Man City 2 Yr Ban
#1
Posted 14 February 2020 - 07:11 PM
#2
Posted 14 February 2020 - 07:15 PM
#3
Posted 14 February 2020 - 07:30 PM
#4
Posted 14 February 2020 - 07:38 PM
UEFA don't have the financial clout to take them on and win.
#5
Posted 14 February 2020 - 08:41 PM
60s 70s Spireite, on 14 February 2020 - 07:38 PM, said:
UEFA don't have the financial clout to take them on and win.
This, loads of similar attempts by uefa/fifa have not stood recently plus hard to understand how city have been done yet PSG have got away with things.
#6
Posted 14 February 2020 - 08:53 PM
Benno Spire, on 14 February 2020 - 07:30 PM, said:
Sad when a court battle sparks more interest than the footy
#7
Posted 14 February 2020 - 09:26 PM
#8
Posted 14 February 2020 - 09:41 PM
There's also the illegal email hacks and the fact that City are still very bitter over being stitched up by UEFA a few years ago - where City passed the criteria then UEFA re-wrote the rules and applied the new ones in retrospect. At that point City took the fine (reduced later) but vowed not to be played again.
FFP was brought in not to promote fairness and equality, but to protect the elite few clubs and keep others from the top table. The Champions League is another example of the Mafia elite protecting themselves. The farcical situation where more teams that actually aren't their reigning domestic 'champions' actually win the damn thing highlights the irony of the over-inflated title. The competition has also ruined many domestic leagues as it has made a select few far wealthier than their competitors.
Ironically City have regularly made a profit in recent times, whilst the likes of Man Utd, Real Madrid and Barcelona are all actually hundreds of millions in debt! But FFP conveniently ignores that fact!
This post has been edited by Oh Wade Falana: 14 February 2020 - 09:42 PM
Real Ale Madrid
#9
Posted 14 February 2020 - 11:32 PM
#10
Posted 17 February 2020 - 02:16 PM
JonB, on 14 February 2020 - 11:32 PM, said:
I hope City throw as many lawyers as possible at it and force open the farce of FFP and the double-standards used by UEFA when looking at club's finances etc. If they wanted to City could drag this out for years and years (like the Omer Riza case that only just ended after ten years!).
Real Ale Madrid
#11
Posted 17 February 2020 - 05:17 PM
Oh Wade Falana, on 17 February 2020 - 02:16 PM, said:
they could just admit their guilt & take their punishment.
ffp may be seriously flawed but they are the rules. break them youll get punished.
#12
Posted 17 February 2020 - 07:07 PM
mr. smith, on 17 February 2020 - 05:17 PM, said:
ffp may be seriously flawed but they are the rules. break them youll get punished.
City are claiming they haven't broken the current, flawed, rules. A few years ago they met the criteria before Uefa then amended them and used them retrospectively to hit City and PSG. That action has resulted in City being very aggressive in their defence this time around. CAS couldn't prevent this punishment being given (as they stated they can only act post-punishment), but they did concede that City had strong arguments for their defence case, and that there did appear to be a verdict pronounced even before the following formal proceedings took place. The Riza case has also opened up many avenues that City can follow in their appeal process. I think this case may run and run tbh.
Real Ale Madrid
#13
Posted 17 February 2020 - 07:41 PM
Oh Wade Falana, on 17 February 2020 - 07:07 PM, said:
They didn’t ban PSG so there’s the precedent
#14
Posted 18 February 2020 - 06:34 AM
For all the talk of monopolies, why would UEFA have an issue with a club whose owner is worth around $20bn joining those at the top table?
#15
Posted 18 February 2020 - 10:38 AM
https://www.ft.com/c...41-482eed0038b1
#16
Posted 13 July 2020 - 10:37 AM