success they had was due to breaking the rules.

 

[Castia]

Barcelona and Athletico Madrid have mugged them off recently. Presumably so have PSG.

Man City have known that this is coming for 2 years, they will have already thrown a lot of money at resolving this in their favour.

How long can they drag out an appeal? At least 8 months, and by that time they will be playing in the CL next season.

Nah Chelsea tried that crap about getting their transfer ban removed until after the appeal and that was thrown out, they'll be out next year in my opinion.

 

[Lennon7]

Anyone checked Blue Moon? Hilarious reading. City fans always make out they’re hard done by with UEFA, coming from a club that was absolutely worthless 15 years ago and has been allowed to sky rocket through nothing but rich owners

 

[B20]

Someone should ask guardiola again "who pays your wages" at the next press conference.

They still claim to have only the third highest wage bill in the league. The cheating continues and this ban should not be the end of it.

 

[Castia]

I am losing the love for football now it is totally corrupt. Everyone knew this was going on with city and all these so called journalist defending them should hold their heads in shame. City should be stripped of everything they have won from the time they started FRUAD. It's as simple as that, they got into a position by previously cheating. But the FA and PL will do nothing.

Not sure about that, the news is huge and I'm sure they'll be forced to act.

 

[B20]

I remember and I'm big enough to hold my hand up and say I was wrong.

What do you make of all this then?

 

[Alabaster Codify7]

Could this be the beginning of the end for Citeh?

Pep gone in the summer I reckon. Every move they make now under major scrutiny, including transfers.

 

[Cantonagotmehere]

To be fair shouldn't have posted in this thread about Uniteds failings under Solskjaer and I'm mighty pleased that City have been hammered by Uefa, cheating feckers. But if City's punishment is gonna benefit a piss poor United by them sneaking in the Champions League in 5th then I think its not great for United in the long term if it means that Solskjaer keeps his job. They are in 9th for christ sake!

Ok, I understand that worry, but I'd enjoy the 'good' every once in a while in this horrific season.

 

[Vidyoyo]

Bald move from UEFA.

 

[finneh]

I remember and I'm big enough to hold my hand up and say I was wrong.

Fair play to you sir.

 

[B20]

The timing in terms of where they are as a team is excellent. Fernandinho, Silva, Aguero all leaving this summer or next, they've been in need of a proper rebuild as it is. Won't be the kind of rebuild city fans had in mind now, I wager.

 

[Buchan]

The timing in terms of where they are as a team is excellent. Fernandinho, Silva, Aguero all leaving this summer or next, they've been in need of a proper rebuild as it is. Won't be the kind of rebuild city fans had in mind now, I wager.

 

[Buchan]

Someone should ask guardiola again "who pays your wages" at the next press conference.

They still claim to have only the third highest wage bill in the league. The cheating continues and this ban should not be the end of it.

You’re right, it’s downright disgraceful. We always used to wonder how the Madrids and the Barcelonas never came in for their stars whilst United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Tottenham etc. got raided every time they produced the next wonderplayer. It might be reaching but maybe they had no reason to leave as they were being paid way more than City officially claimed and the Spanish or European giants couldn’t afford to pay those figures. It’s certainly plausible.

 

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[TheReligion]

The timing in terms of where they are as a team is excellent. Fernandinho, Silva, Aguero all leaving this summer or next, they've been in need of a proper rebuild as it is. Won't be the kind of rebuild city fans had in mind now, I wager.

Great point. That, along with the pre existing doubts around Pep, indicate it could be very challenging for City. If the ban stands then the likes of KDB would be 31 before they could play CL football again. Can't see him giving his prime years away like that when he'll want to win the EC.

Also it seems the FA will have some say in this and it will ripple down to a punishment domestically.

 

[ArjenIsM3]

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Yeeeesssss cheating bastards

 

[BIGbadBOO4]

Not sure about that, the news is huge and I'm sure they'll be forced to act.

Martin Samuel from the daily racist and also sky panelist is already on the city defence. His view is its teams saddled with debt like united that's at fault. Poor city broke rules that were put in place to protect the big clubs.
No doubt see him on sky tomorrow with freshly dyed hair from his lovely bride spitting fury at city being treated so poorly.

 

[sglowrider]

The other thing is that without CL money, the players will also take a pay cut? Or do they still get paid regardless -- which would be a massive hit on their bottom line. Then like any vicious cycle, this will make Citeh further fall foul of FFP requirements in the near future.

There may be a massive cost reduction programme underway of this ban is upheld.

 

[horsechoker]

City in league 2 would really make Liverpool winning the league an easier pill to swallow. I doubt that will happen though.

 

[Jericholyte2]

This is the argument of 'bitter United' from 2008/9/10 when City became the richest in the world.

I remember having arguments about how United should be able to spend as we earned our profits via success on the pitch and brand marketing. I remember being told I was simply bitter because City were spendibg a shit ton of money.

This is why we had this argument... because City, Chelsea, PSG had this artificial financial doping and wouldn't survive such scrutiny.