pascell
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Newcastle I can understand but Villa are a strange one, they do seem to have a lot of money somehow.Heard a rumour it's the barcodes and Villa
Newcastle I can understand but Villa are a strange one, they do seem to have a lot of money somehow.Heard a rumour it's the barcodes and Villa
Maybe there was some "extra" funding in the Grealish deal!Newcastle I can understand but Villa are a strange one, they do seem to have a lot of money somehow.
I've tried to find the soundbite from Kaveh on Sky, but I'm 90% sure he said Newcastle and Villa.Newcastle I can understand but Villa are a strange one, they do seem to have a lot of money somehow.
Look for clubs with very rich owners who such a ruling, away from the current status quo, that would benefit hugely from having carte blanche to throw as much money as they want at their project and expedite the process of becoming a powerhouse in a fraction of the time. For them, this is a bigger dilemma, one they can see sense in not supporting the current structure, even at the risk of becoming pariahs.Newcastle I can understand but Villa are a strange one, they do seem to have a lot of money somehow.
Some clubs have abstained so it’s interesting to see what happens next ?I've tried to find the soundbite from Kaveh on Sky, but I'm 90% sure he said Newcastle and Villa.
There are a lot of clubs against it, 12 I think, so they need 2 more to get it thrown out, a lot of clubs are reported as sending reps to the hearing to speak against City.
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There's another way to view it: City's investigation dodging and instigation of a game of legal top trumps has effectively diverted money from grassroots football and community projects into the pockets of lawyers.
If that sounds like it's stretching, City have argued that being financially compliant will force them to divert money from the very same things!
1. There’s no crime we are clean.
2. So what if we did it, it’s so minor and inconsequential.
3. The rules are rigged against us and we’re the victims.
4. We did nothing wrong, it’s these two rogue executives who went off on their own breaking the rules.
We are at stage 3. We’ll likely soon enter stage 4 with a couple of lackeys taking the fall. The only question is how heavily the PL will penalize them.
They got rid of Klopp who I think was really the only threat to them, if the PL don't do anything City will just win the title for ever more. They keep saying it is competitive. Well sorry but who has won the last four titles, the only break was when Liverpool won durig covid. The the Leicester win of course. I know we were successful, but Arsenal broke it up at times, Chelsea broke it up at times. City will destroy the PL and it has been on the cards since they were allowed to buy City.
Maybe there was some "extra" funding in the Grealish deal!
Stefan Borson is live on Talksport discussing at the moment
He thinks it is unlikely City will win this case.
This is just sheer speculation on my part, but maybe the election pushed them into this move? A Labour government being less connected to the Emirates?If anything, this latest action would suggest Abu Dhabi haven't receive the kinds of assurances from the Govt that they assumed. It seems like a desperation move to me, which makes sense with the Tories likely not in power beyond the summer. These aren't the actions of an organisation quietly confident of dismissing the charges.
The request for a hearing was made in FebruaryThis is just sheer speculation on my part, but maybe the election pushed them into this move? A Labour government being less connected to the Emirates?
In any case, whatever the result, they look terrible. I’m actually happy they did this since the mask came off and they basically acknowledge that their marketing deals are not market value
This is just sheer speculation on my part, but maybe the election pushed them into this move? A Labour government being less connected to the Emirates?
In any case, whatever the result, they look terrible. I’m actually happy they did this since the mask came off and they basically acknowledge that their marketing deals are not market value
FFP plus a wage cap is literally all that’s needed.
Maybe HMRC need to get involved looking into where money is going especially payments to avoid paying tax.A wage cap means nothing to a state owner. They have banks and control an economy of their own. Circumventing a wage cap is the easiest form of cheating they can get away with.
All it would do is punish the non state owned clubs who are trying to compete with them.
Squad number limits are a smarter play than wage caps.
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Maybe HMRC need to get involved looking into where money is going especially payments to avoid paying tax.
Reckon they're trying to exhaust the PL resources.I don't understand this. 115 charges is on the table for 2 years now. Meanwhile they make a huge case against PL and get a hearing in a few days?
I don't think it will happen, but I'd like to see which clubs vote with City, against City and abstain.Such an important statement. There’s no way City can win this and the integrity of the game stay intact.
If fans find out their club support City in this (and that could well include ours) then they need to do everything they can to voice their opinion.
They know with the new rules they cannot replace the squad to the level of players they need, so they need to remove rules so they can fake revenue and then spend against that inflated figure on the new squad.
Why the feck have they been allowed to delay things without any apparent repercussion? That in itself should be a punishment without delay. Absolute state of them.Khaldoon on the 115 charges resolution “It’s taking longer than anyone hoped for but there is a process we have to go through."
Erm... It's been shown that at every avenue City have tried to delay, failed to produce documentation and have been generally all-round obstructive to the process. But yeah mate, it's taken a long time.
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Newcastle I can understand but Villa are a strange one, they do seem to have a lot of money somehow.