WHilst I underatand many posters that fear nothing will happen, remember these charges are actually a lot more serious as it relates to financial accounts, payments to staff ect.
Even if they manage to weasle their way out of these charges, more serious will lay ahead as it will bring them to the attention of HMRC. And if there is 1 group that can truely fuck a corrupt and dodgy business, it is those responsible for collecting taxes.
Full independent annual audit of all clubsâ finances including us. Wonât happen because I suspect most clubs have dubious transactions. OK, maybe not us. Didnât we try to do that NFT thing until it became obvious that the only way anyone would buy them is if they had money to launder?
Yes Iâm actually more interested in this. Surely if all this is right, thereâs fraud involved?
Glasgow Rangers Mk II?
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This is the cue for the entry of numerous world-class citeh pet lawyers, under instruction to do their thing. Again.
The negative publicity of once more being in the public spotlight for ongoing financial cheating is always welcome from our pov, but weâll just have to see what happens. Hopefully the FA prove to have bigger cojones than UEFAâŚ
ermâŚnone of that will happen.
They will get ÂŁ10m fine (if that) they can pay over 5 years.
Full auditing should definitely be a requirement, every season. I velieve thatâs why Barcelona got so screwed when they realised they couldnât make the numbers make sense. Imagine Man City trying to explain to an auditor how a crypto trading company with no employees and a week old registration as a business where able to afford a sponsorship deal with âthe most successful commerical club in the worldâ. Absolute nonsense.
In America the terms of trades are all known, salaries are all public - you can go to spotrac right now and see to the penny how much a player is paid and how it breaks down year on year. In football we still hide behind undisclosed transfer fees and what we know of wages are just stabs in the dark. Things should be much more open.
Only thing I will say isâŚFFP have been before and ended up looking stupid.
You can only think they have something concrete now otherwise they need to scrap FFP because its become a joke.
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Itâs my last season. With the season ticket, Sky Sports, BT Sports, Sky Bet in a cost of living crisis with their corrupt product, they can fuck off. I know the team havenât been at it this season, but the officiating has been as obvious as a cock on a nun. Theyâre fucking desperate for us not to win this league. That along with City staff and their attitude to legacy fans, Iâve no stomach to fight for them. A league run by bent, corrupt thundercunts.
Was it @Notasuperfan who was question the effectiveness of sports washing? @1972 ?
I canât find the conversation now, but who ever it was I would invite the honourable gentleman have a look on Twitter this morning, whether itâs Cities global fanbase leaping to the defence of their corrupt owners, or client journalists reported that they were âclearedâ of the charges by CAS
My âwhat will happenâ is bleaker than yours given how weak the FA and UEFA is in front of money.
What will happen:
The charges will probably amount to nothing but seeing them squirm is a warm and fuzzy feeling. Fuck them and anyone like them.
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This is the general feel because itâs what will happen.
âTheyâll have their five minutes of excitement and then it will all blow away.â
Fans jumping to the only organisation that made their club relevant in the last decade is pretty normal. As for the journalists they paid off, the journalists can only report what was given in the CASâ judgement in a better light.
But still, did it succeed change your personal perception of them or the larger non-man city fansâ perception?? If it did change their image in your or the larger non-citeh fansâ eyes, then yes, the Sport-washing is successful.
âIn football we still hide behind undisclosed transfer fees and what we know of wages are just stabs in the dark. Things should be much more open.â
Open to an independent regulatory body sure but not to the public. No need for that.
I clicked a few pages and many city fans realise they could be in deep trouble,obviously quite a few blame anyone but city.
We were mentioned on the first page 