Earl Hafler

Having an international break for this length of time and still having games just three to four days before the PL restarts is nuts

His deputy was Leader Of Manchester City Council The council entered into a partnership with ADUG in 2014 when they formed a joint venture called Manchester Life. It planned to invest more than £1bn over the next decade and develop thousands of homes in the Ancoats and New Islington areas, on the edge of the city centre close to the club's Etihad stadium. But in 2022, a report by the University of Sheffield, called Manchester Offshored, raised questions about the wider public value of the schemes, and a lack of transparency around their finances. It highlighted the absence of any affordable housing in the projects, and that the joint venture companies were ultimately owned by ADUG through firms registered offshore.

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Similar rhetoric to City's owners in attempting to belittle the panel and its authority Points deduction and fine would be a disgusting result

Blue Athletic ? Lots of City fans jumping on the " threaten the Government " band wagon now, leaving the " we're innocent " banners in the gutter.

Nope. City are throwing the same s*** at the wall.

Looking forward to Rui Pinto at 6. Not quite Indykaila levels but still Yeah, I viewed that differently They're not getting off ( completely )

City are Colonel Jessep in A Few Good Men They were obviously expecting for all this to be within PL rules and pressure obviously applied at government level ( well documented during last few years ) and then their man, Burnham, becomes Prime Minister. This could all explode again. Anyway, I'm off for a Friday afternoon pint. Paid for by the Red Cartel, obvs.

City's appeal submitted at 7pm last night Irrefutable proof.

Yeah.... f*** off and buy a Serie A club then

Yeah - taking a cue from Liam. " All this hatred directed at MAN CITY from other clubs should be directed at ARSENAL MAN UTD LIVERPOOL there the 1s who are corrupt and trying to stop other teams from winning things not MAN CITY were trying to help you all out were like Jesus prepared to die on the cross "

Rui Pinto making an announcement tomorrow at 6pm Presumably not that his name also means c**k.

Dominos have gone in with both feet. " We have irrefutable evidence that pineapple is the best pizza topping "

Burnham's mate Manchester Life: In 2014, the Abu Dhabi United Group (owned by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan) and Manchester City Council formed a £1 billion property development venture called the Manchester Life Development Company. Sir Richard Leese championed the deal as a world-class plan to transform East Manchester, building thousands of new homes in areas like Ancoats and New Islington.

Aye. Two of those three arguments are them hoping for a dismissal similar to the UEFA case.

City's appeal based on Government paid these sponsorship deals, not the club. Accuse panel of taking too long ( hahaha...that's funny ) to deliver a verdict and use of the word " sham " Technicalities

And the key point there, which isn't part of this investigation, is the highly likely practice of paying Aguero, Silva, Toure etc off the books. There's a QC on The Overlap saying that the redacted report hints at City attempting to use competition law to have the charges dismissed and that the PL had an appeal board lined up before the findings were released

Ornstein saying he's had discussions with people who are surprised City cheated and believe they could have won trophies by normal means. How ? They might have won a domestic cup but, without cheating the system, they aren't winning a title in 2012 - the springboard to everything else. Nigel de Jong (Hamburg) — £18m Craig Bellamy (West Ham) — £14m Wayne Bridge (Chelsea) — £12m Shay Given (Newcastle United) — £6.8m Carlos Tevez (Manchester United) — £25.5m Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal) — £25m Joleon Lescott (Everton) — £22m Roque Santa Cruz (Blackburn) — £18m Kolo Touré (Arsenal) — £16m Gareth Barry (Aston Villa) — £12m Yaya Touré (Barcelona) — £24m Mario Balotelli (Inter Milan) — £22.5m David Silva (Valencia) — £24m James Milner (Aston Villa) — £26m (plus Stephen Ireland) Aleksandar Kolarov (Lazio) — £16m Jérôme Boateng (Hamburg) — £10.5m Edin Džeko (Wolfsburg) — £27m Sergio Agüero (Atlético Madrid) — £38m Samir Nasri (Arsenal) — £25m Gael Clichy (Arsenal) — £7m Stefan Savić (Partizan Belgrade) — £6m Costel Pantilimon (Politehnica Timișoara) — £3m Owen Hargreaves (Manchester United All signed prior to winning the title.

Close of business tomorrow, I think They were alerted to this in the summer, will have had time to prepare.

When's this appeal going in then ? Tomorrow ?

Another : Anthony Taylor issues just a yellow card after Kompany leaps into a tackle on Salah - both feet off the ground, plays the man first. City win 2-1 and we finish on 97 points

Another moment against City : Salah hauled down by Silva. No foul. Jürgen sent off.

Shamchester "Everton was in this position a few years ago and you might remember that I fought for Everton in that situation because I still hold the view very firmly that they weren't fairly treated in that process." Drawing a comparison between that and City's current predicament, he added: "I remember people proclaiming Everton guilty at the time and with hindsight I think more people would say that wasn't fair, the way that was handled. "So it would be wrong of me to leap to one side given the experience that I'd had before becoming prime minister." It is "frustrating when people rush to judgement", Burnham said.