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?
Mad to think, even after City cheating & United's 90's total dominance,plus Chelsea's cheating years & Arsenal threatening to do something, after ALL that! Liverpool FC are still,& always will be, the most successful & biggest Club in the UK. Like it or not. It's a fucking FACT🍻
This always failed the "smell" test. Now in light of the announcement yesterday, the relationship between Michael Oliver, these officials & Abu Dhabi regime needs further scrutiny.
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Nah none of this "I don't want the titles handed to us, no one wants to win that way" performative bullshit.
Give me everything and nuke Manchester City into oblivion, actually
Iraola has got us playing like a team. Not the prettiest sight, but I’ll take it. Konate is not missed. And those so called fans calling out Wirtz are the same imbeciles that hated on Firmino when he first joined. When Wirtz starts flourishing, I’ll be exposing you. Be scared.
Jamie Carragher:
“This idea that people are being harsh on Wirtz or I am. No one has hardly said a word, myself included. The controversial thing about Wirtz is to say he’s doing well when he’s not…”
Listening to the commentary is fucking infuriating. Wirtz will come good, as will the whole team... Iraola is only been here what 5 games? People need to be patient.
Six years ago today, Diogo Jota became a Red.
Today, as every day, all of us at Liverpool FC are thinking of him, his brother Andre and his family and friends.
Forever our number 20 ❤️