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

[DarkLord1984]

They'll get off and then Trump will fly them to America

Good. They can go play in the MLS. They won't be missed.

 

[tomaldinho1]

Good. They can go play in the MLS. They won't be missed.

Ironically they'd likely get barred given they already own a team there, maybe Scottish prem will take them.

 

[Oranges038]

If you trade in their market they can have a concern. They would have little impact outside of that market, though.

Could it not impact them due to playing in European competitions

They have no authority in the UK.

 

[Bad Religion]

They have no authority in the UK.

True, but they own Girona, Lommel, Palermo and ESTAC which are all European teams so it could have a knock on effect.

 

[JJ12]

They have no authority in the UK.

I didn't realise the Champions League was a British competition

 

[Oranges038]

I didn't realise the Champions League was a British competition

It isn't.

But, you cannot seriously expect the European Commission to have any authority to investigate or punish a company based in the UK or wherever the City Football Group is based if it's outside of the EU.

 

[Oranges038]

True, but they own Girona, Lommel, Palermo and ESTAC which are all European teams so it could have a knock on effect.

True, so then they target those, as far as I'm aware they really can't do much about Man City.

 

[JJ12]

It isn't.

But, you cannot seriously expect the European Commission to have any authority to investigate or punish a company based in the UK or wherever the City Football Group is based if it's outside of the EU.

I guess you should've told La Liga authorities

 

[Bad Religion]

True, so then they target those, as far as I'm aware they really can't do much about Man City.

Absolutely, City Group are registered in the UK but if they cook the books for their European teams like they have city they could be prosecuted for committing crimes in the country were the crime took place. It would have nowt to do with Man City just the City Group.

It would be glorious to see

 

[Oranges038]

I guess you should've told La Liga authorities

In Spain they just get court orders to destroy all the evidence.

Maybe City should do that.

 

[Irrational.]

When has Tebas been successful with anything?

Man shouts at cloud comes to mind. They’re going to get away with everything.

 

[Oranges038]

Absolutely, City Group are registered in the UK but if they cook the books for their European teams like they have city they could be prosecuted for committing crimes in the country were the crime took place. It would have nowt to do with Man City just the City Group.

It would be glorious to see

Yeah, it's a long time since I looked at EU Law or anything to do with the European Commission. It's 3/4 years now since the UK left the EU, so I'd also imagine that any cross over period is gone. Unless there was some sort of deadline and proceedings started before the deadline could continue.

It would be my understanding that they could only target and sanction the clubs based and operating within the EU.

 

[bosskeano]

so the LaLiga chief reported them to the EU for basically money laundering thru shell companies

 

[Chesterlestreet]

Well, yeah - it's an Enron-ish scenario. Generating false profits, basically. Like, duh.

Everyone and his granny has known this for years (and only extremely stupid City fans have ever denied it in good faith).

It doesn't hurt that Tebas states the obvious, but who knows what difference it will make.

I have zero faith in the football authorities (anywhere, in any country, at any level). They're corrupt as feck, all of 'em (including the la Liga authorities).

So - basically, corrupt fecker calling another corrupt fecker...corrupt (for their own purposes). But sure, I'll take it - better than nothing.

 

[Ole'sgunnarwin]

A lot of rumours saying we'll here about the verdict early next week. They'll have to announce something soon, it's been too long.

 

[SER19]

A lot of rumours saying we'll here about the verdict early next week. They'll have to announce something soon, it's been too long.

That's been my prediction for a while. Start of an international break

 

[Pexbo]

I think it’s obvious that what we all want is a punishment that sends them back to the dark ages and means they can use none of the advantages they have manufactured to bounce back.

I think the chances of that happening are virtually zero.


I think the punishment will be strong but the reality is that the advantage they have manufactured will see them bounce back within a short time frame and it’ll be like nothing happened. A season or two in the wilderness at best.

 

[Solius]

Been a bit too quiet for my liking.

 

[Woodzy]

The ETA was always March/April, right?