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#BoycottUnited #GlazersAndIneosOut

[🍋Stu🔰 @LUHGstu]

#BoycottUnited #GlazersAndIneosOut

[🍋Stu🔰 @LUHGstu]

ALL OF THIS DRAMA IN FOOTBALL AND ITS NOT MAN UNITED ????

The world has gone mad

[Real Madrid C.F. 🇬🇧🇺🇸 @realmadriden]

Official Statement.
https://t.co/jyK1h45NfT

[Adam McKola @AdamMcKola]

We've won three Premier League titles, an FA Cup and two Champions League trophies in a week. Unbelievable.

YOU'LL NEVER SING THAT!

[Rui Pinto @RuiPinto_FL]

I will make a very important announcement tomorrow at 18:00 UTC.

[🍋Stu🔰 @LUHGstu]

@henrywinter They need to face the consequences of their actions.

I’m sure they will appeal, I don’t think they will win.

It’s nothing but dilatory tactics, a frivolous appeal being used to delay the inevitable.

[🍋Stu🔰 @LUHGstu]

Worth the read

This doesn’t end well for Man City

It’s an awful look for English football

They have to suffer the consequences of their actions

[Henry Winter @henrywinter]

Guilty, guilty, sham and shame. How on earth can Manchester City appeal a verdict as devastating and damning as the one passed down by the independent commission investigating breaches of financial regulations? City will appeal, of course, and it’s their right under Premier League rules. They clearly will appeal, claiming the verdict is “unsafe” but they are surely simply delaying the inevitable punishment, making themselves even more unpopular, damaging their club and the game further.

For justice to truly prevail in this case, punishment has to be swift. For City to start the long journey back on the road to redemption, they have to take their medicine. These are dark days in the history of the Premier League and they are darkest at the Etihad. City's owners have to see the light, accept their guilt and begin the process of rehabilitation.

An appeal involving deny, deny, delay, delay, shreds any sporting integrity this season has. The thought of this taking years to resolve – doubtless via the High Court - feels potentially ruinous, certainly deeply damaging, for the sport. How many people will be turned off by a league stained by a constantly updated asterix, by a sport effectively run by lawyers. City have to take their medicine now.

For sporting competitions to survive and thrive, there has to be a willingness on all parties to play fair on and off the field. That may sound naive, an outdated purist principle, but it matters to many. A few engaged in the game will take short-cuts but one of the reasons why the Premier League is so followed around the world is because of the perception of its essential honesty.

Players give everything from first minute to last. Promoted teams can occasionally trouble the established order. But industrial-level cooking of the books highlighted in the independent commission’s report, effectively allowing City, regular champions, to spend more on players will shake confidence in the competition.

City’s owners have to think very carefully, not least about their own and their famous club’s reputational damage. Read the room. Read the statement. How can they possibly answer the powerful, damning language used in detailing the offences devised to circumvent FFP. Others were playing by the rules, City were bending them, the commission found. City fans can argue that FFP/PSR/SCR rules are anti-competitive, and protect the “cartel” as they see it, but City signed up to the rules.

And, then, in the words of the Premier League CEO Richard Masters, “systematically broke” those rules for “nearly a decade”. Masters deserves to feel vindicated for his quiet, firm leadership of the league in this long, tense case against such a wealthy, self-confident member.

Many of the 40 pages of findings in the "core decision" contain blow after blow to City. If the Premier League versus Manchester City were a boxing bout, the referee would have stepped in. “Sham contracts”, “misstated accounts”, “concealed the true state of its finances from its auditors and football regulators”. “Egregious acts of non-cooperation”. Basically, deception writ large.

A phrase that will now pass into the annals of footballing infamy is the “Disguised Funding Scheme” whereby companies “were only required to pay a portion of the relevant sponsorship fees. The remainder was funded by Abu Dhabi United Group Investment & Development Ltd”. ADUG. City’s owners. The “Disguised Funding Scheme” basically overstated sponsorship income by £830.69m. A staggering amount.

This is now not about Manchester City the club, but Manchester City the ownership, including the chief executive Ferran Soriano. They have to stop embarrassing the club and the sport. They have to stop letting down their fans. City’s owners have to consider the relentless abuse coming the way of fans, players and coaching staff in games to come, starting when entering what will be a bear-pit at Anfield on October 11.

Soriano, assuming he attends, can expect a particularly uncomfortable afternoon in his seat and in the Liverpool boardroom. It’s hard to see how he keeps his job – if City’s appeal fails. Fit and proper person?

In continuing to protest their innocence, City claim they have “irrefutable evidence” to defend themselves. If so, why weren’t three independent judges persuaded? City have had long enough, employed exceptional briefs, and still lost.

Having been found guilty of doing the wrong thing, City now have to do the right thing and that is accept the inevitability of sanctions and seek some form of settlement with the Premier League. They will not, of course: too proud, too defiant, still too convinced of their innocence despite the weight of this report. They will become outcasts even without yet being cast out. That is to come.

