Challenging the various "technicalities" would no doubt have opened a whole new can of corrupt worms that UEFA and the established European football royalty would rather leave undisturbed.So Man City got off because they didn't comply with the investigation and the sponsorship deals were time barred according to UEFA's rules. They did everything it was alleged they did but got away with it on technicalities.
Manchester City: Court of Arbitration for Sport releases reasons for lifting club's European ban
A 93-page document outlining the written reasons for why Man Citys two-year ban from European football was overturned has been released by CASwww.skysports.com
Wow, just wow. It's corrupt at every levelJust when you think that football couldn't become more farcical, this article in today's Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...city-over-sponsor-money-time-barred-cas-rules) explains that CAS accepted City's suggestion for who should be appointed chairman of the 3 man arbitration panel, and that their own nominated representatative on the panel had close links with Abu Dhabi Investments, despite this being specifically prohibited in the CAS rules. Predcictably the voting was 2 - 1 in favour of City. For unexplained reasons, UEFA raised no objections...
Wow, just wow. It's corrupt at every level
Wow, just wow. It's corrupt at every level
Just seen M. City have had a bid of £41M for Nathan Ake accepted. Do you think John Stones might be a viable option for Spurs?
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FUCK. NO!!!Just seen M. City have had a bid of £41M for Nathan Ake accepted. Do you think John Stones might be a viable option for Spurs?
Just seen M. City have had a bid of £41M for Nathan Ake accepted. Do you think John Stones might be a viable option for Spurs?
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Stones needs to drop down to a bottom half side and rebuild from there, or maybe go back to Everton (oh, wait...). We should not be signing him under almost any circumstance.Just seen M. City have had a bid of £41M for Nathan Ake accepted. Do you think John Stones might be a viable option for Spurs?