despite being owned by a state with which the UK has many interests economically will it be one of the cases that might go unpunished?
despite being owned by a state with which the UK has many interests economically will it be one of the cases that might go unpunished?
Taking all of their titles away isn’t going to remove all of the euphoria their fans enjoyed for a decade, nor the sponsorship deals that make them the richest club in the world, nor the infrastructure they’ve set up not only at their ground and training facility, but also their 10 feeder clubs that benefit them from around the globe.
It’s sickening seeing them continue to be allowed to enjoy the fruits of their rule breaking, all in the knowledge that there is no punishment that can really hurt them.
Taking the titles away means nothing. Fining them means nothing. A transfer ban means nothing.
Even a 50 point deduction wouldn’t guarantee their relegation.
Unless they are demoted to the 7th division or something similar then justice will not have been done.
The premier league doesn’t have the power to send them to the 7th division thanks to being a breakaway league. They can relegate them, or they can expel them from the premier league.
If they choose to expel them then Man City would have to apply to the EFL to join that league system (which the EFL would almost certainly accept due to the revenue boost they’d see) and at that point the EFL would decide if they join either the Champ, Lg1 or Lg2.
If by some magic the EFL also rejected them, then they would have to apply to whatever governing body runs the two vanarama tiers or even lower.
Would just love you see it. Get them to the Vanorama. Obviously they’ll just be fined about £50m and will just laugh it off though.