[Football] Man City banned from European competitions for next 2 seaons

[Weststander]

If they have broken FFP they have had an unfair advantage in every league game they have played.

and domestic cups.

Literally depriving the likes of Spurs and Arsenal the chance to win stuff, with Citeh’s bench and more of top players making injuries, fatigue and any individuals losing form inconsequential compared to clubs playing by the financial rules.

Citeh are persistent cheats.

 

[Driver8]

and domestic cups.

Literally depriving the likes of Spurs and Arsenal the chance to win stuff

And us. I would have fancied our chances in last years final.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

and domestic cups.

Literally depriving the likes of Spurs and Arsenal the chance to win stuff, with Citeh’s bench and more of top players making injuries, fatigue and any individuals losing form inconsequential compared to clubs playing by the financial rules.

Citeh are persistent cheats.

Brighton would have been in final last season

We would have lost to anyone in the semis ha

 

[Guinness Boy]

I don't mean "excessively rich people", I mean Arabs. I worked for four Arab companies and corruption is in their DNA in my opinion. Look at the whole World Cup award to Qatar thing; look at the gigantic fines Airbus have paid for paying bungs to Arab airlines. A couple of examples, there are plenty more.

Wait, they’re so corrupt that you worked for FOUR of them?

Why did you carry on working for them if you consider them corrupt? That makes you corrupt.




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[darkwolf666]

One they have finished with City hopefully they will have a look at Wolves FFP beating dodgy transfers too.

And clubs like Sheffield Wednesday and Derby with their dodgy looking ground sales...

 

[portslade seagull]

The only way out of this is to install a realistic wages ceiling for players throughout all leagues here and abroad. Never happen though that's why so many clubs have sold their souls

 

[Publius Ovidius]

There was a sports writer last night suggested that if this played out the way it should, City will be relegated out of the PL and it was up to the EFL where they would be placed, div 2 ( fourth tier)

So I take it they have been removed from the CL this season?

 

[Seasider78]

There was a sports writer last night suggested that if this played out the way it should, City will be relegated out of the PL and it was up to the EFL where they would be placed, div 2 ( fourth tier)

So I take it they have been removed from the CL this season?

On the basis the advantage they are gaining applies to all competitions you would have to say that the writer is correct. The fact UEFA are taking action yet the PL have just let this happen with no action in their competition speaks volumes about how much the PL are concerned with these deals.

The beautiful game gets uglier and uglier every year that passes as money continues to dominate the direction of the game

 

[Weststander]

On the basis the advantage they are gaining applies to all competitions you would have to say that the writer is correct. The fact UEFA are taking action yet the PL have just let this happen with no action in their competition speaks volumes about how much the PL are concerned with these deals.

The beautiful game gets uglier and uglier every year that passes as money continues to dominate the direction of the game

Exactly. The PL quietly brushing Citeh’s corruption under the carpet. It doesn’t fit the hyped image of the competition and would (rightly) call into question the award of past trophies to the cheats. A can of worms no one will touch.

Plus there are other clubs who’ve paid player image rights to offshore entities. Not the same, because these costs did appear in the football club accounts, but currently under HMRC investigation for the criminal evasion of PAYE and National Insurance.

Top flight football = a murky world.

Domestic rugby has come down far harder on Saracens for example.

 

[Taybha]

Suspended for 100 years and the kit man will have to perform 20 hours community service , is my guess at the final outcome .

 

[Sussex Nomad]

Just like our European ban in the 80s for crowd trouble, despite it happening everywhere else this is just another example of English clubs getting the hard stick whilst the likes of Govt. backed Real Madrid, PSG, Barca and Juve all get away with it.

 

[happypig]

There was a sports writer last night suggested that if this played out the way it should, City will be relegated out of the PL and it was up to the EFL where they would be placed, div 2 ( fourth tier)

So I take it they have been removed from the CL this season?

The PL will be waiting until the CAS have ruled on it, to act sooner would just mean another appeal (and probably will anyway).

If they are kicked out of the PL, do the EFL have to take them ? Could they have to start in the Vimto league division 12 ?

 

[sparkie]

It would be very handy if PetroState City took one of the relegation places.

Only IF they are guilty, of course. If they are... throw the book at them.

 

[BNthree]

On the basis the advantage they are gaining applies to all competitions you would have to say that the writer is correct. The fact UEFA are taking action yet the PL have just let this happen with no action in their competition speaks volumes about how much the PL are concerned with these deals.

This is the problem with having the body in charge of promoting the league also being the body that regulates the league. They take the promotion a lot more seriously than the regulating. They'll never do anything that might tarnish the image/brand as the money is more important than the morals. It's the same with a lot of sports.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Just like our European ban in the 80s for crowd trouble, despite it happening everywhere else this is just another example of English clubs getting the hard stick whilst the likes of Govt. backed Real Madrid, PSG, Barca and Juve all get away with it.

Is it true these clubs have also broken rules on funding? Surely if there’s evidence then UEFA will act? At the very least Man City would have raised this in their defence?

 

[highflyer]

Is it true these clubs have also broken rules on funding? Surely if there’s evidence then UEFA will act? At the very least Man City would have raised this in their defence?

Danny Murphy (I think) on MoTD said he very much hoped Man City would get away with it (possibly not his exact words) in part because of the 'domino effect' it could have with the many other clubs in UK and across Europe that have also been breaking the rules and could end up facing sanctions.

For some reason he seemed to think this would be a bad thing.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Danny Murphy (I think) on MoTD said he very much hoped Man City would get away with it (possibly not his exact words) in part because of the 'domino effect' it could have with the many other clubs in UK and across Europe that have also been breaking the rules and could end up facing sanctions.

For some reason he seemed to think this would be a bad thing.

Strange response from Murphy. My question is whether the other clubs have broken the rules though, is there any evidence to suggest they have?

 

[highflyer]

Strange response from Murphy. My question is whether the other clubs have broken the rules though, is there any evidence to suggest they have?

Bear in mind, I think that some (most?) of evidence allowing the Man City case to be judged and sanctioned came from leaked emails https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_Leaks the question of evidence may be critical here.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Bear in mind, I think that some (most?) of evidence allowing the Man City case to be judged and sanctioned came from leaked emails https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_Leaks the question of evidence may be critical here.

True. The evidence is quite damning as well.

As an aside, there’s an interesting piece in today’s Observer about what will happen to City now they don’t have the extra however many millions to pay their players.

 

[rogersix]

True. The evidence is quite damning as well.

As an aside, there’s an interesting piece in today’s Observer about what will happen to City now they don’t have the extra however many millions to pay their players.

precis?