02 Oct 2026 16:54:43
Apparently City have been reported to the HMRC following an investigation into the Mancini double contract affair.
Allegedly the second contract was for a consultancy role with a football club from Abu Dhabi but the payments actually came from Man City. However City failed to apply tax and NI to these payments, but they did for his salary.
What a can of worms this has become as we seem to moving beyond just football into areas that may yet have legal and geo political repercussions.
03 Oct 2026 11:02:06
Now the news is that the UAE are putting pressure on our government (blackmail?). The promised investment in a new 'silicon valley' between Oxford and Cambridge may be withdrawn if Man City is punished. Call their bluff, let them invest elsewhere. Man City must take the rap.
03 Oct 2026 11:29:35
HMRC won't just tax the amount paid, they will gross it up so that the amount paid will be the net amount. since he will be a highest rate the unpaid tax will exceed the amount paid so on £9m will be upwards of £10m unpaid tax + interest + penalties. payable by the employer. Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of crooks!
03 Oct 2026 13:09:42
Totally agree deep, if it's a profitable investment why would they withdraw?
03 Oct 2026 13:27:55
Also Deep, If City are innocent why would they feel the need to protect them in such a manner. These third party interventions now they've been judged to be guilty make it less likely the appeal will succeed, some of them already discounted by the panel as concocted.
Smacks of desperation to me.
03 Oct 2026 14:42:17
As well as desperation, Long, they're threatening to throw their toys out of the pram. Looking more and more guilty with everything they say. You'd think their expensive lawyers would advise them to remain silent, but my theory is that these arrogant owners have never been held to account before.
When the dust has settled, Citeh will be sold as the present owners are not fit and proper people to own a football club in this country. There will be so shortage of buyers regardless of which league Citeh will be playing in.