PL refers City to commission for breach of FFP rules.

[KunDB]

Just what was needed in an already disrupted season for City.


https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11679/12804577/man-city-charged-by-premier-league-for-numerous-alleged-breaches-of-financial-rules


Manchester City have been charged by the Premier League with numerous alleged breaches of financial rules.

The charges relate to financial information regarding revenue, details of manager and player remuneration, UEFA regulations, profitability and sustainability and co-operation with Premier League investigations.

Is this behind what is wrong with City currently, given Pep made it clear he trusts the management but would walk if we had breached the rules as management had assured him we hadn't.

[gavin]

Firstly, this has nothing to do with our current form. Secondly, how independent is this 'independent' commision?

'The members of the commission will be appointed by the independent chair of the Premier League judicial panel, in accordance with Premier League rules W.19, W.20 and W.26.'.

It is Premier League appointed so not independent at all. Just saying it is independent doesn't make it so. We know very well what clubs are behind this and the power that they wield in the Premier League and its committees that appoint 'independent chairs'.

[Stephen Paul]

The knives are out again as we enter the most important part of the season

[The Blue Blooded Maniac]

I've just read aswell that the hearings will be made in private, there is no time frame for the hearing and when the PL decide the outcome they will post it in their website.

Transparent as ever in the modern era of football!!!

[Neil Mcnab]

I would think at some point, something will stick. Pep would indeed walk, but only "lucky" thing is it could take years to resolve, perhaps long after he has already gone. I wont defend the indefensible, already heard about Mancinis pay, does sound dodgy. Still, innocent till proved otherwise.

[gavin]

I find this bizarre in many ways. Charged with breaking rules from 2009 after over 4 years of investigation! What on earth have they been doing all this time? How come they charge us with breaching UEFA rules as well as their own? Since when are they the arbiters of another organizations rules? Bear in mind that City have already been found guilty of and punished for one breach and found guilty of and then cleared of another. How do they think they can retry those? Surely, they have to stick to alleged breaches of their own rules?

Their own rules in question are rules on profitability and sustainability allegedly. They are saying that we weren't operating sustainably in 2015-2018. It begs the question why we are still in business and indeed recently reported as being the club with the largest turnover in the world.

The most specific and substantive allegation actually appears that Roberto Mancini was paid a bit more than reported. He has been gone nearly a decade. I just can't see the relevance or importance now.

The real policy is chuck enough mud on behalf of the rags, Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea et al and hope that you can make some stick or at least impact City by besmirching their name for a few years. Those at the top of the Premier League should be ashamed at being lackeys of the wannabe cartel.

[Victoria]

My view is yes! City may have done some creative accounting and played the system. What business does not do this? My accountants do it all the time so I pay less tax. I see City and the rest of the PL do the same. My question is, Chelsea spend £600m and FfP is changed to stop a loop hole. If this was City they would add another boat load of charges.  I think City found lots of loop holes and they don't like it. The upshot is every team can spend millions except City. City will survive this attempt at destroying a legit business. For me, City played by their laws, so everything to me is malicious another legal argument.
City will beat this I'm sure!

[Stephen Paul]

maybe a few other clubs will be panicking now

[bbk]

I'd be surprised if we weren't guilty of some of this, we are essentially an oil state's play toy. It's the world of big money, who is playing by the rules?

[Hesperus]

The allegations against us are huge. Basically we haven't been declared our annual accounts correctly over a large number of years in total.

I find this very hard to believe. If this were true there would be criminality involved, but if some of these particularly serious allegations are proven. They'll throw the book at us and I'm sure a rangers / juve punishment will be on the cards.

[Neil Mcnab]

Yes, I thought of Italy and especially Juve, always something going on. We will have the best shyster lawyers money can buy, if there is a way out, they will find it. Pep has a conscience, if it all starts smelling too much..

[reddishblue]

"Man City hire lawyer who advised Boris Johnson during lockdown 'Partygate'"

Were fucked.

https://www.joe.co.uk/sport/lawyer-man-city-have-hired-to-help-challenge-premier-league-battle-could-earn-80k-a-day-from-case-377230

[reddishblue]

Yesterday we were being expelled from football completely now this hahahaha

"The overall sense is that most people expect Manchester City to receive a small points deduction as punishment for the charges they face from the Premier League. "

https://twitter.com/footballdaily/status/1623005823096979456

[reddishblue]

https://twitter.com/i/status/1622590432516485120

[gavin]

Please relegate us a couple of divisions at least. I could do with a rest from VAR.

[reddishblue]

We all know why FFP was invented. It's stated original intent was to purportedly to prevent clubs going into debt, Platini was involved and look what happened to him. Then the Cartel (football mafia) realised they might be in the shit so they had a desperate need to change the rules to suit themselves in times of need.

This time the truth will out. The sooner the better I hope one way or another.

[reddishblue]

"The elite have carved up the game and its revenue streams until only sovereign wealth funds can compete at their level — and then moulded Financial Fair Play to limit what can be invested, even by those who can afford it" | ✍️ Martin Samuel

[reddishblue]

https://archive.is/hA0R8

[Stephen Paul]

This will be Citys biggest fight yet against The Premier League who we all know are corrupt to the core   

[lee]

Bored of reading about it.
However City have the best lawyer in the business as Lord Pannick is to represent us.