28 Sep 2026 07:39:03
{Ed's Note - KingCarlos has posted a new article entitled, Manchester City and Alleged Rule Breaches
30 Sep 2026 11:20:02
Trying to assess an appropriate penalty is all mind-bogglingly complicated. When charges were first brought the Citeh owner said they would spend £50mill on the best lawyers to string this out indefinitely. Well, 'indefinitely' has a time limit, even with the best lawyers.
It's now time for them to admit everything and plea for leniency, as a really appropriate penalty would destroy the club and hurt the fans more than the owners.
30 Sep 2026 21:28:12
Deep - good post.
I strongly suspect that whilst you are correct about "indefinitely" it is sufficiently far enough into the future for none of us to be holding our breath.
Plus if you are not stopped from winning trophies and making billions of pounds in "excess" revenues, (over the last 10 years alone they have turned over some £5.7bn. This is some £4bn more than say the average "mid table" Prem team would have made over the same period.
That even assumes that a club can remain "mid table" over 10 years without suffering the seemingly inevitable relegation that all bar the handful of Sky teams are seemingly merely waiting their turn for), why would you not simply prevaricate to extend that very lucrative and successful period for as long as possible.