Enjoying watching the NBCSN gang talking about the Man City situation. No Sky bias, really interesting.
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Sheikh Mansour probably owns about 5 million City shirts. A cheeky bit of tampering with the shirts being sold etc
The thing City supporters will never admit to is that if City had been just a bit more patient in the beginning and looked to grow more sustainably over a period of 8-10 years rather than 2-3 years, they'd wouldn't have had to cook the books and they'd probably be in a similar position - competing for titles and in Europe having won multiple trophies from 2014-2019.
The entire argument that FFP doesn't let less established clubs compete is hogwash. They just can't do it overnight.
The entire argument that FFP doesn't let less established clubs compete is hogwash. They just can't do it overnight.
To the northern premier league
Assuming they don’t get this reversed or reduced on appeal, it will be very interesting to see if there is a mass exodus of players in the summer.
I think it’s a good bet Pep will be off if the ruling stands.
Sorry if it’s been covered already in the thread, but I read that City players might be able to walk away as City have breached the players contracts and voided them.
I think it’s a good bet Pep will be off if the ruling stands.
Sorry if it’s been covered already in the thread, but I read that City players might be able to walk away as City have breached the players contracts and voided them.
Saw them mention this on NBC earlier. Something to do with potential CL bonus payments.
Put them in the Southern League I say, just to piss them off more.
I've said before, Pep's track record shows that he would have absolutely no interest in managing a club that isn't basically guaranteed trophies from day one, and especially one not in Europe. If this ban stands he'll be out of there quicker than a cheetah on crack.
He'll head to Juve for sure.
Fuck that! .....We don't want 'em down here.
Send 'em north of the border to the peripheries of Scotland, innit!
Can't help laugh at Sarri; proper get's the rag-doll treatment that fucker, eh!
idiot.
Someone needs to shut down this conspiracy bollocks that Shitty fans are coming up with.
Finally a Citeh fan with a sense of humour and humility:
"On the plus side lads at least us City fans aren't mentioning VAR anymore"
It’s a weird one.
The Sheik Mansour team is clearly a joke that has purchased trophies and deserves no praise.
UEFA have seen how problematic this is, and introduced legislation to address it. The sceptic in me sees this as an opportunity to make more dirty money, but on the face of it it’s not a bad thing to bring in.
From a City perspective, they just happen to be the money club. In a free market there’s no reason the Rothschild family don’t buy Spurs and start paying the best players in the world £1m a week.
Football needs more serious caps. A salary cap, and a cap on how much a club can spend every season. It will never happen because football is a golden goose. Presumably the only reason City are in trouble is because other mega rich clubs see themselves falling on the wrong side of this monopoly.
The Sheik Mansour team is clearly a joke that has purchased trophies and deserves no praise.
UEFA have seen how problematic this is, and introduced legislation to address it. The sceptic in me sees this as an opportunity to make more dirty money, but on the face of it it’s not a bad thing to bring in.
From a City perspective, they just happen to be the money club. In a free market there’s no reason the Rothschild family don’t buy Spurs and start paying the best players in the world £1m a week.
Football needs more serious caps. A salary cap, and a cap on how much a club can spend every season. It will never happen because football is a golden goose. Presumably the only reason City are in trouble is because other mega rich clubs see themselves falling on the wrong side of this monopoly.
Just had a peek at the table, I know they say never look at the table until at least 37 games have been played but I couldn’t help it, I’m weak and cracked....but regardless of City, we ain’t catching Leicester......Chelsea next is MASSIVE.....need a Chelsea/Utd draw tomorrow too!!
This is a fair point. The rules will just mean you have to invest in a different way and grow slower. I suppose that is better for sustainability. Clubs will have to invest in infrastructure like stadia and training centres and gradually build themselves up over a number of years then try to get better commercial deals on the back of increased success.
Sound like anyone?
Here’s something else they’ve been up to. What else will come out of the woodwork that they’ve tried to cover up or bully journalists into retracting?
www.dailymail.co.uk
Manchester City are a grubby club with under the table dealings
IAN HERBERT: It was the Fordham episode which perhaps best illustrates the struggle for transparency in football and the reason why UEFA's decision to punish Manchester City is so right.