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@FamozzyyK Its called having an apprentice period.

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@MartinDandach How come the islands is still in the hands on England?

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@DataFutebol Samba is Rep. Of congo, not DR congo

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@CBSSportsGolazo @Nicocantor1 Well said.

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@d4thHand Soldiers are puppets that fight wars created by rich masters. They cant think for themselves, Doku is a free man, he dared to go against the world and do right by his family. When it all comes down, the football world is fickle, and fake. Doku has family values we should uphold.

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@NBA_BadBoy @centregoals The @FecofaRdc done things right. Paid the players and staff bonuses early, for the first 3 WC games, arranged hotels, and travels. So dont say the "black race" focus on senegal please.

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@NealGardner_ We rested two of our no.10s and our best wingers.. the coach had a defensive gameplan.

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@EBL2017 Thoughts on vinicius junior? @EBL2017

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@ltarsenal Vinicius

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@EBL2017 @EBL2017 after hearing Ornstein post CL final take. "Elite LW" im angling Vinicius Junior. Whats your thoughts? Imo. He's the ideal profile for where arsenal is atm. A mentality monster, give him and watch him dance to the opp goal. We need a kobe, MJ. A mamba mentality guy.

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@thebottomcorna Vinicius junior

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@nonewthing Vinicius junior! We need an elite World class left winger

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@EduardoHagn Give me osimhen. We need a serial killer up there in front of goal

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@insidemanifest YES

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@DanielKleber_ @umbro @FecofaRdc Je ne crois pas, ce n'est pas officiel sur leur site, pourquoi tu publié ca ?

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Getting a lot of questions about this…

First off, the person running this account is incredibly well connected across football and is also very responsible as a journalist. I trust them implicitly.

It also ties with what I’ve heard. I have been less inclined to post about it because I’ve been burned before (informed that the legal teams were expecting the decision and then nothing came).

Here’s how the process should have played out:

1) Written decision on liability (i.e., which charges Man City is guilty of and why) is released to parties but not released publicly
2) The PL and Man City have another private hearing where they argue for mitigating and aggravating factors, which influence the Panel on what sanctions they award
3) The Panel decides what sanctions should apply and write this up into the decision
4) That final decision with sanctions is released to parties and then made public shortly after
5) Typically, you may get an appeal process starting after that

When the rumour circulates that “the decision is imminent” my question is, at what stage?

I know Stefan Borson has claimed multiple times on Talksport that no decision has ever been released to parties previously (even in embargoed draft). I have reason to believe this is incorrect but neither of us can actually know for sure. We could both be lied to. But if he is right, that would mean we’re still at stage 1). If so, then nothing should be made public for a few months yet. The PL could make the stage 1) decision public but it goes against precedent and their typical MO. It is also only allowed to be made public at this stage under specific circumstances in the rules, which may not apply.

The other issue that could cause further delay is the rules don’t actually prevent Man City from appealing at stage 1) and trying to temporarily suspend the above process at that point (using Section X arbitration). It goes against convention but it’s not technically forbidden in the rules.

So when folks ask for clarity on what will happen next, no-one can afford that. My own understanding is that lead legal counsels have already seen the decision but this could be incorrect.

As for those asking what punishment Man City will get… I have posted on this many times. If the charges are proved, relegation through a major points deduction would be the absolute minimum. Personally, I think it will be much heavier. Fines, compensation, relegation, title stripping and a recommendation to expel if the club is not sold to new owners. My pinned post on profile covers why.

I have also posted previously on how Man City could try to minimise the damage and seek lower sanctions by claiming money from the owner to the sponsors constitutes an RPT rather than a disguised equity injection but the evidence in the public domain should make such an argument very weak.

I’d be amazed if we don’t hear something in June though. If we don’t, then I very much believe it’s because Man City has affected a delay like I describe above.

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@EBL2017 Who wins the CL @EBL2017 ?

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@jeremyb___ Scouse accent? Where

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@cm250404 @1Walid1 True, travelling down from glasgow

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@StevenMcinerney @PepTeam Oh steven You're so bitter! 😂 That hit a never. Buy yourself a tooth brush mate, only trying to hrlp. what a softie you are, you've got your mothers heart.