"They [Man City] bought all my players!" 🙃
"If there’s no respect for the rules then it’s not real sport!" 😤
Back to this classic Arsene Wenger interview on FFP 🧠
🚨 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: Manchester City received £949.94 MILLION in commercial income from Abu Dhabi sponsors between 2009 and 2018.
Only £119.25M actually came from the sponsors themselves.
The remaining £830.69M consisted of “Tagged Sums” paid by Abu Dhabi United Group, Manchester City’s owners.
— @ESPN
Can we take a moment and appreciate the likes of David Ornstein who was brave enough to break the biggest story in the history of the Premier League. The integrity, bravery and professionalism is the pinnacle of this industry.
Rep on the line.
Thank you @David_Ornstein. Wow.
🚨 Premier League Chief Executive, Richard Masters:
“The core decision establishes the facts of what happened at Manchester City during this period. It details how the club systematically broke Premier League Rules for nearly a decade." 📄
"Do you apologise to football fans? The Premier League says 'sham' contracts, is this a 'sham' club?"
@RobHarris questions Man City chief executive Ferran Soriano after the club was found guilty of all charges related to Premier League's financial rules
https://t.co/3A2kYsOcCZ
Nearly £1bn worth of financial fraud while Arsène broke his back keeping Arsenal financially afloat.
Disgusting doesn’t begin to cover it.
I want them out of the league as soon as possible.
@IMANGELSWAKODIE@HandofArsenal You should be crying and bury yourself in the ground like your fake club. All your memories are fake, tainted and all those fake achivements should be deleted in the history. The rest are looking forward for your funeral. RIP Mancheater Shity.
Man City guilty of ALL charges.
£900m is batshit crazy.
For context Everton got docked 8 points for £25 million.
The sanctions hearing will be an all-timer.
🚨MAJOR BREAKING: Premier League confirm an independent Commission has found Manchester City GUILTY OF ALL CHARGES related to serious breaches of the Premier League’s financial rules.
Manchester City wrote up fake contracts to deceive the investigation. The club done so to artificially inflate the club’s revenues and reduce its costs.
The club filed false accounts and concealed the true state of its finances from its auditors and football regulators.
Manchester City was significantly in breach of both the Premier League’s and UEFA’s spending limits by over £900million.
During the Premier League’s investigation, Manchester City committed multiple breaches of its duties of co-operation and utmost good faith towards the League.
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It’s really quite hard to overstate the extent to which any judgment on Manchester City is an indirect judgment on Abu Dhabi and UAE. Here’s a chart we made @TheAthleticFC in 2022 underlining where the power lies and just how powerful the Man City chairman is.
I strongly believe that apart from 115 charges that lasted till 2018 (The year under review)
Manchester City still need to be investigated for 2018 - 2026.
There is a very high chance more charges will be revealed. They didn't stop cheating in 2018.
Mancini said accusations he was secretly paid £1.75m by the club – on top of his £1.45m salary – during City’s years-long flouting of Premier League financial rules was “not my concern”.
Read @ben_rumsby's full article below ⤵️
https://t.co/Nz80IM6BSo