Seriously though, if they’re willing to cook the books for £900m worth of inflated sponsorships, what else were they willing to do to get an edge? I’d be interested in an investigation into the Premier League Refs that do exhibition games over in Abu Dhabi.
If they can do under the table payments to their own managers and players then what is stopping them from doing that with refs? I’m telling you they will be exposed very very soon. There is a reason they always get the decisions they want.
City doing the them vs us gimmick. No one randomly makes up 115 charges. There's reports after reports saying non-defensible evidence of fraud. No one's out to get you. You literally committed fraud. You are guilty. You were ruled guilty. Get ready to face punishment.
Arsenal agreed a deal with Lille and his agents for Hazard, Chelsea fraudulently offered his agents more money which they did not report, Hazard went on to lead Chelsea to major titles which Arsenal could not win, did Chelsea gain a sporting advantage or not?
It's worth noting that Manchester City fans paid actual money for a banner lauding the work of a high profile barrister.
The man in question, Lord Pannick, went on to win 1 (one) out a possible 115 charges.
Pannick in the streets of London, indeed.
Arsenal are the heroes of this sport. Been pushing for sanctions on state-owned clubs, led this move here, & will save the sport from PSG scamming a threepeat. Thank us later
Michale Oliver needs investigating now it’s official City cheated.
100% some favourable decision gone City way when he’s was the ref + them very handsomely paid jobs to ref a couple games out in UAE.
Wouldn’t be surprise if this cheating goes deeper than just financially 🤷🏼♂️
Arsenal are the only big club that has properly stood against City both at club and fanbase level. From Wenger to now, always the first to raise concern against their fraud whenever they saw it. Proper hate towards City at all levels involved, as they rightly deserve.
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.
https://t.co/o0wvRes7HV
There is nothing worse in sport than being found guilty of cheating.
Lance Armstrong is a great predictor of how the world will come to look at Man City.
No corporate sponsor outside of Abu Dhabi will touch this brand for a decade.
No kid outside of the families of existing fans will wear the shirt.
The light blue shirt and crest will be synonymous with cheating in the same way as the yellow Livestrong wrist band
Game over.
And good riddance.
Can we please remember that this is a real thumbnail that Sky used after we got a very dubious 2nd yellow vs a team with 115 charges; and the referee had officiated in the UAE?
Sky were definitely being paid by City Group lol
We must never forget that Arsenal have been battling those cheaters for years, while the other 18 clubs and their fans were rooting for them to win the league.
It was obvious to anyone with a brain they were cheating on an astronomical level. But you can’t even determine the effects of a lot of it. They platformed Rodri to win a Ballon Dor over someone more deserving. They have completely fucked the transfer market.