"If" they are found guilty ("" for balance) and they try to appeal then the appeal process will no doubt straddle the end off the season and maybe into next so the PL have backed themselves into a corner. Certain client journalists are using a big "if" to muddy the water, as is Peps mum in the article quoted. Will we have a situation where the are at Club World Cup and potentially facing expulsion?? It's a cluster pluck.