I thought I had mentioned it at some point? But maybe it was when we were still at TIA.
Anyway, this legal drama City has been embroiled in has been very fun and interesting to watch from my seat. Of course, I’m not based in the UK, but the legal principles are not dramatically different in these situations and are akin to several cases I’ve handled in my work here.
Abu Dhabi may well object to you trying to imply there should be no politics in football whilst at the same time trying insert rules into this thread.
Ah, i see the confusion. One of those statements is from Khaldoon Al Mubarak, Head of the City Football Group. The other is from Khaldoon Al Mubarak, a member of the Executive Council of Abu Dhabi.
We’ve yet to hear from Khaldoon Al Mubarak, member of the Supreme Council for Economic Affairs of Abu Dhabi, or Khaldoon Al Mubarak, member of the UAE Federal Government, or Khaldoon Al Mubarak, Presidential Special Envoy to China, or Khaldoon Al Mubarak, Board Member of ADNOC, or Khaldoon Al Mubarak, Chairman of the Boards of the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation, or Khaldoon Al Mubarak, Chairmen of the Board of the Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, or Khaldoon Al Mubarak, Chairman of the Board of Emirates Global Aluminium, or Khaldoon Al Mubarak, Chairman of the Mabudala Investment Company.
I know what you’re thinking, but surprisingly no. No relation.
I agree with what Neville said today (ugh) that points, relegation, expulsion are secondary.
The thing that HAS to happen, is that these owners have to go as they are no longer deemed fit and proper.
And all the “honours won” by them during that period but also build upon the ill gotten gains from that period must be struck off.
Whether reinstated to other teams is strictly secondary. They cannot stay with City.
First. Titles gone. Thats the minimum. Erase them from history.
The number of comments I’ve heard about big punishments being unfair to the current players astounds me. Every single player who has signed for their first team did so after the initial leaks. Only 6 of their players singed prior to the official announcement of the charges (and one of those is Kovacic who barely counts) and every single one of those will have known there was enough smoke related to the initial leaks and UEFA case to not be able to claim surprise at this.
With all of the focus of the resources City is pouring into fighting this, there isn’t enough being said of the pressure the Premier League is under if they cave to that pressure. Every other club, including those who have faced sanctions, are going to mutiny if City is let off with a relative slap on the wrist. And that could lead to legal backlash against the Premier League from clubs dissatisfied with any perceived inconsistency in how the rules are being applied and enforced. Which could lead to the collapse of the Premier League itself.
If I am not wrong, the PL itself is a company that splits itself 20 ways with each club holding an equal shareholding with 1 special share going to the FA. This means the PL is a self-regulating organisation. As long as 11 shareholders vote in total agreement for the whatever punishment Man City will get from the PL, Man City will get whatever sanctions they have from the PL.
How does that work for relegated and promoted teams?
The shares are transferred
on most things it is 14 clubs need to vote in favour of something?
Their so-called top lawyers not doing their due diligence?
Digging their own grave.
Something I’ve mentioned a few times.
I know professional footballers aren’t known for their intelligence levels…
…But you’d have to be a blind deaf cave dweller to have not been aware that 115 charges had been raised against the club you were about to be paid millions by.
I say they deserve all the bad karma coming their way.
Greedy thick cunts
It’s completely off topic, but the funniest thing I’ve heard this year is discovering what a cheetah actually sounds like:
