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[Ace Bolt @ABolt63820]

@MiguelDelaney The media have always been in the pockets of Man Utd, Liverpool and Arsenal

And yes, that includes the self righteousness concerning wealthy arab owners.

Arab investment in other teams is the biggest threat they face, in regards to keeping their place at the top

[Ace Bolt @ABolt63820]

@Gazza0068 @MiguelDelaney All the charges relate to the first few seasons after the takeover

City have had very high, honest revenues for a long time

And what are you even talking about. Their net spend was low. They were using the proceeds of sales

[Ace Bolt @ABolt63820]

@eoodonoghue @MiguelDelaney Chelsea's charges were very serious. Luton Town got a 30 point penalty for doing the same thing.

Be thankful that the league are typically soft on the big clubs when it comes to sanctions

False accountancy/lying, to keep money off the of the books, so they didn't fail FFP

[Ace Bolt @ABolt63820]

@eoodonoghue @MiguelDelaney Chelsea - the team that sold all their hotels to themselves, to generate fake revenues, to avoid a FFP breach

[Ace Bolt @ABolt63820]

@MiguelDelaney So the big legacy clubs set up FFP to try and ruin Man City.

That didn't work, so they pressured the league to investigate Man City.

And now they're pressuring the league to throw the book at Man City

You're interested in the wrong type of corruption mate.

[Ace Bolt @ABolt63820]

@Grumpletastic @MiguelDelaney @KevinASchofield It's been established in a preliminary sense. But has to go to appeal, and possibly the high court, to be really established

[Ace Bolt @ABolt63820]

@MiguelDelaney And the PL don't allow their judgements to go to CAS. That's part of the fix they put in place.

If City were allowed to go to CAS they'd probably win again

So no, it's not established

[Ace Bolt @ABolt63820]

@lamb_ron @MiguelDelaney There are two judgements. The appeal will be heard by a brand new panel

[Ace Bolt @ABolt63820]

@MiguelDelaney Well, CAS said Man City's sponsorship dealings were fine.

So it hasn't really been established.

It's the opinion of an internal arbitration process. That could get overturned on appeal. Or by the high court

[Ace Bolt @ABolt63820]

@MiguelDelaney @5saeternitatis It's not established until it's gone through appeal

It will be a new panel who hears the appeal. They may disagree

Just like CAS disagrees - they said City's sponsorship dealings were fine

[Ace Bolt @ABolt63820]

@MiguelDelaney Well, the big clubs brought in FFP to try and ruin Man City

That didn't work, so next they pressure the premier league to investigate City

And now they're pressuring the league to throw the book at City

You're interested in the wrong type of corruption

[Ace Bolt @ABolt63820]

@StephenWensley @_Dan_Austin There's no way to heavily punish them, that isn't going to create a situation of 5-10 years of litigation

Like, do you think Championship teams will accept City? It literally guarantees that one less of them will be promoted.

[Ace Bolt @ABolt63820]

@_Dan_Austin @mlleclio Well, you mean from their perspective.

CAS had a different interpretation

It's obviously a very complex, highly subjective situation that may not even survive the arbitration appeal process, with a new set of panel members, let alone the high courts

[Ace Bolt @ABolt63820]

@_Dan_Austin I do get it. Man Utd, Liverpool, Arsenal etc are lobbying hard for a really tough penalty.

But the PL have historically been very soft on the big clubs concerning FFP.

They will have to stick to precedent or it wont survive the appeal

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@_Dan_Austin Hell of an article, considering they're probably looking at a 15 point penalty 😂

Chelsea only get a fine for 77 FFP charges over a 15 years, and City are relegated to National League 2 for 115?

I know the BBC does basically represent Man Utd professionally, but this is silly

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@j_macgeever @MattHughesMedia

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@MuthioraESPN @barneyronay Is that more shit you read in twitter 😂

Like, what's your evidence for this

The PL haven't even released information on how they found them guilty. Only that they did

[Ace Bolt @ABolt63820]

@RealPannikin @barneyronay Stop reading shit on twitter. Start reading the actual judgement.

CAS actually considered nearly all the sponsorship deals. They simply decided that the claims were false

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@barneyronay And the question you asked Pep was terribly unprofessional

No doubt the result of some lobbying by Man Utd.

Writing a hit piece about the guy, doesn't change that

[Ace Bolt @ABolt63820]

@SamHamlet_ @barneyronay It was a terrible question. That probably came after lobbying from Man Utd

Writing a hit piece, supporting yourself, doesn't change