Manchester City to appeal guilty Premier League verdict, faces potential £800m bill
Looking at details in Man City verdict, other cases and leaked emails, it’s astonishing how brazen and straightforward this scheme was without anyone at the PL noticing. It took a computer hack and then leaks to bring it out into open. The oversight clearly couldn’t discover such an obvious scheme.
Tariq Panja51Same goes for the Chelsea years of cheating under Abramovich, which Chelsea are very lucky to get away with a light touch penalty because the new owners brought it up (which they legally were required to do). Taken together about 20 years+ of cheating under league’s nose. 13 PL titles between them
Docker10I'm sure other clubs *did* notice though. If you're involved in securing sponsorship deals and finance at a club, you'd have looked at Man City and known the numbers were dodgy. But almost impossible to prove without *those* emails.
T, Shrewsbury Spur6Other thing surely is that this whole case is based upon a certain 9 year period from several years ago.....what has been happening in more recent years? How can those figures be suddenly trustworthy?!
Olmo5There's also the more cynical view that they knew about it but let it go on for business reasons
aldoblu.bsky.social2I think questions need to be asked of Richard Masters and those at the top of the game as soon as.
minion of midas1Basically checking if records were formally complete and came out on the required sum, not if they were true.
Mason's glee is a tad distasteful, but he's not wrong. Burnham's comments were dozy & revealed that - when caught off guard - he's nor the great 'communicator' his fans claim Football is being ripped apart & his 'but the City owners are great!' & 'whatabout Everton?' was plain moronic
astina72.bsky.social3A non story, and typical BBC News output. Used by the Uriah Mason to deflect from the much bigger issues Burnham addressed at the conference.
arbie11.bsky.social3To me it illustrates how narrow his view is on wide issues. He only sees what affects him
Nicky3He spoke like a man who didn’t know they’d been found guilty of 119 breaches of the rules (and worse?) by an independent body. Shocking from a PM.
Mark Smith1He’s wrong on Everton too
g-unna.bsky.social1Correct; he of all people should defer comment until the due process is completed.
Steff Ap Cennydd1A dumb mistake by Burnham but sadly not a surprising one.
From the sheer scale of the dishonesty to Djibril Cisse offering out Mike Dean and a 5Live caller comparing Manchester City to the Suffragette movement, it has been quite a week. Here are 27 things that fried my brain, and why... inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Cartoon Steve Bould.2That caller went on to say it was a modern-day Peterloo Massacre. I'd say don't go giving the owners any ideas, but they've long moved past that.
Gareth Murtagh1The chutzpah in thinking that the sportswashing project of an authoritarian petrostate is some how standing up for the little guy 🤦♂️
We conducted a very thorough survey and asked people — "Will they care if this version of Manchester City is expelled from the Football pyramid?"
michuk.bsky.social1True. If there's one word that sums up most football fans' feelings towards Man City and PSG, it's apathy. As heartbreaking as it is for the fans and players, the owners really do have to accept they were guilty, not go full Donald Trump/Nigel Farage and pretend otherwise.
Helenqu #FBPE, #EFC #LibDem #Ukraine #Gaza1As an Evertonian I do feel for the proper longstanding Man City fans, it's not their fault. As ever the blame lies with the greedy rich who never face punishment because of their wealth.
randomname99.bsky.social1I want them kicked out of the league and the whole pyramid. I want them so far from the football pyramid, that they're not even in the football Egypt any more. They denied honest footballers so many victories. Denied honest fans so much happiness. They corrupted every kid you see in a city top 🤮
