๐จ๐ฃ๏ธ ๐ก๐๐ช: Rasmus Hรธjlund: "I did the 'SIIIUUU' celebration as a tribute to Cristiano Ronaldo, after everything that happened to him.
"I just wanted to honor him, there was NO DISRESPECT to the Portugal team. He is my role model, that's why I did it."
๐จ๐จ| JUST IN: UEFA confirm they have received Real Madrid's report on the Negreira case, with Madrid wanting Barcelona ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ of all titles won from 2001-2018. โ๏ธ๐ช๐ธ
The 50,000-page document includes evidence and witness statements.
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๐จ Dortmund sporting director on the record about the 2022 Haaland sale:
โManchester City never wanted the real number out. That was the first condition they put on the table. Not the release clause everyone printed. The full package.
Officially it was reported as ยฃ51 million because that was the figure written into the clause and that was the figure they asked us to stand by.
Internally it was a completely different conversation. When you add the guaranteed payments, the structured extras and what was agreed around the playerโs camp, we were looking at something close to โฌ250 million all-in.
That is more than PSG paid for Neymar in 2017. City knew that. We knew that. They did not want Europe talking about it.
They were very clear: if Dortmund confirmed anything above the clause, the deal would become politically messy for them. So there was a private understanding.
We stay silent on the real total. They stay silent. A few people in the media were steered toward the ยฃ51m line and that became the official story
I am not going to sit here four years later and pretend we sold the best young striker in Europe for pocket money. We did not. City paid what they had to pay to get him. They just did not want the world to see the receipt.โ
๐จ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐: Manchester City received ยฃ949.94 MILLION in commercial income from Abu Dhabi sponsors between 2009 and 2018.
Only ยฃ119.25M actually came from the sponsors themselves.
The remaining ยฃ830.69M consisted of โTagged Sumsโ paid by Abu Dhabi United Group, Manchester Cityโs owners.
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๐จ La Liga president Javier Tebas on Man City punishment: โI believe it should be the STRICTEST punishment in the Premier League regulationsโ.
โIt must serve as an example. Violating the rules for over 10 years is a very serious thingโ, told FIFPRO.
โWe signed Haaland for just ยฃ51Mโ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
ITโS OFFICIAL: The @premierleague confirms Manchester City are the biggest cheats in British football history.
Punishment must hurt:
Relegate them, strip them of their fraudulently won titles + dock them 25pts for first 5 seasons if/when they get back in the Premier League.
๐จ MAJOR BREAKING: Premier League confirm an independent Commission has found Manchester City GUILTY OF ALL CHARGES related to serious breaches of the Premier Leagueโs financial rules over a nine-season period, and the majority of charges in relation to its failure to co-operate with the Leagueโs investigation.
The club has the right to appeal the independent Commissionโs findings and has until Friday 2 October to exercise that right.
The Premier League Boardโs intention is that the full process (including any appeals and publication of relevant decisions) is concluded as soon as possible.
The independent Commission found that between Seasons 2009/10 and 2017/18:
- Manchester City arranged โshamโ contracts (which misrepresented the true agreement between the parties) with a number of its commercial partners, as well as relying on โshamโ agreements with others, to artificially inflate the clubโs revenues and reduce its costs
- The club filed misstated accounts and concealed the true state of its finances from its auditors and football regulators
- Manchester City was significantly in breach of both the Premier Leagueโs and UEFAโs spending limits
- During the Premier Leagueโs investigation, Manchester City committed multiple breaches of its duties of co-operation and utmost good faith towards the League (three of the four alleged breaches were upheld)