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Chelsea must be laughing right now, Abramovich only sold the club because of Ukraine and the new ownership blew the whistle on themselves. Luton got docked ten points for a trivial offence that only came to light thanks to their own whistleblowing. Pro-rata, Chelsea should have been deducted something in the region of thousands of points. They basically serve to act as a 'look what you could have won' to Man City, could have got off scott-free just like another blue club. Having heard his actual words on 5 Live I felt there was a bit more nuance than the headline suggest. Basically that he can't comment on it but referred to his own experience as a supporter of Everton's treatment before sufficient details came out over their so-called cheating. It would be ludicrous if he joined the mob to bay for blood at this point. He's the PM, not James fucking Corden. If Abu Dhabi want to keep pumping money into the UK they are free to do so as long as they don't break the rules... my guess is they try and sell up to a friendly third party which might work in closing the stable door after the horse has bolted, but we'll see. All this reminds me of a different timeline. Imagine if Gao was able to get money out of China and buy the Danny Ings replacement we needed, maybe we might have had other problems to worry about down the line. Suppose we managed to actually receive funds from the LD Sports "sponsorship." Would be interesting to find out what really happened there.

Man City raised the cost of competing to the tune of a billion pounds, and the other clubs lapped it up "for their own gain"? Want to run that one past us again? 😅 It wasn't liverpool, man united, arsenal etc. getting the Etihad billions. But it was there player wages, transfer costs, and agents fees that were going up - and they were the ones missing out on key targets to a financially doped man city.

Yeah, this is embarrassingly naked from him - turning a blind eye to grubby money, fraud, and corruption as long as it gets him votes. Standards out the window as long as it keeps his precious dirty millions in Manchester. Really poor from him, and the worst part is he didn't need to get involved. Out with another turd PM and in with a new one - the revolving door continues.

Like monopoly, but with a "Go To Jail" on every square.

Why are Etihad Airways getting involved and threatening to sue the Premier League? They are not mentioned in any of the charges so what are they going to sue them over? Guilty by association? If you had irrefutable evidence supporting your case that you had done nothing wrong, as City claim, wouldn't you submit that evidence in the first place and not wait for an appeal?

We've had enough of help me Rhonda on this forum thank you very much.

Exactly, if Leibherr had done similar at Saints we would have lapped it up, and so would the local politicians. Also, it’s been obvious since day 1 what they were doing. The FA, the Prem and all the other clubs that filled their boots with their transfer cash knew what was happening, they all played along for their own gain.

Either way, definitely not a Russian and a Ukrainian.

Stabee was Indian.

Antony! 🤣

I don’t think we’ll do it again.

Wouldn't it be nice?

I’m not excusing the fraud that took place - sorry that IS taking place everywhere you look in football- starting with on the pitch cheating every single match and moving onto the brown envelops department of sports agents and even to the head - Infantino trying to sell the fucking thing like it was London Bridge! Even down to the turnstile operators letting you in for cash at Wembley. It’s fucked. Everywhere. I think those grasping for their pearls about this particular manifestation of corruption in football are about thirty years too late. Arguments about the industrial scale of the cheating and poor hard done by other 91 clubs fans and all the rest don’t impress me much. Man City got caught. Juventus caught caught in Calciopoly. Real Madrid should be non existent but instead have a lovely collection of CL trophies. They are all at it in one way or another. The loudest complainers probably the worst ones not caught yet. Also, fun fact : Watch fir the big clubs who say nought. They are the real big time swindlers!

Which, billionaires or working men?

Not directly obviously. At the heart of each case is a charge of cheating / bringing the game into disrepute, so there is a connection. Whether one case is more serious than the other is irrelevant unless you are acutely aware of how the FA inner circle operates, but the cases are indirectly related and are being handled at the same time. The charges against City could result in huge sanctions and we are already hearing that City will appeal before even hearing their punishment, plus it’s not clear whether the FA have the balls to face up to City’s lawyers. If you think both cases have not been discussed by the same individuals at the FA I’d say evidence suggests you’re wrong.

"We needed a new manager quickly," said Dragan Solak. "I reached out and said 'help me, Rhonda' and here we are. God only knows what I'd be without her, and we have good vibrations for the rest of the season."

I'm amazed he could find any left.

Is that your long lost pal? 🤔

Doing a little dance for anyone who invests in his precious hometown is the type of thing you see in corrupt dictatorships. Im not sure what Farage or Lowe have to do with this, but personally I want to live in a country where integrity matters, and corruption is rooted out, not rewarded. How this is handled has bigger implications than just football imo.

Welcome to the club, and first permanent female manager in the EFL, Rhonda Beckett.

The old days relied on wealthy local business men investing heavily in their local club which worked until they ran out of money or died . The rot started when clubs became PLCs and eventually dodgy foreign States thought it would enhance their country's world standing if they got involved in famous sports clubs in the western sphere . They did this by bending all the rules and bare faced lying that they are still doing despite being found out in 113 cases . They couldn’t care less about the clubs they own , not surprised Burnham is panicking the dodgy arabs might cut and run now they have lost any reputation they thought they had . Selling Man City would be excellent , restarting afresh under full scrutiny is the only way to restore the clubs reputation .

Best get Farage in power now, or Lowe. They’re squeaky clean on your book. 🤣 As PM he should’ve not got involved, but given he was mayor of Manchester he probably had a lot of discussions with them previously. Doesn’t mean he knew anything about their (lack of) sporting integrity.

Burnham siding with oil billionaires over the working man’s game. Another deceitful champagne socialist… quelle surprise

Whilst I agree, sadly too many cases in this country eg Stefan Kiszko, Andrew Malkinson and others, the coppers never face proper justice for their crimes. Duckenfield and Hillsborough. Stefan Kiszko is the worst, as described by a Tory MP at the time. Dick Holland was corrupt on this, concealing evidence, and if this wasn’t bad enough, he messed up badly in the Yorkshire Ripper (albeit he wasn’t alone, see Oldfield, Gregory Hobson etc) enquiry leading to further murders after he told a junior detective at the time, Andy Laptew. who raised concerns after interviewing the Sutcliffes that he’d be put on traffic duty if he suggested further investigation into Peter after the interview and several spotting of his car in red light areas where police were active. If they’d have matched the sightings to the interview, the various photo fits, and trailed Sutcliffe, they’d have caught him earlier. Grade A arsehole of a copper and coward of a man https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Lesley_Molseed

The radio had an Israeli spokesperson on, and he had "diplomacy" in his title. "Israel will not take shit from anyone." Which is pretty direct from a diplomat.