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Man City - From another planet

Discussion in 'General Football' started by Tony Wilkinson, Feb 14, 2020.

  1. Faithful Bantam

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    The man united fans I know are completely opposed to a Saudi buy out, even more so than the Glazer takeoever
     
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    Not all fans want it, but it's a fairly even split.
     
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    I really hope if the latest rumour is true that they get a second ban and the Premier League kick them out. Apparently they expect to lose the CAS appeal and are planning to take it to the European Court for Human Rights. Yes you heard that right, a member of the Abu Dhabi royal family and Vice-president of the UAE is going to try and claim UEFA are infringing his human rights. They apparently don't have irony in Arab countries
     
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    Reading they are getting the legal team that represented Gina Miller with her anti brexit case.
     
  5. Tony Wilkinson

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    At a rate of 20k a day, so what eh, it's only money....:)
     
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    I wonder if that’s considered a footballing expense? If so would be funny if they fail the next FFP check because they spent millions on trying to fight the ban
     
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    It'll be very interesting to see how the premier league react to this. At a glance, their playing expenses look to be even more expensive now than they'd have been for the period they've been punished for. It's all well and good banning them from a competition they've never looked like winning, but what are the immediate consequences in terms of regulating their spend? Because theres no way they'd be able to afford to retain their current squad if they had to stick to 'the rules'.

    One of the reasons Liverpool attract the praise they do right now, is because they've gone about things the right way. They're a properly and fairly run club. I dont like all aspects of them, but they've built a brilliant team through skill, planning and endeavour. Man City have been clever about things too, but they've clearly been doped for many, many years. Without their arabs sugar daddies they'd be a nothing club. They may even struggle to stay in the premier league every year
     
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