I think that’s a bit unacceptable to be honest summer 25 it’s a bloody joke if it was any other club it would have been sorted or close to being sorted by now.
A one-season points deduction wouldn’t be enough. Even if it meant missing the CL for a season, they’d be right back the next year.
An effective punishment (and deterrent) would be multiple deductions over multiple seasons eg. 30 points per season for three seasons.
The eyes of the footballing world will be on this. The Premier League better not fuck this up and effectively legitimise financial doping after FFP rules were introduced.
Correct. This is possibly the single most important legal case in modern football history
as a newcastle fan, if they don’t get relegated I can see our owners deciding to just say screw it and dump a billion dollars into the transfer market from 40-50 $50mil/yr sponsorships, our jersey’s will look like a race car driver is wearing it lol, it’s bad, I know we have horribly dangerous owners, but to this point, they have it appears played by all the FFP, but if Man City gets off free of any real penalty, I could see them Arabs thinking, fuck it, let’s do it, let’s blow it all up
I’ve not really followed this case but realisticly does anybody know what they may actually face, compared to Everton. Is a huge point deduction of several wins on the cards or a title or two?
If found guilty
Just points deduction is unfair, considering how Everton got treated. There should be bigger repercussions. But one can only wish. PL and most football governing bodies are corrupt.
City’s egregious violations are less offensive that Everton’s violation because at least they win with the cheating.
ooof so they do have the evidence right if they are going to court? this is big i think. but they will prolly be swatted away by Man City’s all stars lawyer lolll.
Just banned them from competing, anywhere for 3 years. Ban the youth team, ban the womens team. Punish the whole organisation not just the team.
So basically City agreeing for a trial means their world class lawyers are prepared and have the resources to escape all this with minimal to no penalty.
Automatic relegation to League Two, stripped of all titles, and Pep is digital replaced in Ted Lasso with the force ghost of Shankly.
Cheaters, can’t wait. Shame we have to wait so long.
City are the Enron of the PL… eventually will come out but 5 years too late.
Oh, baby… what are the odds of a fine vs a 100 point deduction. Will a January window be a clear out sale of their talent before its massive depreciation?