... breaking the rules set out as agreed when they signed up to the PL... lying and effectively denying they broke said rules and agreement.....all trust gone.... sounds to me like the 'marriage' between the PL and MCFC could be heading for divorce.... but will the PL go through with it...or give MCFC a second chance.
You can't just expel them as then someone further down the ladder will lose out by not being promoted or an extra team relegatedMan City will appeal and appeal, have to make sure the punishment makes sense otherwise the appeal will be easy and a waste of time.
As others have said, proper scum behaviour (well if they didn't, i am) - nothing more than explosion from the Prem for 3 years would fit IMO.
Anything that effectively serves as only a single year punishment would be a massive kop out by the Premier League. By making this kind of statement they surely have to make the penalty extend over multiple seasons.
I don’t envy the task of trying to decide an appropriate punishment.
You may have changed your mind with the latest statement release but the sporting sanction offences do seem to boil down to 9 lots of severe FFP breaking with non-cooperation.
Not necessarily. Assume for a minute they end up in League 2....there will be an extra place in the PL to fill, causing an extra place to fill in the Championship, then an extra place to fill in League One
....so the PL would have to work out just how many points they are to be deducted so as to ensure relegation...ie they would be relegated even if they won every game from now till the end of the season...so therefore no incentive to win games... but still have to participate and fullfil remaining fixtures...I might be going mad...but how would that work.
On second thoughts, there’s nothing to see here. Carry on as you were.
.... city getting relegated might let that lot down the river get off the hook too.... this is a complicated issue.
So if we're going with the £830million overspend number... City should be looking at something around a 250 point deduction.
Any negative points at end of season added on to the following season until they manage zero or better
From what I understand they can only challenge the impartiality or process of the independent panel. Not the actual decision. They have to demonstrate that the whole investigation was flawed.
Could the Premier League refuse to accept them in the League for the next 10 years regardless of whether they get promoted to it?
I agree. None of their ill gotten gains should stay on their balance sheet. They would be forced to sell all their players and have no way of replacing them. League 2 with no money sounds about right. It would take them years to work their way back to PL and even longer to be competitive.
Probably, but not sure the EFL would go along with that as it would diminish the championship
Arguably all the subsequent ones too, as the current setup and squad was very much built on the successes (and manager) of the disputed period.
Yes, but the same owners could buy (say) Wrexham and get promoted via another vehicle.
and that's kinda my point. How can the UK say that one of its close allies is not fit to own a football club?
True
Personally I think a quick and swift punishment that doesn’t drag on for years is best for us and the league
City to be expelled, Haaland goes on record on how much he enjoys playing at the Gtech and calls PG…
...you think he and Igor could play together
