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Reports suggest that Manchester City and the Premier League are considering an "out-of-court" style settlement to resolve the 115 charges.
This potential agreement could mark a significant development in the ongoing legal proceedings between the club and the league.
Out of court? So the billionaire Arab owners pay a few million and go on unpunished. Money is like toilet paper to these cùnts. It's meaningless for them to be allowed to settle out of court.
Cheaty should have all trophies won during the charges period removed, they should be relegated, and have a transfer ban put in place.
PL chiefs all getting new Rolexes for Xmas this year huh?
Reports suggest that Manchester City and the Premier League are considering an "out-of-court" style settlement to resolve the 115 charges.
This potential agreement could mark a significant development in the ongoing legal proceedings between the club and the league.
Out of court? So the billionaire Arab owners pay a few million and go on unpunished. Money is like toilet paper to these cùnts. It's meaningless for them to be allowed to settle out of court.
Cheaty should have all trophies won during the charges period removed, they should be relegated, and have a transfer ban put in place.
PL chiefs all getting new Rolexes for Xmas this year huh?
Of course, all the other clubs could get together to force through punishment or refuse to play, unless they are all at it. Oh, wait....
Their defence to date has been disagreeing with the rules and then who has the authority to adjudicate on them. That line of defence proves their guilt.
Tbh I'm not even gonna get into this debate cos there isnt a part of me that believes they will be found guilty, and even if they are found guilty the "punishment" will be so inconsequential so as to make no difference to the game going forward. I've never been a fan of FFP anyway cos I think that there is something fundamentally wrong in stopping an owner spending his own money on his club, BUT if they chose to go this route then they have to be willing to see it through properly and I dont see evidence of that. Docking pts from smaller clubs is all well and dandy, but they cant even get this case to trial much less render any meaningful punishments, so how are we supposed to believe that justice will be served. In life there has always been two different types of justice (justice for the rich and lesser justice for the poor), and seeing as there is massive money involved here, I cannot see a just outcome coming. I think the prospect of spending years in appeals, plus the massive stain it will bring on the league, will basically neuter any proper sanctions
Tbh I'm not even gonna get into this debate cos there isnt a part of me that believes they will be found guilty, and even if they are found guilty the "punishment" will be so inconsequential so as to make no difference to the game going forward. I've never been a fan of FFP anyway cos I think that there is something fundamentally wrong in stopping an owner spending his own money on his club, BUT if they chose to go this route then they have to be willing to see it through properly and I dont see evidence of that. Docking pts from smaller clubs is all well and dandy, but they cant even get this case to trial much less render any meaningful punishments, so how are we supposed to believe that justice will be served. In life there has always been two different types of justice (justice for the rich and lesser justice for the poor), and seeing as there is massive money involved here, I cannot see a just outcome coming. I think the prospect of spending years in appeals, plus the massive stain it will bring on the league, will basically neuter any proper sanctions
Exactly - I always said the FFP rules would be dismissed by the likes of the Chavs and City. Loopholes found, tax consultants, lawyers, forensic accountants, the world's most expensive advisors will find all sorts of ways to query interpretations of laws and they will do what they did before - accept some sort of fine - £10m or something which the Premier League will be delighted with and won't tarnish their product. Can you imagine the look for the global brand of the PL if everything City have achieved since as far back as 2009 suddenly had an asterisk against it in the same way that Olympic golds were retrospectively taken away from doped athletes. All those commercial contracts worth billions, the TV companies etc would all be associated with a tarnished product where its most successful team had been discredited for a 15 year period. It just isn't going to happen. As much as we'd like it too, it isn't going to happen
Am I missing something though? Isn't it the PL who are bringing the charges? Why would they bother to do this and go through all the pain to then slap a £10M fine on them? Might as well just not bring the charges at all.
Tbh I'm not even gonna get into this debate cos there isnt a part of me that believes they will be found guilty, and even if they are found guilty the "punishment" will be so inconsequential so as to make no difference to the game going forward. I've never been a fan of FFP anyway cos I think that there is something fundamentally wrong in stopping an owner spending his own money on his club, BUT if they chose to go this route then they have to be willing to see it through properly and I dont see evidence of that. Docking pts from smaller clubs is all well and dandy, but they cant even get this case to trial much less render any meaningful punishments, so how are we supposed to believe that justice will be served. In life there has always been two different types of justice (justice for the rich and lesser justice for the poor), and seeing as there is massive money involved here, I cannot see a just outcome coming. I think the prospect of spending years in appeals, plus the massive stain it will bring on the league, will basically neuter any proper sanctions
Exactly - I always said the FFP rules would be dismissed by the likes of the Chavs and City. Loopholes found, tax consultants, lawyers, forensic accountants, the world's most expensive advisors will find all sorts of ways to query interpretations of laws and they will do what they did before - accept some sort of fine - £10m or something which the Premier League will be delighted with and won't tarnish their product. Can you imagine the look for the global brand of the PL if everything City have achieved since as far back as 2009 suddenly had an asterisk against it in the same way that Olympic golds were retrospectively taken away from doped athletes. All those commercial contracts worth billions, the TV companies etc would all be associated with a tarnished product where its most successful team had been discredited for a 15 year period. It just isn't going to happen. As much as we'd like it too, it isn't going to happen
If the PL didn't want a PR disaster they wouldn't have charged city with anything
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