it’s hard to picture an outcome here where they only get handed a fine.100 offences, and 5 years where there has clearly been more but they Have refused to cooperate. They’re getting hit harder than just a fine. Don’t underestimate the power that the American owners in our league have combined.
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it’s hard to picture an outcome here where they only get handed a fine.100 offences, and 5 years where there has clearly been more but they Have refused to cooperate. They’re getting hit harder than just a fine. Don’t underestimate the power that the American owners in our league have combined.
I don’t think they’ll strip any titles as the PL won’t want the negative PR. It would do huge damage to the brand to say to fans (around the world as much as in England) that none of that was real or meant anything. Quite frankly being awarded a title in that way would feel hollow regardless.
That being said I think cuts to their allowed spending, points deduction in the current season or next season, transfer window bans or similar would be reasonable.
City have the best lawyers in the world apparently, regardless if they broke the law or not:
We'll miss you all
They'll show em, listenership down by 1 lonely City fan
That'll show em, ban the three journalists that report about City
Funny
Now they're begging for just a point deduction
Wow...
Arsenal fan asking the important questions:
They've now resorted to doxxing the guy leading the investigation against them and found out he's an Arsenal fan...
The conspiracy continues:
Agreed on both but these enquiries take really long and by the time they come to make decisions, there will be "new evidence" and what not produced by City.
Lets just say, after the UEFA incident where they were banned for 2 years and 30m fine, was reduced to just a 10m fine, I do not have any faith in the authorities to get it right.
Cancelo knew...
Love how fast this page is growing!
Uefa is as shady as it gets, the PL has different standards so hopefully the punishment is fair.
Strip them of all titles won, except 13/14, 18/19 and 21/22. They still deserve those three.
UEFA weren't the ones who reduced the penalties last time, that was CAS
Yeah, people dreaming of a couple of PL titles need to get real. That just isn't going to happen.
At best City may get relegated. However, I imagine a big fine and possibly a 30pt deduction.
Yeah, she probably spends a couple of hours each night getting railed by West Ham fans
Inject into my veins
Cancelo being an informant made me chuckle
Bluemoon seems to have a few posters that genuinely have a few brains cells. But 90% of the posts relating to this are just horseshit. They’re acting tough now but they can’t keep running from the authorities.
For whom the bell tolls.
There are genuinely people posting on that forum, who believe there’s not much evidence because it’s taken 5 years.
They don’t have the capacity to switch it around and think maybe we have been trying everything possible to stop the authorities getting the information.
Nevermind the people that genuinely believe they earn more revenue then European greats with established fan bases through generations.
With the way pep has been and city in general in the past number of weeks, I’d take an educated guess they knew this was coming.
They don’t have the capacity to switch it around and think maybe we have been trying everything possible to stop the authorities getting the information.
Nevermind the people that genuinely believe they earn more revenue then European greats with established fan bases through generations.
With the way pep has been and city in general in the past number of weeks, I’d take an educated guess they knew this was coming.
This is quite serious actually, I'm not sure they'll be able to pay their way out of this one.
I've a feeling the PL is making an example of them. The fact it's taken four years to investigate shows they mean business.
Now they've goneandoggin it
For a few years now, I have been wondering how City sign players under their market value, and on fairly low salaries. If we signed the same players, it would cost us 20-30 million more than what they pay. Then I read about this private company that pays their players for image rights, and the money involved is obscene. I wouldn't be surprised if the PL have managed to get former City players to give evidence which confirms this. On the record, the club pay them 80 grand per week, but under the table there's another 100k going into their pockets. And it seems that they've got former academy players saying that they were paid professional contracts before they were 17, which is also against the rules.
We already know that all of their sponsorship deals are bogus and directly connected to the Abu Dhabi royal family, so why would they be any different with anything else, they are corrupt and will try to find sneaky loopholes here and there, but it seems that enough people were willing to talk and tell the truth on what they have been up to.
We already know that all of their sponsorship deals are bogus and directly connected to the Abu Dhabi royal family, so why would they be any different with anything else, they are corrupt and will try to find sneaky loopholes here and there, but it seems that enough people were willing to talk and tell the truth on what they have been up to.
You know that mancini’s city contract is publicly available online with those exact off hand payments.
the evidence is staring everyone in the face has been forever.
"Cancelo grassed us up" is hilarious
Bloody Cancelo Culture!
They're showing zero accountability. Amazing.
I really hope so, make an example of them will definitely make other clubs think twice of doing it.
I can see Chelsea and Newcastle watching this closely.
Ahhh...Missed this place.
Bring it on!
Bring it on!
You win the internet
This isn't going to CAS though.
Very good.
It probably will eventually
I suspect Chelsea did most of their dodgy stuff before the rules were put in place, and Newcastle will surely have taken precautions against it, being so recent. In all likelihood, these two clubs will not be in breach of the rules. Chelsea have set up their youth mill and are selling a hundred players per season in order to finance their transfers, and Newcastle aren't spending extravagantly but rather taking it slow and building up their financial structures ahead of time.
I actually think it can't since CAS (I think I read) requires all parties involved to sign up to their arbitration system - so the Premier League needs to be a part of it, too.
That's not to say that the Premier League doesn't / won't have its own appeals system, of course.
Yes, they taking their time but there will come to a point where they will need to spend big on wages and transfers.
Chelsea, however good their youth mill is, they aint selling 500m worth of transfers.
You maybe right but I suspect in the PL rules there'll be something about arbitration, guess we'll find out, probably in 3-4 years time!
Only for the last 5 years
Had an hour break, they've written another 120 pages in that time...
And they're still worried:
And they're still worried:
Those that don't cheat are a 'cartel' apparently:
Surely it's good luck defending it?
Yeah, that's exactly what it says...
They're always the underdog
"Why he say feck me for?.gif"
EVERYONE'S against them
I've never known a clubs fans openly state that they will still continue to support or stop supporting the club based on decisions made by governing bodies.
Yes, we have dirt on the whole PL, they're were in bed with UEFA in a hotel down the road...
Does it really?
Erm, no?
Real call to arms wasn't it
Can't wait to see what they have on us