City's owners have to acknowledge the impact their activities had on other clubs, and accept the considerable compensation claims flooding their way from other clubs they pipped to trophies, possibly even from players. If they’re sensible they will look for a settlement that includes substantial compensation, running into hundreds of millions of pounds, to aggrieved clubs who missed out on trophies, on prize money. Maybe that £830.69m should be the figure considered in any settlement. Fitting.

City's owners have to see sense. The alternative is years and fortunes spent in the courts. Nobody wins. Except the lawyers. Football loses, because the game remains on hold until City are punished.

[Henry Winter @henrywinter]

Guilty, guilty, sham and shame. How on earth can Manchester City appeal a verdict as devastating and damning as the one passed down by the independent commission investigating breaches of financial regulations? City will appeal, of course, and it’s their right under Premier League rules. They clearly will appeal, claiming the verdict is “unsafe” but they are surely simply delaying the inevitable punishment, making themselves even more unpopular, damaging their club and the game further.

For justice to truly prevail in this case, punishment has to be swift. For City to start the long journey back on the road to redemption, they have to take their medicine. These are dark days in the history of the Premier League and they are darkest at the Etihad. City's owners have to see the light, accept their guilt and begin the process of rehabilitation.

An appeal involving deny, deny, delay, delay, shreds any sporting integrity this season has. The thought of this taking years to resolve – doubtless via the High Court - feels potentially ruinous, certainly deeply damaging, for the sport. How many people will be turned off by a league stained by a constantly updated asterix, by a sport effectively run by lawyers. City have to take their medicine now.

For sporting competitions to survive and thrive, there has to be a willingness on all parties to play fair on and off the field. That may sound naive, an outdated purist principle, but it matters to many. A few engaged in the game will take short-cuts but one of the reasons why the Premier League is so followed around the world is because of the perception of its essential honesty.

Players give everything from first minute to last. Promoted teams can occasionally trouble the established order. But industrial-level cooking of the books highlighted in the independent commission’s report, effectively allowing City, regular champions, to spend more on players will shake confidence in the competition.

City’s owners have to think very carefully, not least about their own and their famous club’s reputational damage. Read the room. Read the statement. How can they possibly answer the powerful, damning language used in detailing the offences devised to circumvent FFP. Others were playing by the rules, City were bending them, the commission found. City fans can argue that FFP/PSR/SCR rules are anti-competitive, and protect the “cartel” as they see it, but City signed up to the rules.

And, then, in the words of the Premier League CEO Richard Masters, “systematically broke” those rules for “nearly a decade”. Masters deserves to feel vindicated for his quiet, firm leadership of the league in this long, tense case against such a wealthy, self-confident member.

Many of the 40 pages of findings in the "core decision" contain blow after blow to City. If the Premier League versus Manchester City were a boxing bout, the referee would have stepped in. “Sham contracts”, “misstated accounts”, “concealed the true state of its finances from its auditors and football regulators”. “Egregious acts of non-cooperation”. Basically, deception writ large.

A phrase that will now pass into the annals of footballing infamy is the “Disguised Funding Scheme” whereby companies “were only required to pay a portion of the relevant sponsorship fees. The remainder was funded by Abu Dhabi United Group Investment & Development Ltd”. ADUG. City’s owners. The “Disguised Funding Scheme” basically overstated sponsorship income by £830.69m. A staggering amount.

This is now not about Manchester City the club, but Manchester City the ownership, including the chief executive Ferran Soriano. They have to stop embarrassing the club and the sport. They have to stop letting down their fans. City’s owners have to consider the relentless abuse coming the way of fans, players and coaching staff in games to come, starting when entering what will be a bear-pit at Anfield on October 11.

Soriano, assuming he attends, can expect a particularly uncomfortable afternoon in his seat and in the Liverpool boardroom. It’s hard to see how he keeps his job – if City’s appeal fails. Fit and proper person?

In continuing to protest their innocence, City claim they have “irrefutable evidence” to defend themselves. If so, why weren’t three independent judges persuaded? City have had long enough, employed exceptional briefs, and still lost.

Having been found guilty of doing the wrong thing, City now have to do the right thing and that is accept the inevitability of sanctions and seek some form of settlement with the Premier League. They will not, of course: too proud, too defiant, still too convinced of their innocence despite the weight of this report. They will become outcasts even without yet being cast out. That is to come.

City's owners have to acknowledge the impact their activities had on other clubs, and accept the considerable compensation claims flooding their way from other clubs they pipped to trophies, possibly even from players. If they’re sensible they will look for a settlement that includes substantial compensation, running into hundreds of millions of pounds, to aggrieved clubs who missed out on trophies, on prize money. Maybe that £830.69m should be the figure considered in any settlement. Fitting.

