🗣️ “The IFR has powers to assess the suitability of owners, directors and executives—and we will use these powers where appropriate.”
⚖️ Following Man City's guilty verdict on 114 financial charges, the Chair of the Independent Football Regulator (IFR) has outlined how the watchdog could target the club's key decision-makers.
🔗 https://t.co/t7CkcB8fhp
This week’s column on how we reassess Arsenal from 2009 until 2018 (and beyond) and how fans have paid the (literal) price of this whole sorry affair 👇🏻🔴⚪️
https://t.co/UrjzBnREGd
Manchester City have been found guilty of “sham payments” and artificially inflating their revenue by more than £900million in a damning verdict reached by an independent regulatory commission investigating more than 100 charges levied by the Premier League.
Full story from @OliverKay ⬇️
Free to read: https://t.co/GzAGlqI5Xo
"They are a financially doped club.
"They have enhancement of performances through financial resources which are unlimited. For me, it's a kind of doping because it's not in any way linked to their resources."
Arsene Wenger re: Chelsea in 2005. Same shit, different club.
Man City guilty of ALL charges.
£900m is batshit crazy.
For context Everton got docked 8 points for £25 million.
The sanctions hearing will be an all-timer.
🚨 Erling Haaland on what he said to Rúben Dias after Norway’s defeat to Portugal:
🎙️ Reporter: “Erling, what did you say to Rúben Dias after the game? You looked absolutely furious.”
🗣️ Erling Haaland: “I have to be honest, Rúben. What Bernardo did was unacceptable.
“He’s my former teammate and I have a lot of respect for him, but I really didn’t like what he did to Martin.
“You can’t kick a player after the ball is gone. It’s football, it’s a competitive game, but there has to be a line. And what made it worse is that he didn’t even apologise afterwards.
“I’m not going to pretend everything is fine when I don’t feel that way. That’s why I didn’t hug him after the game.
“I told Rúben, ‘I respect Bernardo, but I can’t support what he did. Martin didn’t deserve that.’
“For me, it was unprofessional. You can be angry, you can compete, you can have arguments on the pitch, but you still have to respect your opponent.”