Thank you.
Manchester City banned from CL for 2 seasons and fined 30 million euros | CAS - Ban lifted, fined 10 million
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This echo's my feelings too.
I'm also (probably naively) growing in confidence the longer it goes on that City probably have been informed now and their mouthpieces are fairly quiet this morning?
1 year ban and maybe fine goes up by 5m or so
Presumably City know by now and will be preparing statements, surprised no leaks yet
Hope I’m proven wrong but just got a horrible feeling that they are going to get away away with this.
Same. It's the best way to be, prepare for the worst and anything else is a bonus.
Luckily, our team seems to have sorted themselves out on the pitch and we're not relying on this solely for CL qualification
My only glimmer of hope is Chelsea got their transfer ban upheld. I know it’s different but you’d think they’d buy themselves through the appeal like city.
I hope they don't get banned because they'll be massively up for the league if they are
I have every confidence that City will have greased all the right palms to get away with this. A face saving fine with no ban is my guess.
I think here the argument they’re making is the evidence was ill gotten so they shouldn’t be punished.
“We’re guilty but you didn’t prove it through official channels”
Amazing eh?
my view is theyll get acquitted and ffp will be done and dused
Money can buy you out of any trouble.....
I hope you are right but am not overly optimistic. The way football is going I just see Citys lawyers wriggling out of this somehow.
Have a feeling they’ll get a suspended ban and if they do anything naughty again it will be enforced.
Will be a deferred ban - only enforceable if they get caught cheating again and a wrap across the knuckles......
City (and PSG) will be laughing all the way to their oil refineries
City (and PSG) will be laughing all the way to their oil refineries
I think they’ll have their two year ban confirmed but with one year suspended. Nice compromise for everyone involved.
You don’t leak bad news early
But can they really? It’s bad enough they completely disregarded the FFP rules but to then cook the books as well suggests they knew exactly what they were doing.
Will be fantastic if they get at least one year ban. But it will probably only be a fine. They may see that the players are not guilty so allow city to participate in UCL. Can they change the punishment to something different (say a huge fine of 75m) or it has to be within what UEFA has already delivered?
I'm setting myself up for a fail here. Convincing myself that the ban stands with the fact that their mouthpieces aren't coming out with anything.
Who knows, it feels like they make up some rules as it happens in football right now.
Whatever the outcome is, City know by now and are keeping very quiet about it. No mouthpieces mouthing off anywhere
They should say that City are banned, their players aren't guilty so they shouldn't be denied CL football. Therefore, any CL club who bids for a city player, it's automatically accepted
A suspended ban would be terrible for UEFAs reputation as well as an indication to clubs that they are also allowed to cheat the system or basically deviate from an ethical/legal route.
Politically, A one year ban seems fair and reasonable for all parties involved.
Thought at the time that they'd split the difference, and it'd end up being a one-year ban, which was one of the reasons they'd given them two years to begin with.
The sheik has likely made a few very important people involved in this situation very rich. I’ll be VERY surprised if they don’t get away with it.
Some podcasts have it overturned but I think they'll get some sort of punishment. No one really knows
I'm outrage/satisfied/delighted with this verdict. City have finally been punished/have gotten off lightly/have gotten away with it.
Don't they prepare different statements in advance for all scenarios ?
I bet if the ban is upheld we'll get a typically aggressive arrogant statement from City...
CAS shares the ruling in advance... both parties have to agree to the full judgement becoming public otherwise CAS just announce a verdict
Expect reduced, i.e token punishment - a meaningless fine and comment that any breach was technical and without intent.
That way Citeh carry on doing what they like and UEFA maintain a fig leaf of pretence that FFP is worth the paper it's written on.
That way Citeh carry on doing what they like and UEFA maintain a fig leaf of pretence that FFP is worth the paper it's written on.
lawyer up and double down... straight to the european courts if they loose i think
Let’s hope!
Cheeseman, Sinclair and Goater already did didn't they?
If this were a MBS-funded Newcastle in question, I'd be praying for the well being of the folks at CAS and their families.
Depends on who could put the most pressure on the CAS between a small but rich country and 10 of the biggest clubs in the world.
CAS sided with PSG over UEFA over FFP (which is somewhat strange given their expenditure over a few seasons there with Neymar and Mbappe in particular), so I will not say that CAS is unbribable or incorruptible.
CAS sided with PSG over UEFA over FFP (which is somewhat strange given their expenditure over a few seasons there with Neymar and Mbappe in particular), so I will not say that CAS is unbribable or incorruptible.
Except for the other day.
You still sound hopeful which I applaud but can't see why.