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?

  • PerfectlySculptedToe@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    If they don’t get a points deduction, and a hefty one at that, I think Everton will have something to say. Just a suspicion.

    • elkstwit@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      The difference is that the Everton charges are to do with huge amounts of money being lost (with the rules designed to prevent against clubs going bankrupt). City are on the opposite end of the spectrum - their earnings are too high (as in, nobody believes their sponsorship deals are reflective of the fair market value).

      It’s the difference between financial doping and financial mismanagement. City are in no danger of going bankrupt, they’re just hiding the fact that they’re pumping money into the club in a way that gives them an unfair advantage.

    • wheresmyspacebar2@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      At the very best, IMO they’ll get a 30 point deduction. Which they won’t care about in the slightest.

      At worse, they’ll finish outside of any Europe and I doubt even that’ll happen, they’ll probably still make Conference League.

      But they’ll take one year of essentially not challenging for the title in exchange for flippantly breaking the rules to get where they are.