Refusal to admit you’re wrong and insisting that you’re right even when presented with new information 😬
Desperately waiting for each Upamecano mistake because you’ve been rattled to death by these @esetfcb threads
UAE is basically saying "If you don't let us do corruption, we will not invest any money. You HAVE TO let us do corruption."
Shame on you @FA, @premierleague and Burnham for bowing out to these scums.
If City avoid punishment due to political pressure from the UAE, Premier league football is actually finished. How can people invest their own time and money into a competition that has zero integrity?
It all becomes pretty pointless.
Rui Pinto could have reached out to Manchester City officials and cut a deal with them, get paid a fortune and we'll watch City will dominate till the end of time but leaked it.
He's done more for football than FIFA, UEFA, and the Premier League. I hope he doesn't regret doing that.
On Wednesday, just hours after the verdict officially confirming Manchester City’s guilt, the Commission responsible for Portugal's witness protection programme informed me of its decision to terminate my participation in the programme and withdraw my police protection, thereby knowingly placing me in a life-threatening situation.
Given these circumstances, I have no alternative but to relocate, within the next few days, to an undisclosed location for an indefinite period of time, due to the multiple death threats I have received and the serious risk of an assassination attempt against me.
For this reason, I have just set up a GoFundMe campaign and I am asking for everyone's support to help me survive this serious situation created by the Portuguese State, which, as I have already stated, has knowingly decided to place my life at risk.
I would like to take this opportunity to extend a special thanks to everyone who continues to support Football Leaks, and I can give everyone one guarantee: the fight will most certainly continue!
https://t.co/drJqVeqo2V
A player who had 1g/a in the world cup and was injured in april might win the ballon d'or over a player who had the 3rd best season ever scoring wise, just delete this sport
The press release from my lawyers Francisco Teixeira da Mota, Luisa Teixeira da Mota, William Bourdon and Vincent Brengarth regarding the outrageous actions taken against me by the Portuguese State on Wednesday:
PRESS RELEASE
Lisbon and Paris, October 2, 2026
End of Rui Pinto’s protection: his lawyers call on Portuguese authorities to reconsider a decision with dire consequences
Rui Pinto, the whistleblower behind "Football Leaks," has been notified on Wednesday that the special security program he has benefited from since August 2020 will end on October 10. In a few days, without being heard beforehand, as required by law, he would lose the protected, confidential residence assigned to him and l be forced to find new housing urgently, with no guarantee that police protection will continue.
His situation is now critical. The threats against him are not merely theoretical; he was assaulted in Lisbon last April. His revelations implicated powerful figures with vast resources, and many resulting legal proceedings are still ongoing, as evidenced by the decision handed down just days ago by the Premier League’s independent commission regarding Manchester City. Abruptly deprived of his protected housing and plunged into a state of extreme precariousness, Rui Pinto would be more vulnerable now than at any time since 2020.
Rui Pinto has cooperated with the Portuguese justice system, and it was this cooperation that justified placing him under protection. His revelations, utilized by numerous judicial, tax, and sports authorities across Europe, starting with France, have advanced transparency and integrity in football. The states that have benefited from his actions cannot simply turn their backs on the person who took the risk to bring them to light.
In accordance with the law, an administrative appeal with suspensive effect will be filed against this decision. Rui Pinto’s lawyers, confident that the Portuguese authorities would give due consideration to his situation, asked, last Wednesday, the ministry of Justice to reconsider this decision, to disclose the details of the risk reassessment upon which it is based, to ensure that their client is heard, and to guarantee, in any event, the continuity of his protection. No answer was received till now.
This decision and the way it was made, regrettably, doesn’t respect the rule of law and constitutes an act of state terrorism. We can’t accept that.
Francisco Teixeira da Mota
Luisa Teixeira da Mota
William Bourdon
Vincent Brengarth
If you are still defending City's owners after everything this week, when it is clear they will do anything to avoid punishment - capped off by blackmailing the UK government - you are part of the destruction of the integrity of football.
This is proof sportswashing works.
In 37 seconds:
Dropped 14300 ft at a vertical speed of 425 km/h dive.
Passengers ran through the cabin, defying laws of physics.
Broke through a bullet proof locked door.
Saved the stabbed captain.
Recovered the aircraft while restraining the FO
Diverted to KSA
🤡
Man City bought Girona FC alongside Pep Guardiola's brother Pere Guardiola. Pere invested €3.5 million into the club, as did City Football Group.
Nothing to see here.