[LeatherTrumpet]

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[bitontheslide]

i would also hazard a guess that something to that effect was written in to his last contract renewal

[Zizu]

Premier League statement confirms “Manchester City have been charged with numerous breaches of financial rules ”.

@martynziegler now reports that “Man City will not be able to appeal any sanction to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the one which overturned the UEFA ban.


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[bitontheslide]

of course they will be able to appeal it, maybe not to that particular court, but the appeal route is still there

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

of course they will be able to appeal it, maybe not to that particular court, but the appeal route is still there

That’s what the guy was reporting ..he’s head of sport so presumably knows what he’s talking about ?


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[bitontheslide]

Originally Posted by Zizu

That’s what the guy was reporting ..he’s head of sport so presumably knows what he’s talking about ?


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they are charged with offences, there is always the right to appeal

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

they are charged with offences, there is always the right to appeal

Well that’s what you’d expect..so why would he write THAT story


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[LeatherTrumpet]

Juventus have just been docked 11 points

[LeatherTrumpet]

And Rangers got relegated to division 3 for such things

[bitontheslide]

Real Madrid, Barcelona and PSG are all innocent though

[LeatherTrumpet]

Youtube video

[bitontheslide]

a clubs revenue is not about the size of it's fan base anymore. Its about tv revenue and sponsorship deals, so the guy is fundamentally talking nonsense

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

a clubs revenue is not about the size of it's fan base anymore. Its about tv revenue and sponsorship deals, so the guy is fundamentally talking nonsense

They sponsor themselves

[bitontheslide]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

They sponsor themselves

that's an entirely different debate

I don't know what the rules are around sponsorship, so i've no idea if any have been broken. I would imagine, legally speaking, it's very difficult to prove anything as any good money launderer will tell you

[LeatherTrumpet]

[bitontheslide]

this is going to go on for years and city will get off with a smack eventually

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

this is going to go on for years and city will get off with a smack eventually

115 separate offences / charges and the Prem League only need ONE charge to stick and they can hit them as hard as they want ..

They will go in hard to save face / embarrassment imho


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[bitontheslide]

Originally Posted by Zizu

115 separate offences / charges and the Prem League only need ONE charge to stick and they can hit them as hard as they want ..

They will go in hard to save face / embarrassment imho


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no they won't, because there are too many other clubs with similar problems. It would destroy the premier league and the money THEY get from it

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

no they won't, because there are too many other clubs with similar problems. It would destroy the premier league and the money THEY get from it

So why are the premier league even charging them at all ?

Never mind hitting them with an unprecedented number of offences ( serious ones at that ) .. by your reasoning they would have simply turned a blind eye


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[bitontheslide]

Originally Posted by Zizu

So why are the premier league even charging them at all ?

Never mind hitting them with an unprecedented number of offences ( serious ones at that ) .. by your reasoning they would have simply turned a blind eye


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none of these offences are clear cut. The premier league would lose its status as the big money machine which the premier league and all the clubs in it benefit from. There are literally billions at stake. That's why nothing will happen

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

none of these offences are clear cut. The premier league would lose its status as the big money machine which the premier league and all the clubs in it benefit from. There are literally billions at stake. That's why nothing will happen

So why would they risk alienating ManCity in the first place then ?

By your reasoning they should turn a blind eye to all bad practices


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[bitontheslide]

Originally Posted by Zizu

So why would they risk alienating ManCity in the first place then ?

By your reasoning they should turn a blind eye to all bad practices


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they are making it known that Man City should behave themselves

It's a house of cards, there isn't a team in the premier league that won't have done something dodgy at some point in the last 15 years. We all know it and if Man City are penalised, fingers will be pointed in all directions and the premier league will lose its appeal. Money always talks

[Swan]

This season is insane...Not overly surprising considering the world cup, but still