🚨💣 BREAKING :
▪️#ManCity va tenter de démontrer son innocence en faisant valoir que certains contrats de sponsoring ont été en partie financés par le gouvernement d’Abou Dhabi, et non par l’Abu Dhabi United Group, la société privée détenue par Sheikh Mansour.
Selon cet argument, ces accords ne constitueraient donc pas une violation des règles.
▪️ Les « preuves irréfutables » brandies par #ManCity tout au long de l’affaire avec la Premier League sont des relevés bancaires du gouvernement et des témoignages présentés à l’audience.
Ils montrent que de l’argent a été transféré depuis des comptes gouvernementaux vers des sponsors, qui ont ensuite utilisé ces fonds pour payer @ManCity.
▪️La commission indépendante a estimé que Sheikh Mansour ignorait l’existence de ce qu’elle décrit comme une série d’accords « fictifs ».
En appel, #ManCity devrait faire valoir qu’il est peu plausible que Mansour ait ignoré que près de 830 M£ de son propre argent étaient utilisés de cette manière.
Le club devrait également contester l’utilisation du terme « fictif », en affirmant qu’il ne s’agit pas simplement d’un mot désignant quelque chose de suspect, mais d’un terme juridique qui aurait été mal employé dans ce cas.
▪️Les avocats de #ManCity devraient également contester le délai pris par la commission indépendante pour rendre son verdict.
Ils feront valoir que, dans ce type d’affaire, les décisions doivent normalement être rendues dans les trois mois suivant la fin de l’audience, afin que les juges gardent une mémoire précise des éléments examinés.
Selon City, ce délai rendrait la décision « juridiquement peu sûre ».
Le club soulignera également avoir présenté 24 témoins lors de l’audience, tandis que la Premier League n’a fourni aucun témoin confirmant l’existence de la conspiration présumée.
[via @MikeKeegan_DM]
🎙"Man City could put forward the case that the whole process is flawed. They could use this leak on Friday, which was plastered all over the media, as evidence of an attempt to besmirch our reputation — they could go to high court and argue their case there." ⚖️
#ManCity#PL
The timing of the anonymous malicious leak to Ornstein on Friday was premeditated to cause City the maximum negative publicity.
Bookmark this - Khaldoon and Sheikh Mansour are going to bring down the PL in its current form, no matter what happens to City. The Red Cartel is over.
I am feeling really relaxed about City predicament today.
Reason being, i am certain given the dirty tricks this case will go right to the end of the line.
The leaker might not realise he has just provided us with evidence to lodge the High Court challenge. Proving that the case was always biased and politically motivated to do the Club image maximum damage.
If needed i see a UK Government intervention at that stage to contain the political fall out.
UK relations with UAE and 10s billions in investment will be at the front of UK Gov thinking. This is much more important than letting the American cartel clubs maliciously get away with doing a Hatchet job on City.
in the High Court City will get justice and the Premier League melt down will be epic.
wait and see.
I am feeling really relaxed about City predicament today.
Reason being, i am certain given the dirty tricks this case will go right to the end of the line.
The leaker might not realise he has just provided us with evidence to lodge the High Court challenge. Proving that the case was always biased and politically motivated to do the Club image maximum damage.
If needed i see a UK Government intervention at that stage to contain the political fall out.
UK relations with UAE and 10s billions in investment will be at the front of UK Gov thinking. This is much more important than letting the American cartel clubs maliciously get away with doing a Hatchet job on City.
in the High Court City will get justice and the Premier League melt down will be epic.
wait and see.
What Manchester City have done here is that they did not follow the cartel rules. City have defied their silly rules and redefined the league, the business, the operations. You may call it cheating for your personal satisfaction. We call it revolutionary changes.
🚨 Rodri on Manchester City charges: “The club always press their confidence that they never did something wrong and we believe that”.
“Until the moment they’re proven wrong, we will believe the club. I've been there, I know how they work and cooperate”.
@BeanymanSports 🎥
روح الفريق هي اللي صنعت الفارق اليوم
لعبنا بـ10 لاعبين، قاتلنا على كل كرة، وكل لاعب وقف جنب زميله حتى آخر لحظة
شخصية، قتال، وتكاتف… هذا هو مانشستر سيتي 🫡🔥 https://t.co/hkah89uR72
.@TelegraphDucker: “This is only the eighth time in 13 campaigns [Manchester] United have been in the Champions League. United’s game against Sabah will be their 55th match in the Champions League since Sir Alex Ferguson retired in 2013.
