Manchester City have lost an appeal to prevent details of the Premier League's Financial Fair Play investigation emerging.
The league opened a probe into City two and a half years ago following allegations of financial irregularities published in German magazine Der Spiegel.
Lord Justice Males said in the judgement: 'The club has been anxious to emphasise before us that 'the arbitral proceedings relate to an ongoing and confidential investigatory and disciplinary process which is still in its early stages', and that it may be that no charges will ever be brought against it.
'While that may be true, this is an investigation which commenced in December 2018. It is surprising, and a matter of legitimate public concern, that so little progress has been made after two and a half years - during which, it may be noted, the club has twice been crowned as Premier League champions.'
City details to be released to public
posted on 21/7/21
comment by Blackpolespur (U9242)
posted 18 minutes ago
comment by Ace (U22467)
posted 2 hours, 11 minutes ago
I don’t have an issue with City myself, but it always makes me laugh how Boris tries to deflect and convince everyone that Sheikh Mansour is nothing more than a lifelong City fan and grandson of a local corner shop owner who invested the families meager savings into the club and turned them into a power house through nothing more than astute business acumen.
Cue Boris going on (and on) about Utd’s leaky roof or Joe Lewis being a ‘traitor’ in 3,2,1...
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I don’t have an issue with City either in fact it was good someone broke the monopoly of the sky 4 consistently so the same 4 sides weren’t rammed down our throats all season long
But they haven’t organically grown as some city fans seem to imply ….it’s all been bought but I wouldn’t complain if it was tottenham it happened too but equally I’d definitely be saying we were lucky and wonthe lottery
Chelsea the same although to a certain extent they were still good before the riches but city were a nobody
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Fact is it could have been any club. Newcastle could be the richest club in the world with Pep as a manager and winning most things available.
posted on 21/7/21
comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Blackpolespur (U9242)
posted 18 minutes ago
comment by Ace (U22467)
posted 2 hours, 11 minutes ago
I don’t have an issue with City myself, but it always makes me laugh how Boris tries to deflect and convince everyone that Sheikh Mansour is nothing more than a lifelong City fan and grandson of a local corner shop owner who invested the families meager savings into the club and turned them into a power house through nothing more than astute business acumen.
Cue Boris going on (and on) about Utd’s leaky roof or Joe Lewis being a ‘traitor’ in 3,2,1...
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I don’t have an issue with City either in fact it was good someone broke the monopoly of the sky 4 consistently so the same 4 sides weren’t rammed down our throats all season long
But they haven’t organically grown as some city fans seem to imply ….it’s all been bought but I wouldn’t complain if it was tottenham it happened too but equally I’d definitely be saying we were lucky and wonthe lottery
Chelsea the same although to a certain extent they were still good before the riches but city were a nobody
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Fact is it could have been any club. Newcastle could be the richest club in the world with Pep as a manager and winning most things available.
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Yep they got lucky
It would be refreshing for city fans to recognise and admit it rather than trying to justify spending millions as though it was earned
Whether they cheated financially or not is another question but they definitely cheated the sport
posted on 21/7/21
I’ve never seen any city fan ever say they were “organically grown”. It would be stupid for fans of lots of teams to say that, ours in particular. It would be equally stupid to say we cheated the sport too though, unless you also think we were cheated by it ourselves for twenty five years.
posted on 21/7/21
How long does ‘organic growth’ take?
posted on 21/7/21
Fair play to Ciiteh owners they are spending their own money to improve the club...
Whereas, looters and United owners are stealing (in form of dividends) fans money..
Particularly, looters are getting lemonade football for champagne 🍾 prices 😁
posted on 21/7/21
comment by Kingdom of Davids (U21957)
posted 15 minutes ago
Fair play to Ciiteh owners they are spending their own money to improve the club...
Whereas, looters and United owners are stealing (in form of dividends) fans money..
Particularly, looters are getting lemonade football for champagne 🍾 prices 😁
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So wrong
posted on 21/7/21
comment by Kingdom of Davids (U21957)
posted 19 minutes ago
Fair play to Ciiteh owners they are spending their own money to improve the club...
Whereas, looters and United owners are stealing (in form of dividends) fans money..
Particularly, looters are getting lemonade football for champagne 🍾 prices 😁
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We gotta pay for our lovely new home, we can't all rent a Council house like the spammers. And nor would we want to.
posted on 21/7/21
comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 10 minutes ago
comment by Kingdom of Davids (U21957)
posted 19 minutes ago
Fair play to Ciiteh owners they are spending their own money to improve the club...
Whereas, looters and United owners are stealing (in form of dividends) fans money..
Particularly, looters are getting lemonade football for champagne 🍾 prices 😁
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We gotta pay for our lovely new home, we can't all rent a Council house like the spammers. And nor would we want to.
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You were paying second highest season ticket before this toilet bowl built..go to games
posted on 22/7/21
comment by Kingdom of Davids (U21957)
posted 19 hours, 24 minutes ago
comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 10 minutes ago
comment by Kingdom of Davids (U21957)
posted 19 minutes ago
Fair play to Ciiteh owners they are spending their own money to improve the club...
Whereas, looters and United owners are stealing (in form of dividends) fans money..
Particularly, looters are getting lemonade football for champagne 🍾 prices 😁
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We gotta pay for our lovely new home, we can't all rent a Council house like the spammers. And nor would we want to.
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You were paying second highest season ticket before this toilet bowl built..go to games
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I can afford it. So couldnt give a toss about the prices.
Been more times than you can count, although that's probably not saying much.
posted on 22/7/21
comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 2 hours, 46 minutes ago
comment by Kingdom of Davids (U21957)
posted 19 hours, 24 minutes ago
comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 10 minutes ago
comment by Kingdom of Davids (U21957)
posted 19 minutes ago
Fair play to Ciiteh owners they are spending their own money to improve the club...
Whereas, looters and United owners are stealing (in form of dividends) fans money..
Particularly, looters are getting lemonade football for champagne 🍾 prices 😁
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We gotta pay for our lovely new home, we can't all rent a Council house like the spammers. And nor would we want to.
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You were paying second highest season ticket before this toilet bowl built..go to games
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I can afford it. So couldnt give a toss about the prices.
Been more times than you can count, although that's probably not saying much.
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If you can afford it, then why don't you contribute in buying some big players so you can compete with City?
Talk is cheap