Activate Another Lever and Still Lose to a Madrid Remontada - The Small Teams Thread

£25,000 fine incoming.

 

a 4 year investigation by the PL is no small fry. This feels different to the usual silly fines and suspended points penalties handed out in English football.

reckon they could be in real trouble here

 

There were always strong rumours when Mancini was in charge that he and the players had 2 employment contracts with the Man City owners. One with the club, and one with Abu Dhabi state oil companies as random low level but highly paid employees of those

 

No show jobs are illegal under premier league rules now? Since when?

Next you’ll be telling me whacking rats is also against the rules.

 

We all know the English can't be bought so no doubt the stiff fine (redistributed to all FA higher up memebers) and the public denouncing will be the swift reckoning which will be example to and for all.

Ahahahaa

 

This isn't a rumor it has been proven. Current players have been proven to have dual contracts. They literally pay wages under the table to stockpile these enormous teams full of talent and your FA knows and won't do anything but accept a large hush payment (in the form of a "fine") to be shared.

 

@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.

🛑 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. pic.twitter.com/fsRtpQKSI8

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) February 6, 2023

 

City in the mud.

Under Premier League rules Man City will NOT be able to appeal any sanction to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (which overturned the UEFA ban).

[Martyn Ziegler]

No UEFA to give back handed payments to this time.

They’ll get the Juventus treatment no doubt.

 

and the charges only go up to 2018 because from 2018 onwards City have refused to cooperate. Will be interesting to see whats uncovered in those if they ever see the light of day

 

Haaland to Madrid, 2023.

 

I would be extremely surprised if anything note worthy comes from this. Maybe a fine the equivalent to a decent defender they would by. Nothing that's going to make them regret anything they've done.

 

They don't need to buy CAS when the PL, politicians.... heck the entire country is bought.

They will get there "massive" fine which will amount to nothing to them and they will continue onward doing even worse (as they have since they blocked the EPL seeing their books).

 

Is the Premier League itself making these allegations or some independent entity? Because I think the PL would like to keep this on the low. Theoretically they could make retroactive point deductions and strip their titles but I think the PL wouldn't want to undermine a decades worth of results. 100 financial infarctions is serious though and this can't go unpunished. Maybe a big "fine" and a transfer ban for a year or two. Still a slap on the wrist considering all the success they've had.

 

I wish

 

City could face the Juve punishment.

Stripping of titles
Points deduction
Expulsion from the league

FA know a fine won’t bother City.

4 years in the making and seems FA have done their homework.

You’d be worried if you were a City fan right now.

 

I think you meant to write "should" in place of "could". Nothing is going to happen to City. Nothing significant anyway.

Only way they get a point deduction is late in the season IF Arsenal are all but confirmed champions. Most likely a £50m fine.

 

Personally I think it’s a bit beyond that now.

There is talk of Pep walking away if he find the club has lied and is even odds-on to not be city manager come start of next season.

Feels there is a lot more to this that will come out over the next few days

 

Oh and for Bellingham, this could potentially rule out City bidding for him.

 

Also Liverpool are also 10th place and far from 4th place. If they won’t play CL.. this might may be a crucial factor

 

Bale's going to be in trouble

 

You guys put way too much weight on these words

 

Pep finds out the club lied? Even us mere mortals on an internet forum, with no actual insight of the club or proper understanding of accounting know Manchester City were cooking the books!