City and Financial Doping | Charged by PL with 130 FFP breaches | Hearing begins 16th Sep 2024 | Concluded 9th Dec 2024 - Awaiting outcome

100% this. I've never seen a more rotten set of fans than these awful little City glory hunters. The way they squeal with delight about their latest illegal Premier League victory while simultaneously claiming to be the victims of the "red cartel" is just revolting.

I get that banter is a part of football rivalry. But this "football club" seems to attract some genuinely nasty, vile people who only seem to get pleasure out of the frustration of others. I can't tell you how many times I've seen City fans on reddit etc spewing out bile such as "I'm glad our club is upsetting so many people by winning all the time" and "LOL Pep has got you all so triggered" and stalking your profile and harassing you if you dare disagree with them.

I'm sure there are many genuine City supporters who have been fans since before the takeover and are decent folks. But I'd love to see all these horrible little "Cope" squealing glory hunters silenced.

City are owned by trolls, run by trolls and are followed by trolls
 
If city lose the case, does it affect anything or is it just a free hit

City bringing this case is practically an admittance that many of the 115 charges are valid. If they lose this case there is even less chance than before that they win the main case.
 
Well the 2 weeks is up is't it?

It speaks volumes for how little anyone cares about City that this has barely had a mention since the initial outcry.

I know people have said they won't announce anything, but I can't see how they can keep a lid on the outcome.
 
Why is this allowed to be a private hearing? Big implications.

You'll soon know about it if City win as they'll start announcing eleventy billion sponsorships from their own companies and tabelling 300m bids for Vinicus Junior.
 
It’s unlikely to have been a win for Abu Dhabi. Silence sometimes speaks volumes.
 
It’s unlikely to have been a win for Abu Dhabi. Silence sometimes speaks volumes.
It’s unlikely to have been a win for the PL. Silence sometimes speaks volumes.
 
So has there been any change in their transfer activities due to the court case, and the impending charges?

Or are they just going to casually ignore the rules and outspend everyone with under the table payments like they do every year?
 
Why is this Rui Pinto guy in witness protection?

Is it solely related to his football whistleblowing?
 
There already are a ton of emails that prove City are criminals. These leaks accomplish nothing.
 
He isn't.

Isn't in witness protection?

It's being reported that he is.

The Portuguese, 35, has been in witness protection since 2020 following his previous revelations and plans on releasing the documents relating to City

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/foo...nto-to-release-man-city-documents/ar-BB1oIRGw

Pinto was arrested in Hungary in January 2019, though he was later freed from house arrest and put under witness protection.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europ...ts-suspended-sentence-remain-free-2023-09-11/

Is he no longer in witness protection?
 
Maybe he is.

I just didn't see how he could've making these kinda statements using his real name if he's in witness protection.

Perhaps I've watched too many Mafia films! In my mind when someone goes into witness protection, they change their name and disappear, not carry on very publicly doing what they did before they were convicted.
 
It will be interesting to see how the (prospective) new gov of different color treats this matter and the geopolitics involved. Not sure they would kill the golden goose with strangling regulation, yet something they are gonna do imho.
 
Maybe he is.

I just didn't see how he could've making these kinda statements using his real name if he's in witness protection.

Perhaps I've watched too many Mafia films! In my mind when someone goes into witness protection, they change their name and disappear, not carry on very publicly doing what they did before they were convicted.

I get what you are saying but I imagine even if you are living somewhere in witness protection it doesn't mean you've changed your name or at least you still have an online presence in your real name.
 
The Haaland deal cost at least £260 million in total.

£51 million fee.
£40 million to his agent.
£30 million to his dad.
£140 million over five years of his contract.

That's just what we know of. Some reports have his contract closer to £230 million over five years!

TBF have an outlay of like £180 million on sancho and those berts got £20 mill for the transfer, also when you take into account what he's already won. We have been terribly run for years martial and pogba just a couple names to add to our horrific transfer policy. But I suppose the question is did they buy these player fraudently?
 
True.

But clubs like City can just casually throw around a quarter of a billion on one player with no consequences if it doesn't work out!

Where does it end?

If clubs owned by Nation States are just allowed to spend whatever they like, then it's impossible for non state owned clubs to even get close. Even if they do manage to bring through good players they will just be picked off by City, Newcastle or Villa a year later when they offer to quadruple their wages.

We do the same tbf and our transfer policy has been horrific I'm hoping it will change under sir jim. The only thing which annoys me is why would a player choose citeh over us? That's is 100% down to money our history is organic grow out of success
 
One of the E-mails is about a highly top secret expedition to the foothills of the Himalayas, where Pep and Khaldoon set up base camp.

10th of May, in the year of our lord, Kinkladze 2022

'We, the intrepid explorers of the city of men, have left our tents in the dead of night after we heard a terrible—Yet real mancunian—cry upon the wind...
'F********king Raaaaaags'... which blew bitingly upon the breeze.
After a long and arduous hike, we were attacked in a remote canyon known as the Hā lands, where we had spotted our prize, the elusive—and difficult to transfer legally—abominable Taār-getman.
I pleaded with 'His Excellency Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak'(affectionately known to myself as Swizz Khalifa) to 'take the shot'. Tragically, the resulting blast felled the beast, which tumbled gracefully, and naturally into a box—the dimensions of which were drawn to league specifications of 6 yards.
Upon seeing the great Yeti, my head began to shed it's luscious locks of golden hair.
I then vowed that my loss would not be in vain, and after shaving the great beast, the sacrificed strands we glued onto it's great, deformed head.
We finally had our prize, which Swizz nicknamed Pepling—after 'the man who had tamed the flair from the beast'.
Unfortunately, the simple-minded folk back in the lands of the east could barely pronounce this with their malformed speech organs, so he was known to them...as Erling.

-Josep Juan Juan cinco Guardiola
 
Assume this is new stuff on top of the previous leaks?

Probably not the most intelligent thing to say though. Will either be a spoofer after publicity and money, or doesn't realise people have "disappeared" for a lot less.
 
Assume this is new stuff on top of the previous leaks?

Probably not the most intelligent thing to say though. Will either be a spoofer after publicity and money, or doesn't realise people have "disappeared" for a lot less.

Yeah crossing Abu Dhabi is not advisable,we all know what happened to Khashoggi in Saudi
 
Any smart person wouldn’t do such thing. Probably after money