Mad how the Premier League's financial rules are so anti-competitive that West Ham, Crystal Palace, Spurs and Aston Villa have all won Euro trophies, Palace and Newcastle have won domestic cups, 8 clubs in UCL over 2 seasons + Sunderland/Bournemouth/Brighton all in Europe now.
All this hatred directed at MAN CITY from other clubs should be directed at ARSENAL MAN UTD LIVERPOOL there the 1s who are corrupt and trying to stop other teams from winning things not MAN CITY were trying to help you all out were like Jesus prepared to die on the cross
The way City have acted throughout & continue to just shows their arrogance & thinking they can continue to pay people off to get their way. Nasty nasty people and club. Legacy completely tainted.
Over £800m cheated over a decade, they should be thrown down several divisions.
É oficial. O comunicado divulgado hoje pela Premier League acaba por confirmar, perentoriamente, a veracidade de tudo aquilo que foi revelado através do Football Leaks. A Comissão Independente é também especialmente dura na forma como classifica as acções praticadas pelos dirigentes do Manchester City, que, sem sombra de dúvida, actuaram com a maior impunidade, desafiando tudo e todos. Demonstraram, desde sempre, não ter qualquer respeito pelas regras, pelas entidades de fiscalização e regulação, pela integridade da competição, pelos outros clubes e, acima de tudo, pelos fãs.
Anos e anos de batota, mentira e manipulação terão, finalmente, consequências.
Man City are currently trying to reassure everyone at the club they will prove their innocence 😂
Quick bring Liam Gallagher to perform Wonderwall.
There is a real fear of fans turning on the ownership. The reality is setting in.
Manchester City’s reiteration of their “confidence and intent in proving the club’s innocence” given their “comprehensive body of irrefutable evidence” is incredibly at odds with their own behaviour and the intensity in which they blocked the Premier League’s process of investigation at every step since December 2018.
The scale of their obstructing was revealed in a July 2021 British court judgment. City simply refused to supply information and documents requested by the league, which then issued a disciplinary complaint in August 2019. The club challenged the disciplinary process and the commission that was set up.
The league proposed an ad hoc procedure of appointing a new commission, but City objected to that too. The PL were forced to bring legal arbitration against the club, to be decided by a tribunal of three senior lawyers.
City countered the PL had no power to do that, and challenged the impartiality of the tribunal. That was rejected and the club were again ordered to submit all the documentation and info.
City then appealed to the high court to strike the tribunal down. In March 2021, a judge ruled against the club and that her findings should be published.
City unsuccessfully fought against it being made public knowledge; the judgement published in July illustrated just how hard and long they resisted providing information.
With all that confidence, intent and irrefutable evidence, why the YEARS of non-cooperation and active, intensive blocking?
I hope that the English football media are proud of how much they’ve wanked over City for the last few years, even with all of this in the offing.
The hours and columns they’ve wasted praising the biggest cheats in the game’s history. Whilst slating others for next to nothing.
All these City fans, the players worked hard, the football was great blah blah blah.
If City hadn’t cheated the players wouldn’t be there in the first fucking place. Surely that’s the whole point.
A historic decision for English football, and one that comes to crown the work I carried out through Football Leaks. Today, we all know that, through structural manipulation and financial manoeuvring, Manchester City did not merely circumvent the rules, they turned them into a mere formality, challenging any attempt to preserve the integrity of the competition. That meticulously orchestrated fraud will finally be subject to punishment, and the impact will not merely be turbulent, but truly devastating for the Cityzens.
Ironically, I cannot help but remember Pep Guardiola's words at his first press conference as City manager: "Fasten your seat belts".
A lot of fans rejoicing today’s verdict were praying & hoping Man City would beat Arsenal to the title last season
They were still doing it up to last weekend
Think about that
Fascinating repercussions now for the Premier League as a whole. Do broadcasters care that what they’ve been showing for the past 15 years wasn’t real? Do clubs, coaches and player care that their chances of success were unfairly disadvantaged? Just the start.
Rival fans got all their wishes today
-Teta booked for “stepping out” of the area.
-Penalty given for “grappling”
And still a failed hate watch.
Good night 😘
Mikel Arteta is starting Christos Tzolis again after a stinker on Monday against Aston Villa.
003 already loading. I also don’t see how Myles Lewis-Skelly is going to survive in that midfield.
Like I said, this is going to be a turnover for Chelsea after years of humiliation at the hands of Arsenal.
Just 15 days until Chelsea face Arsenal at the Emirates. If there’s one team I want Xabi Alonso to embarrass and put back in their place, it’s Arsenal.
Chelsea should aim for a comfortable win that sets the tone for a Premier League title push.
Havertz and Madueke should be reminded where they came from. They may think they’ve arrived, but Chelsea are just getting started.
Nah Arsenal vs Liverpool gonna be a movie man. We get to see Bruno G vs Yan Diomande, Bellingham, Enzo Fernandez and Marc Guehi in the Premier League😭😭😭😭😭😭