A few fancy numbers to the right people and they'll get a slap on the wrist.
City and Financial Doping | Charged by PL with numerous FFP breaches | Hearing begins 16th September 2024
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The charges only go up to the 17/18 season I think.
Penny for the thoughts of the PSG lads right now.
I'm wondering how adexkola will try and defend this.
So is there a serious possibility that they could face a points deduction/expulsion from the league?
At least it gives me another excuse to post this.
In the end, this will become a diplomatic issue. I have no belief the EPL are ready for this fight.
So this means we have potentially a free run to pip Arsenal to the title?
Apparently if the claims are found to be true then they are possibilities it seems.
In theory yes, but I won’t expect anything that serious to happen.
It's the second time they've come after them, they wouldn't have done so again unless they had something concrete.
It's a joke that the PL have been on our backs for the past two seasons regarding FFP and we have had to be very careful with our business but City have been doing this for fecking 10 seasons.
They should absolutely be stripped. That doesn't necessarily have to mean that those seasons are awarded to whoever came second, it could potentially just be left vacant with an asterisk beside it. That's what happened in Australian rugby league when Melbourne Storm were stripped of a couple of their titles about a decade ago.
It won't happen anyway. They'll pay off the people they need to and it'll be swept under the rug.
Can't help but think this is the prelude to Chelsea getting done next year.
Zero chance of expulsion I'd expect. Points deduction, possibly, but it won't matter this season anyway.
There's no way the Premier League can take on entire states sadly, they made this problem for themselves by allowing nation states to buy clubs in the first place. There is absolutely no way a Tory government won't intervene like it did to allow the Saudis to buy Newcastle. At worst this will be a fine.
What happened to the CL ban that was going to happen but they got off on that by a technicality.
I assume that will come into play if it was suspended and they'll also get at least one transfer window ban like Chelsea did.
Juventus got a -15 penalty just a few weeks back so that's precedent from another league even if it's different accusations.
Go find yourselves a state and stop complaining.
Can't believe you've omitted "tickle their bellies" which is the most likely of punishments
There should have been an asterix next to their titles for years, it's just time to make it official. Plastic club that has made a mockery of British football
They've been greasing palms for years, someone's finally had enough or UEFA have been on the phone because the other leagues are kicking off big time.
I get peoples cynicisms and thinking they’ll just get a fine etc, but I don’t think that the PL would investigate them for four years, and accuse them of breaking so many rules just to get a bit of extra cash out of them.
For all those saying they'll just get a slap on the wrist, why would the FA have spent 4 years building up dozens of charges against them just to hand them a meaningless fine? 
Maybe City knew this was coming? The players have been gash for weeks now?
So £40k slap on the wrist?
Barcelona did not break any rules or hide documentation about its economy. The club did nothing illegal and for LaLiga to impose a salary cap the clubs send him all the documentation. Barcelona borrowed for high contracts that coincided with the pandemic. Nothing else.
Exactly, they'd have just dropped it or come out and said the investigation was over. Not now labelled them cheatsFor all those saying they'll just get a slap on the wrist, why would the FA have spent 4 years building up dozens of charges against them just to hand them a meaningless fine?
Any dreams of points deductions, expulsions or stripping of titles won't happen though. When it's all over they will receive a fine and a 1 window transfer ban. You just know it.
Can Jose get a PL title tattoo with United yet or nah?
And I thought the tactics were our biggest problems until now.
This sounds extremely serious, way worse than the farcical UEFA case that were just as fraudulent in it's own right as they accused us of being.
Absolute c*nts in our administration if any of this is true, and it takes away most of the joy of the last 15 years
This sounds extremely serious, way worse than the farcical UEFA case that were just as fraudulent in it's own right as they accused us of being.
Absolute c*nts in our administration if any of this is true, and it takes away most of the joy of the last 15 years
If anything does happen the CAS will just overturn it
Nothing will happen. Everyone knows they cheat financially but still nothing will be done. They’ll squirm their way out of it somehow.
This will now be dragged on forever as city have limitless money for lawyers, but it is important that the PL stay with it. Would set an incredibly poor precedent if they get off lightly.
The farcical case that got turned down for being timebarred and you still got fined for?
Fair play however for blaming yourself as opposed to going on a rant about corruption as per other people I have seen online though.
They'll get at least 2 window ban, a fine and further punishment. You can't baltently flout the rules for 10 years and get a lenient sentence. What kind of message does that send to the rest of the clubs? Do whatever you want lads, just pay a fine. There has to be a punishment that acts as a deterrent.
If a club like Juventus who are much bigger than City can get hit a point deduction (And the same, as well as relegation in the past) then City should get at least the same but we all know nothing is going to happen. It would be the surprise of the year if something actually did.