The arrogance in City's statement tells you they have no fear of the Premier League.
Money talks and they have infinite amounts.
Money talks and they have infinite amounts.
City and Financial Doping | Charged by PL with numerous FFP breaches
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Just be thankful the SFA aren't handling this. No appetite for investigation etc etc.
I mean I've said multiple times since the day we cut that backroom deal with Uefa in 2014, something dodgy was going on. If City wanted to fight and end this, they'd have done it then and brought down the entirety of FFP, but they made a deal.
It's lovely to see this finally getting some attention at least. The fact that it's coming to light in the mainstream is a very good thing. I suspect that it'll be a fine and that will be the end of it, but it's still good that they're being shown for what they are. I've never considered them to be champions or even to be Manchester City since the takeover. They're just Sheikh Mansoor FC and the actual shell could be any old club.
The 100 breaches has to be the tip of the iceberg. I reckon they'll have extra wages for every player in their first team squad and most of the backroom staff at least. This isn't seems to go up to 2018 too, which means they haven't even counted their latest breaches.
The fine will do nothing but the publicity will be interesting!
The 100 breaches has to be the tip of the iceberg. I reckon they'll have extra wages for every player in their first team squad and most of the backroom staff at least. This isn't seems to go up to 2018 too, which means they haven't even counted their latest breaches.
The fine will do nothing but the publicity will be interesting!
It didn't take long for Abromovitch to be forced to sell Chelsea. Perhaps City's ownership should be forced to sell.
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So we get 3 titles, how many Liverpool get?
They maybe will get some heavy fines which are
ultimately meaningless and nothing more.
Still it’s very funny and fully deserved.
ultimately meaningless and nothing more.
Still it’s very funny and fully deserved.
Three as well if they were to strip everything going back to the start of FFP in 2011.
And I was making a South Park reference…
The statement basically says they are surprised have so much evidence on something they haven’t done… do they not really how stupid that makes them come across?
I don’t think there’s enough information out there to make any kind of prediction. I’d imagine both City and the PL have their own legal advice which, beyond the short statements, they are both keeping under wraps.
I certainly wouldn’t read much into the fact that the charges number 100+. They may all rely on the same underpinning regulation. I think it’s quite rare in financial crime that you’d have 100 separate regs being broken, more likely the same one being repeatedly broken. But we literally know nothing right now.
They didn't cooperate at all for the latter two.
Imagine if Agueroo means fek all in the end.
Theres a couple of reasons I think there will be if and its a big if the PL can make this stick.
No.1 - they don't want an independant regulator, so they have to be seen as being strong on this.
No.2 - 100 charges is a lot, if City are guilty and get a slap on the wrist, that allows any club to just trample over the financial rules in any way they see fit. (Not just City, and Newcastle, but United, Chelsea, Arsenal, etc...)
That said I don't think it will go as far as relegation being honest. I can see a big point deduction at the start of a season, as I said above, enough to make sure we don't make the CL but also small enough that we don't get relegated (so like 30-35 poiints) a big fine and a transfer ban.
Absolutely. The "irrefutable evidence" and "this matter being put to rest once and for all" bits are frankly disgusting.
I hope they get the most severe punishment possible and Abu Dhabi are forced to sell the club to owners who are not as wealthy. City will than return to being the noisy neighbours no one gives a f### about.
Worth a watch, skip to 10.30.
The same, three.
They'll have lumps kicked out of them for the (at least) next 5 years while they climb back to the prem. While trying to operate within their means as they'll be under a financial microscope.
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Actually Liverpool would get 2, 2019 and in 2022. Or I'm missing something.
In a perfect world, Citeh would have played and beaten Arse twice in the PL and then this gets announced and a massive points deduction for them. We'd be favourites for the title then.
They were 2nd in 2013 14
2014
13/14
It’s a bit weird. On one hand I would love the titles of course but on the other they would seem completely innocuous aside from that one.
Never mind the fact that no marks like Paul Pogba and Steven Gerrard would suddenly have multiple PL medals, the latter obviously being a bit difficult to stomach. Also Ole and Jose who were both shite in their United managerial stints. I also just thought about Lukaku.
This is getting really gross, actually.
Nothing can happen this season anyway. Next season is very likely when whatever punishment will come in.
Oh yes, forgot about that one.
There's always Jay-Z's accountant.
Ole was only shit because City cheated. He could have been the only man to win the league as a player and a manager.
He would have been a legend with a league title and the many deep cup runs we had. it’s basically Klopps domestic career if he won an FA cup in that time
I think we know enough to know this isn’t slap on the wrist territory
Could they be relegated?
No conflict of interest whatsoever.
Come off it, Ole was a very limited manager, we only need to see what impact ETH has both on the team looking like a modern football team and the progress of various individuals.
It's not impossible, but a fine and transfer ban seems more likely
I want City to get fecked as much as the next person but this isn't right.