Here We Go Again

[Dameerto]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/61017887

Man City: Der Spiegel alleges three-year Premier League investigation

An investigation into potential rule breaking at Manchester City is focused on illegal payments to underage players, inflated sponsorship deals and hidden salary payments made to a former manager, German newspaper Der Spiegel claims.

The Premier League has been investigating the club for three years, the publication says.

But Der Spiegel has now published details

from its own investigation conducted in conjunction with the European Investigative Collaborations (EIC) journalism network.

It offers detail on each of the three areas it claims form the focus of the Premier League's enquiries.

The Premier League and Manchester City declined to comment when approached by BBC Sport.

However, it is understood City believe the latest details are a continuation of previous allegations in relation to Financial Fair Play regulations, which they feel are designed to damage the club. It is thought the club also want to respect the ongoing process with the Premier League by not commenting.

According to Der Spiegel, the Premier League champions allegedly pressured underage players "to sign contracts with Manchester City through monetary payments, in violation of the rules".

Club sponsors in Abu Dhabi are alleged to have "provided only a portion of their payments to the club themselves", with the remainder reportedly made up by club owner Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, a member of the Abu Dhabi ruling family.

City are also accused of paying a "significant portion" of former manager Roberto Mancini's compensation "by way of a fictitious consultancy contract".

In 2020, City had a two-year ban from European club competitions overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport after Uefa had ruled they had committed "serious breaches" of Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations between 2012 and 2016.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport said City had showed a "blatant disregard" to Uefa's investigation into potential FFP breaches, even though it found "no conclusive evidence that they disguised funding from their owner as sponsorship".

Uefa began its investigation into City after Der Spiegel published leaked documents in November 2018 alleging the club had inflated the value of a sponsorship deal, misleading European football's governing body.

During testimony to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, a legal representative of the Finance Ministry in Abu Dhabi claimed Abu Dhabi United Group Investment & Development (ADUG) - which owned Manchester City until last year - was "completely unconnected" to the government of the United Arab Emirates or the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.

[PeterParker]

At what point are we going to take these cunts to court?
Funny how all of their investigations are around us.

[Mase]

“ Abu Dhabi United Group Investment & Development (ADUG) - which owned Manchester City until last year”

Have I missed something?

[Dameerto]

No cunt at the beeb was willing to put his/her name to this, I notice.

[Harry Dowd scored]

This is just recycled rubbish, rinse and repeat, nothing to see here

[Harry Dowd scored]

Oh and how coincidental this shit is stirred up just before the biggest 10 days of the season, pathetic attempt to destabilise, the media will now go to presser armed with this recycled shit. They should be fucked off

[City64]

It is rehashed non news put out today by Bin Dipper journos ie fucking crank Harris and that posh twat dipper Henry Winter . All to get the dipper fan base in a fighting frenzy and de stabilise the MCFC camp before Sunday’s game . Dipper media are on a par with Putin and the Kremlin the fucking disgusting bastards.MCFC Legal whizz duo Prestwich blue and Rabin all over it . That fucking crank who “writes” for the New York Times Tariq wankstain Punja also putting fake news out aswell . What a corrupt rotten to the core world we live in !!!!!!!!

[City64]

Gonna be loads of trouble at the Etihad on Sunday and this shite doesn’t help . First home game afternoon KO at the Etihad v Murdering thieving dippers for City fans seeking revenge for our coach getting smashed up live in front of the whole world but Merseyside police didn’t see a thing …….

[brite blu sky]

Bless em... so fucking desperate to try and hurt City.. they end up quoting the equivalent of the Sunday Sport. Our National Broadcaster. LMFAO

Anyway - what number shirt would Haaland get if he does rock up ?

and who shall we get season after to strengthen up a bit - was thinking a couple of players would be useful ?

[johnny crossan]

Here's our friend Henry welcoming Mancini to Manchester - "how could he sink so low as to work for that type of people?

Watch on youtube.com

[Mase]

Oh and how coincidental this shit is stirred up just before the biggest 10 days of the season, pathetic attempt to destabilise, the media will now go to presser armed with this recycled shit. They should be fucked off

No doubt Pep is sick to death of being asked about it. It’s enough to make anyone want to leave the country.

[CTID Hants]

Oh and how coincidental this shit is stirred up just before the biggest 10 days of the season, pathetic attempt to destabilise, the media will now go to presser armed with this recycled shit. They should be fucked off

No doubt Pep is sick to death of being asked about it. It’s enough to make anyone want to leave the country.

Quite simple, each journo should be handed a sheet before presser with "mention or use any of the following in your questions you will be ejected "......... and tazered outside

[brite blu sky]

Oh and how coincidental this shit is stirred up just before the biggest 10 days of the season, pathetic attempt to destabilise, the media will now go to presser armed with this recycled shit. They should be fucked off

No doubt Pep is sick to death of being asked about it. It’s enough to make anyone want to leave the country.

Quite simple, each journo should be handed a sheet before presser with "mention or use any of the following in your questions you will be ejected "......... and tazered outside

Can we tazer them first then throw them out

[johnny crossan]

[patrickblue]

“ Abu Dhabi United Group Investment & Development (ADUG) - which owned Manchester City until last year”

Have I missed something?

If you have you're not alone.

[Mase]

“ Abu Dhabi United Group Investment & Development (ADUG) - which owned Manchester City until last year”

Have I missed something?

If you have you're not alone.

I know City Football Group own City, technically. But I was sure ADUG own like 80% of CFG. So nothing has changed, right?

[zuricity]

I guess we have a few, considered "important" games coming up ?

[trueblue64]

CFG is owned by Abu Dhabi United Group (ADUG) (77%) the China Media Capital (CMC) Consortium (13%), and Silver Lake (10%). Until December 2015, City Football Group was wholly owned by ADUG, a private investment and development company belonging to His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

[patrickblue]

“ Abu Dhabi United Group Investment & Development (ADUG) - which owned Manchester City until last year”

Have I missed something?

If you have you're not alone.

I know City Football Group own City, technically. But I was sure ADUG own like 80% of CFG. So nothing has changed, right?

Nothing I'm aware of. They did sell some shares to some Chinese organisation, which was reported at the time (reported as Chinese investment) but still have a majority shareholding, which according to Wikipedia is 78%.
I think the BBC have got their knickers in a twist.

[Nigels Tackle]

city v the world.. pep won’t need to motivate the lads on sunday, the press are doing his job for him. 3-0 win incoming