“#ManCity, by contrast, played their 134th Champions League fixture over the same period against Porto on Tuesday in what was the start of their 16th consecutive campaign in the competition.
“Over the 10 years between 2016 and 2025, @ManCity generated £343M more in broadcast revenue and prize money from European football than the derby rivals they will face at Old Trafford on Sunday…” 😏
https://t.co/29SYXJRbHz
#ManCity had intended to replace every outgoing, but in the end felt Nico O’Reilly would be a suitable option in midfield in place of Nico Gonzalez, as they are well stocked at left-back with Josko Gvardiol and Rayan Ait-Nouri.
[via @SamLee]
Apparently, now that City have won the PL transfer window, the window licking, saliva drooling, special needs British media and x accounts have started another narrative designed to feed the masses.
“Chelsea are bigger than City”.
So let’s break that down.
Pre-takeover, City already had more trophies than Chelsea (12 to 9). 2 League titles to 1, 4 FA Cups to 3, 3 community shield to 0.
City have won more trophies than Chelsea overall (37 to 35).
City have more Premier League titles than Chelsea (8 to 5).
City are now level with Chelsea on FA Cups (8-8) — got there by beating them in this year's final.
City have more Carabao Cups than Chelsea (9 to 5).
City have won more consecutive league titles than Chelsea (4 to 2) — an English top-flight record.
City have completed The fourmidables", aka the internal quadruple, with no other club on record winning all major trophies in England across 1 season.
City's current Champions League presence streak is 16 years running, every season since 2011-12. Chelsea are on 0 — missing Europe entirely this season.
City have a higher net league position than Chelsea over the last 19 years (average finish 2.8 to 4.4).
City have a bigger stadium and higher attendance than Chelsea (61,474 to 40,034, running near 99% full).
City have a higher revenue than Chelsea (€829m to €584m, Deloitte 2026).
City have a bigger social media presence than Chelsea (160m to 142m combined followers).
Rodri is City's first ever Ballon d'Or winner (2024). No Chelsea player has ever won it while at the club.
City have a better academy than Chelsea, full stop — Chelsea have spent £300m since 2023 buying six City academy graduates (Palmer, Lavia, Gittens, Adarabioyo, Delap, Rogers) because their own academy isn't producing first-teamers.
City have better training infrastructure than Chelsea, and City Football Group has replicated it across a global network Chelsea has no equivalent to.
City have had far more staff stability than Chelsea — 2 head coaches since 2016 (Guardiola, then Maresca) to Chelsea's 11.
City have won more Community Shields than Chelsea (6 to 5).
City hold the Premier League record for most points in a season (100, 2017-18) and most goals scored in a season (106, 2017-18) — records Chelsea don't hold a competing version of.
City completed the Treble in 2022-23 (Premier League, FA Cup, Champions League) — only the second English club ever to do it, after Man United in 1999.
City have won 19 major trophies under a single manager (Guardiola, 2016-2026). Chelsea have had 11 different head coaches in that same span.
City have had one ownership group for 18 years (Abu Dhabi United Group, since 2008) with zero changes. Chelsea have had two owners in the same window, including a forced sale in 2022 after their previous owner was sanctioned by the UK government.
City completed a stadium expansion in 2026, taking the Etihad to 61,474. Chelsea's own plan to expand Stamford Bridge to 60,000 has been stalled since 2018 with no timeline to restart.
City are heading into next season with European football secured for a 16th straight year. Chelsea are heading into next season with none — their first year with zero European competition in a generation, costing them an estimated £80m+.
Deloitte have ranked City among the world's top handful of clubs by revenue in every recent edition of the Money League; Chelsea have never cracked the top 8 this decade.
City's kit deal with Puma (€75m) is worth more annually than Chelsea's with Nike (€70m).
I'll give one to Chelsea however, they have sold more hotels than City to themselves.
But yeah, Cheslea is bigger than City. Apparently.
🚨💣 BREAKING: Enzo Fernández to Manchester City, HERE WE GO! 🇦🇷
Deal in place for fee over £125m after a long negotiation as Chelsea approved the sale.
Enzo only wanted Manchester City and he’s now set for medical at #MCFC.