@DidiBiggs@haseeb1986@McFlybowy The charges clearly show how they violated FFP and PSR. They don't assemble the squads they have over the years without breaking the rules.
That isn't sour grapes. That's on the spreadsheet. They violated the financial rules of the game to sign players.
@abdul34455@haseeb1986@McFlybowy They spent "only" 130 million Euros on just Rodri and Haalan alone. That's only the transfer fees and does not include wages. They OUTBID every team in the world for those players, and that's only two bodies. Oh, and they had to cook the books for it to be legal.
@itszdave@haseeb1986@McFlybowy Does City win those titles without Rodri, KDB, and Haaland (among others)?
City's malfeasance in cooking the books is precisely why they were ever able to land those players.
@McFlybowy They falsified financial records that directly led to them being able to purchase a billion dollar starting XI without violating PSR/FFP.
How is that NOT an indictment against their on-field performance?
@Lea_EFC Well, damn. You just HAD TO GO and lump Everton with City. Now Everton is going to take another 10-point deduction coming out of the international break.
@Cantona_Collars United win in 2012.
United likely land Haaland instead of City.
With Haaland on the team and with United still in winning ways, they likely land Rice as well.
In 2026, United has probably won 3-5 more league titles since the departure of SAF, + some assorted cups.
@SAFChighlights@StokeyyG2 Decided to look at the math real quick. If they had managed to take a 40-point deduction last year, they would have finished one point behind West Ham and been relegated.
With the loss of talent and no transfers, they aren't coming back up and probably get relegated again.
Sadly, as rewarding as it is to see them found guilty on 114/115 charges, between the lengthy appeals process and the cowardice of the FA governing body, it still seems likely that they team will suffer little more than a light slap on the wrist - in another 3-5 years.
π¨ EXCLUSIVE: Manchester City found guilty on virtually all charges relating to breaches of Premier League financial regulations. #MCFC expected to appeal against verdict issued by independent commission. Sanctions undecided, process ongoing @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/Muxqp4beK9
Still blows my mind that it is impossible to get a landline for the home now. I know it has been that way in many places for a while now. Well, it finally caught up to me as well and it makes no sense whatsoever.
Sigh...
Can I just go back to 1985 and die there please?