Man City Banned!!!

[santa sangria]

Weirdly it's the PSG money that has put Liverpool where they are today. The Neymar megabucks lead to the Countinho buy that paid for VVD and Allison. Thank you very much. Just don't come asking for them back!

 

[Grayson]

FFP was just a Platini-led drive to keep the elite... elite.

 

[Peter Grove]

This Independent article makes for an interesting read.

Man City ban

The way it sounds, Man City seem to have been spoiling for a fight with UEFA. Well, now they've got one.

 

[Sheffields Finest]

Wow - imagine the revisionism.........

Well, I just did!!!!!!

Premier League true winners
11-12 Man Utd
13-14 Liverpool
17-18 Man Utd
18-19 Liverpool

FA Cup true winners
10-11 Stoke City
18-19 Watford

EFL Cup true winners
13-14 Sunderland
15-16 Liverpool
17-18 Arsenal
18-19 Chelsea

 

[Ben448844]

It’s really refreshing to see both Manchester clubs out of the Champions League for a while. You should’nt be able to buy the league at any cost!

The league has always been bought in every country. The richest win all the time with the occasional exception

 

[Kes]

Seriously though something hasn’t smelt right in a long time at the top of English and French football and maybe the seagulls are circling!

What, you reckon Brighton are poised to step into the void then?

 

[Sheffields Finest]

What, you reckon Brighton are poised to step into the void then?

When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea.

 

[santa sangria]

Grauniad article on Etihad...

"...copy of the 2013-14 accounts that showed Etihad had accumulated losses of $3.8bn and had drawn down $5bn of loans from the Abu Dhabi government, which had also contributed a further $2.5bn in share capital."

That's gonna be the defence. It was all loans so all above board. City will eventually provide a paper trail that shows that the govt gave 5bn in loans and Etihad paid the sponsorships, even though senior mgmt and common sense suggest the govt actually paid...

 

[Yampy]

This isn't about FFP.
Manchester City aren't being banned and fined for breaching FFP, they are being punished for deceit, lying to UEFA. It's a breakdown in trust. Basically, UEFA are saying City have made false statements and have hidden the true facts which, in the eyes of the law is a more serious charge than the offence in many cases.
If City had been up front, they wouldn't be in this situation and the whole FFP thing would have been put to bed by now.

 

[Sheffields Finest]

Slight aside but take a look at this picture, Maradonna has a shirt saying Say no to drugs, Platini has a shirt on saying Say no to corruption.


Pele is just happy keeping his end up!

 

[RustyRef]

This isn't about FFP.
Manchester City aren't being banned and fined for breaching FFP, they are being punished for deceit, lying to UEFA. It's a breakdown in trust. Basically, UEFA are saying City have made false statements and have hidden the true facts which, in the eyes of the law is a more serious charge than the offence in many cases.
If City had been up front, they wouldn't be in this situation and the whole FFP thing would have been put to bed by now.

Indeed, and is seemingly not dissimilar to the mess and impending doom that Sheffield Wednesday find themselves in, albeit on a smaller scale. In this case the league believe they have deliberately covered up that they had failed FFP, which is a more serious offence than actually just failing it.