Another one?
https://x.com/tancredipalmeri/status/2104973777188925933
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From the BBC
Manchester City charges: The intricate web spun to con the Premier League - BBC Sport
*An example given of the disguised funding scheme in action: plugging an unexpected shortfall in May 2013.
Less than a week before the end of that 2012-13 financial year the club knew they were ÂŁ9.9m short of complying with Uefaâs financial rules.*
In a matter of days, without sponsors even being approached, a number of modified sponsor agreements were generated which increased recorded sponsorship fees to pay bonuses for events that had already taken place and to pay for a US tour.
*One strand was not genuine, according to the ruling: the Fordham Arrangement.
This was an agreement between City and a third party called Fordham which was, according to the ruling, âlittle more than a frontâ.
Funds from the clubâs owners âwould be used (and were used) to enable Fordham to acquire from the club (at a sizeable, artificially-inflated price) the clubâs entitlement to benefit financially from its playersâ image rightsâ.
It was a âfurther device by which funds could be paid into the club in a manner that concealed their true originâ.
And this âenabled the club to pretend that such funds represented operating incomeâ.
In the financial statements wrongly recorded as operating income was the sum of ÂŁ24.5m, and ÂŁ49.414m was wrongly excluded from operating expenses.
The ruling says said the Fordham Arrangement was âoperated with the knowledge and approvalâ of a number of individuals whose names were redacted.
Another way the club attempted to pass the financial rules was to move expensive contracts for players and managers off the books.
This was done by paying remuneration, or wages, through third parties. In reality this was being paid by the owners.
This was âinstead recorded in a consultancy agreementâ and âconcealed the true extent of the clubâs liabilitiesâ.
There are three separate cases attributed to this, with all names redacted from the document. These may be published when the full written reasons are released.*
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Great pic of Fraudiola. I just saw the name of a YT clip, and it made me laugh out loud; The Pepstein Files.
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Irrefutable evidenceâŚ
https://x.com/sportingintel/status/1589784812831006720?s=61&t=VxX1vHU3NOwwNhlbyICG-g
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https://x.com/sportingintel/status/2104976977207947545?s=61&t=VxX1vHU3NOwwNhlbyICG-g
https://x.com/eff_hey/status/2105030019789488475?s=61&t=VxX1vHU3NOwwNhlbyICG-g
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This. I canât wait for a proper criminal investigation, whatever the results turn up.
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https://x.com/UtdMicah/status/2105014231351587319/video/1?s=61
And one for @Mascot
https://x.com/matchdayben/status/2104996222536741240/video/1?s=61
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Apologies if already posted. Thought this was a good laugh.
https://x.com/Juventissimo90s/status/2104847180989444602/video/1?s=46
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Premier League vs Citeh right now
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Roy Keane called them cheats straight up on live tv.
What must our core Klopp group be thinking right now. They will never get that time back.
Defrauded out of not just the obvious years but also other yesrs. Winning leads to more winning especially when you dont have to contend with cheats and can carry your levels of performances to the following year without absolutely wringing yourself in order to go toe-to-toe against a team playing on financial steroids.
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Lot of people have had to bite their tongue when it came to discussing cheaty. It finally has to come out.
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Sunderland as well.
Lost League Cup final ti City meani g they missed out on Europe and got relegated instead. How different could things have been had Sunderland spent that summer transfer planning for Europe rather than league survival?
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Not seen it posted on here, but has anyone else seen the Joe Hart interview?
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City fans accusing Liverpool of doping when fraudiola was a serial doping cheat as both a player and then a manager
Itâs going back a long time, but didnât one of the companies they claimed sponsored them share an address with a phone repair booth In Beijing?
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This guy, Rui Pinto who âblew the whistleâ on Man City illegal activities in financial rules of football, when he went to âDer Spiegalâ newspaper in 2018, he is now under the witness protection programme. He has obviously been threatened. He needs to be protected at all costs.
This whole industrial scale financial scandal is like Mafia levels, football style with so many parties involved.
In a few years, the filmakers will make drama about this, like they did with FIFA.
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Out of curiosity, if FSG (or whoever) had been running our club in this manner, what do you think a fair punishment/redress would be?
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Itâs pretty damning. Far more than I expected c