City's owners have to see sense. The alternative is years and fortunes spent in the courts. Nobody wins. Except the lawyers. Football loses, because the game remains on hold until City are punished.

[🍋Stu🔰 @LUHGstu]

Man City fans also thinking that the PL would be nothing without them is hysterical

Manchester United were the PL powerhouse before the cheating started

The PL will thrive without them in my honest opinion

[🍋Stu🔰 @LUHGstu]

It’s actually mental that City were found guilty of EVERY SINGLE financial fraud charge over a 9 year period, plus an overwhelming majority of the non cooperation charges covering the following 5 years

It’s surely the biggest scandal in football history

CHEATING BASTARDS🏆❌

[🍋Stu🔰 @LUHGstu]

Never forget🕵️‍♂️

[Ste Howson @MrStephenHowson]

In 2001 Pep failed two drug tests.
He blamed those failures on his Doctor - Dr. Ramon Segura. Stating he only ever took what Segura made for him.

In 2009 when appointed Barcelona manager he hired the very same doctor that caused him to fail two drug tests in 2001.

[🍋Stu🔰 @LUHGstu]

@Jack_H_Ryan @liamgallagher @TheSun Pretty sure Slane only allowed to host 4 nights a year and Fontaines already had 2 nights before Oasis

[United Peoples TV @unitedpeoplestv]

Sir Alex Ferguson achieved ALL of this success with Manchester United WITHOUT cheating. Never forget that. Not now. Not ever. 💯

[Bop Daddy ⚪️🔴 @awoyemijoshua61]

Sunderland spent 8 YEARS in the Championship. One season back in the Premier League and they’re already playing in Europe.

Brighton are in Europe.

Bournemouth are in Europe — a club that was practically on its knees when Eddie Howe took over.

Crystal Palace are in Europe AGAIN after beating Manchester City in the FA Cup final.

And somehow we’re still being told the Premier League is a “closed shop”? 😂

Look at what’s happening:

Brighton went 2-0 down to Man United in the Carabao Cup and came back to win 3-2.

Three days later, they absolutely dismantled Arsenal.

Brentford put three past Chelsea that same weekend.

Hull came up from the Championship and have already beaten United and taken a point at Stamford Bridge. They’re sitting 8th.

Where exactly is this “no chance for smaller clubs” argument coming from?

And I genuinely don't understand the “red cartel” argument either.

Arsenal waited 22 years for another league title.

Liverpool have won two league titles in roughly four decades.

United haven't won the Premier League in 13 years.

So what exactly is PSR supposedly protecting these clubs from? 😂

Trophies?

Because over the last decade, the clubs collecting the most silverware have been Manchester City and Chelsea — the same clubs at the centre of major financial-rule controversies.

Yet somehow we're supposed to believe the problem is everyone else.

At some point, you have to take responsibility.

“We had no choice.”

Yes, you did.

Brighton had the same choice.

So did Brentford.

So did Bournemouth.

They built gradually, developed players, recruited intelligently and stayed within the framework.

And now they're competing at the top end of English football.

Maybe the problem isn't that the door is closed.

Maybe some clubs simply don't like the fact that everyone has to walk through the same door now. 😭

PSR hasn't stopped competition.

If anything, look at the clubs breaking through and tell me the competition is dead.

The excuses need to stop. 😤

[Philip Nolan @PhilipN92359099]

#BoycottUnited

[KieranUTD 🔰🇾🇪 @UTDKIE]

don’t forget that in the mix of all this news we still need a new ownership.

#MUFC #GGMU #ManUtd #GlazersOut #IneosOut

[🍋Stu🔰 @LUHGstu]

Day 9 boycotting the Man Utd ownership
🔰🔰🔰 @ManUtd
#BoycottUnited #GlazersAndIneosOut
#GlazersOut #IneosOut #ManUtd

[🍋Stu🔰 @LUHGstu]

@__scottsaunders They haven’t a leg to stand on so insults is their only means of coping😆

[United Peoples TV @unitedpeoplestv]

Genius 🤣🤣🤣

[LavieMyk7(fan) @UnitedEra6]

🚨👀We have tried everything.
Chants, banners, plane banners, podcasts.

Nothing works. Why? Because we still PAY.

The Glazers don't care if you boo, they care if you BUY.

Real action only:
- Don't buy the kit
- Cancel MUTV & Official Membership
- Don't fill Old Trafford - EMPTY IT

We are not customers. We are the club.

#GlazersOut 🔰🔰🔰
#INEOSOut
#MUFC🛑
#BoycottUtd

[🍋Stu🔰 @LUHGstu]

Had all the talent in the world

Genuinely thought he’d go on to be one of the greatest midfielders we’d ever seen

[Premier League India @PLforIndia]

Paul Pogba was one of a kind ✨

@ManUtd