Itâs not impossible. I fully expect them to get away with it, simply by using delaying tactics. Even admitting the unlikely case that they will eventually get a punishment: we are years away from that, and Guardiola must know it. Thatâs why he has no problem to sign a contract extension.
They will get punished what that will be is the question.
And how watered down that ends up as is another matter. Question is if say we were to beat them and Soton would 8pts start to make them think of taking a hit on points this season especially if itâs a one off.
At this point, theyâll be fighting to not let any of their previously won trophies get revoked.
Iâm pretty sure theyâll be happy enough to take a relegation. Pep can be told to go and manage Girona for a year till they come back into the league.
That goes for most of the players who will follow Pep to Girona whether it is on transfers or loans or whatever.
Last I heard , he still has stakes in that club.
And theyâve got enough of a setup to walk back straight in to the premier league even if they get relegated.
I donât think your suggestion here is permitted under the current transfer rulesâŚ
They will find a way.
I think thatâs an overly pessimistic view on things. It will be much harder for them to commit such obvious fraud on that scale, if they even still exist by then. I remember a comment from somewhere that if they get relegated, theyâre likely to be ineligible for the Championship/Football League in general because of the leaguesâ financial regulations, which means they would have to go quite far down.
I donât see how the league can justify a sub 30 point ban, given Everton got 10 points on one charge for a fairly uncontested overspend issue. Thereâd be rioting
Shame City donât know the meaning of the bolded word. Theyâll probably find a way to sell a player to Girona with a buy back clause of the same amount as they sold him for.
They know them well enough to circumvent them unfortunately. Hope Iâm proven wrong but starting to feel pessimistic.
The Prem is walking a tightrope. They want to punish Man City for their cheating. But they are caught up in never ending litigation, tied up in knots having to dedicate countless hours and millions in resources to fight Man City legally. Man City are doing exactly what they said, and this is just a vindictive game for them, as they donât want to be held to account.
The other difficulty for the Prem is presumably they are getting leaned on from on high, given the billions Abu Dhabi has invested in the country. It has moved way beyond a sporting matter.
My expectation is a very unsatisfactory points deduction - 40 points, and Man City will manage to stay up. They will go all out to win the CL to not miss out on the competition next year.
The Prem will claim they were tough - largest penalty ever meted out. City will say they are being victimized, but will try to claim they are acting for the good of the game by accepting the punishment (presumably it will all be negotiated before hand).
The wider game will be up in arms at such a lenient punishment, and some clubs, including LFC, will sue them directly for losses.
I hope Iâm wrong and they are booted out of the Prem, with titles stripped, but I suspect the Prem will grow tired of fighting before Man City are exhausted.
or Abu Dhabi tear up the project and start againâŚto me thats a real possibilityâŚ
they can leave the club in a relatively healthy (long term) position, they still have all the soft power gained, they control parts of greater Manchester and take the similar project to a London ClubâŚ
not impossible to see playing out
Pepâs contract extension confirmed. Hope we make him regret it for the first time Sunday in a week.
2-year deal at that
Probably a tax dodge
Canât be sniffed atâŚor probably can in Pepâs case.
This wonât get old.
two yearssssâŚ
It got old ages ago.
https://www.thisisanfield.com/2024/11/man-city-defeated-in-premier-league-vote-on-commercial-rules/?
Pep sticking around to make City the greatest non-league team ever.