City charges.......

[IUFG]

How about a fine of 30 billion quid?

It would stop them doing it again.

I doubt it. Abu Dhabi has around 10% of the world's oil reserves iirc.

[Peter]

I doubt it. Abu Dhabi has around 10% of the world's oil reserves iirc.

I know, but it is wrong to think that these people don't care about money. They do. I agree that fines in the millions is the equivalent of fining me a fiver but if you start fining them in the tens of billions, they will sod off elsewhere.

You could use some of the money to settle the inevitable claims of the sides who missed out on champions league qualification or got relegated because of City.

I think the only possible solution here is to find them not guilty. I suspect that is where this will end......

[IUFG]

I know, but it is wrong to think that these people don't care about money. They do.

Oh, my experience is that they do care about money over there. So much so, they marry family members to keep their wealth in their family...

Still, £30bn? a drop in the oily ocean

[Peter]

Oh, my experience is that they do care about money over there. So much so, they marry family members to keep their wealth in their family...

Still, £30bn? a drop in the oily ocean

I think it is still more than they would happily lose over something as silly as football. Let's face it, they only got involved because property is boring. There are plenty of other countries to pillage and sports to destroy.

And then english football can happily carry on being owned by Americans....

[IUFG]

I think the only possible solution here is to find them not guilty. I suspect that is where this will end......

I agree. That and City can afford better lawyers than the PL.

Shame really, I'm not sure how you can charge a team for failing to cooperate and then the PL admit that City did, in fact, cooperate.

[Peter]

I agree. That and City can afford better lawyers than the PL.

Shame really, I'm not sure how you can charge a team for failing to cooperate and then the PL admit that City did, in fact, cooperate.

Oh, that bit is easy. You can accept that the cooperation, whilst being below that which was to be expected, did not materially contribute to a transgression of the rules or impact the integrity of the competition. Or some other form of words that basically says we have bottled it.

And then you can take a real stand and fine them 2 million quid

[redgunamo]

I know, but it is wrong to think that these people don't care about money. They do. I agree that fines in the millions is the equivalent of fining me a fiver but if you start fining them in the tens of billions, they will sod off elsewhere.

You could use some of the money to settle the inevitable claims of the sides who missed out on champions league qualification or got relegated because of City.

I think the only possible solution here is to find them not guilty. I suspect that is where this will end......

This is bigger than soccerball

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ame...ae-2021-09-14/

[Pat Vegas]

I doubt it. Abu Dhabi has around 10% of the world's oil reserves iirc.

Abu Dhabi? he's injured 2-3 weeks

[Luis Anaconda]

Abu Dhabi? he's injured 2-3 weeks

Bowling, p

[Maravilloso Marvo]

Abu Dhabi? he's injured 2-3 weeks