13/14 was a fair win too. They can keep them both.
Manchester City banned from CL for 2 seasons and fined 30 million euros | CAS - Ban lifted, fined 10 million
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13/14 was a fair win too. They can keep them both.
Will get reduced to one season but they’ve been found guilty the cnuts. Finally.
Next the doping scandal at Liverpool...
Next the doping scandal at Liverpool...
Oh I see. But why is it reprehensible by law? FFP is a sports stuff, it's not a law itself in any country, let alone Europe... or am I wrong?
What I am trying to say is that it's a private competition at the end of the day. You play by the rules, or you don't, but that's about it, isn't it?
Or am I missing something?
Oh feck just realised would that mean 5th gets Champions League?
Uefa have no jurisdiction or power to do that only the PL have.
Let's not go there and let's make sure the focus of our team is in being 4th at least please.
Of course... and they’ll inevitably bounce back, ‘cos they’ve got bottomless cash and have admittedly already won enough to have somewhat established their brand by now, in fairness... Not enough to weather a sustained period of wilderness, like us or Pool or Arse (though they won’t need to) but maybe just enough to lose Pep, plus a few potential marquee signings that could’ve bolstered them, but will now be forever skeptical, not to mention a lot more amenable to pitches from the kind of solid, romantic legacy clubs that just might need them more!
And even if NONE of that transpires at all ... feck it! We’ll never let them live it down...and nothing they ever achieve will be taken as legit, without a cavalcade of the kind of endlessly gleeful dismissive cynicism they all pretend they don’t care about, be we all know absolutely eats them alive every waking minute!
Mwa ha.... Mwa ha ha ha haha!!
(Or, whatever, at least we get to laugh at them tonight... I’ll take it this season... at least before they win it as an ironic parting shot!)
Are these contracts even legal with all this being brought to light? There's going to be some forensic examination of City's paper trail now and it's going to get messy.
What are the club honouring? The above board contract, or the full one, with half the wage paid under the table?
You have to think that the email celebrating the death of the UEFA official will play a huge part. It gives them huge motivation to throw the book at them.
What's that email now?
I don’t think CAS does that. As far as I understand it’s only there to ensure that UEFA, or whatever sporting body, have followed their own rules. When clubs sign up to FFP they agree with UEFA to allow CAS to arbitrate over any sanctions if they wish to appeal them.
Fraud is reprehensible by law, it's illegal to use lie, dishonesty, falsehood or deception in an attempt to gain a benefit. The issue here isn't FFP, it's what they allegedly did to go around it.
A leaked City email saying '1 down 6 to go' when one of the FFP investigators died was released.
Vile plastic club I'm delighted. Being called bitter for saying they were dirty cheats makes this even sweeter. Champions league is far too good for them.
Where are all the city fans?? Come on you couldn't post in a thread without dodging 12 of them 2 seasons ago. Buying their Liverpool shirts I reckon
Where are all the city fans?? Come on you couldn't post in a thread without dodging 12 of them 2 seasons ago. Buying their Liverpool shirts I reckon
They were just discussing it on ITV News and said even if the first appeal doesn't get overturned then they will make a second one based on something else.
You just know this is not going to result in them getting banned in the end because it doesn't seem black and white by the sounds of it. Our best hope is the ban staying at one season but they will bluff their way out of that probably.
You just know this is not going to result in them getting banned in the end because it doesn't seem black and white by the sounds of it. Our best hope is the ban staying at one season but they will bluff their way out of that probably.
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Calm down pal I wasn't serious
It does.
UEFA rule: "A club which is not admitted to the competition is replaced by the next best-placed club in the top domestic championship of the same association"
Wish we were a well run club like City.
Really surprised this wasn't sooner to be honest. As soon as they turned up in Australia sporting one of the failed franchises and brining in David Villa you knew some dodgy shit was going on.
This
Or reduced to 1 year, which will probably happen.
Wow. Really hope we keep our form up, would be absolutely huge for us if we made it
It will definitely get (at least) halved on appeal... But if I was being cynically optimistic (or a sexy alcoholic lawyer in an Aaron Sorkin show) I’d say the 2 year sentence was a calculated length to ensure the widely agreed upon year was eventually accepted as a win by all parties...
That said, I’d hardly be shocked if they got off entirely. We are all obviously living in the worst timeline, after all.
They didn't give a reason for it but on sky they said if CAS rules against them they can appeal that in a Swiss court.
Personally I think it’s a bit harsh considering what corruption has been happening in the Spanish and Italian games for decades
Would love UEFA to lay into them even more, I bet this is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of the dodgy shit they do.
Lance Armstrong FC next please.
Chelsea appraled and were still banned through the appeal. Just saying
Why will it definitely get reduced? Based on what?
Their whole 'project' is melting down and I love to see it
now if this is true, he’s a gigantic bellend.
Yeah I get it’s the Champions League. But you play what? 10-12 cl games in an entire season. It’s not the be and end all. Especially as you know you’ll be back in it once the ban is over. This is the time city players and management should be showing they give a shit about the club. Let’s see ........
Wow, that's dark.
Yep good chance it gets reduced to one year. Was generally expected one year ban would be issued, two year ban possibly imposed in knowledge it will be reduced on appeal. Chelsea were able to reduce their transfer ban.
Also big question of how long appeal will take, good chance that it’s not resolved before next season and ban could be postponed.
Think City will even dispute any CAS ruling that doesn’t exonerate them and this will drag for a long time.
Doesn't mean City shouldn't be punished, but I see your point. UEFA have a closer relationship with the big Spanish clubs; I don't think it's entirely unreasonable to say that if for instance Barcelona were doing similar book cooking, UEFA wouldn't have gone after them this hard.
Which is not to say I'm not going to enjoy every minute of this
I really am not so sure that it will be overturned or reduced. They were caught before and this time they have actively hidden where the money was coming from and apparently refused to engage with the investigation. I would love to see CAS advising on appeal that the punishment did not go far enough.
I don’t disagree that city got themselves into the mess so feck em but on the other hand I think UEFA have had it in for the english game since the PL money came aboutDoesn't mean City shouldn't be punished, but I see your point. UEFA have a closer relationship with the big Spanish clubs; I don't think it's entirely unreasonable to say that if for instance Barcelona were doing similar book cooking, UEFA wouldn't have gone after them this hard.
Which is not to say I'm not going to enjoy every minute of this
I disagree. The Spaniards were just lucky that they managed to never let the IDs of Dr Fuentes’s blood bags be known. It doesn’t mean City should get done If the evidence is there.
Where’s the City fans that we’re desperately trying to convince people they weren’t doing this shit despite all the evidence?
But if 100 percent evidence became public they had to do Spain etc. By all accounts they tried to hush this up too
Don’t get me wrong, city deserve punishment. I just feel that if it were a Spanish or Italian club, it wouldn’t be handled the same way