Manchester City

[rudedog]

That's a ****ing joke

It's the way of the world unfortunately.

[Kenneth]

Which is why football is no place for state actors or sovereign wealth funds.

[Norbs]

It's the way of the world unfortunately.

Sport has always been separate from politics, once clubs have political sway in this manner there's no hope

[rudedog]

Which is why football is no place for state actors or sovereign wealth funds.

Unless they are giving governments bags of cash.

[Norbs]

Unless they are giving governments bags of cash.

And preferred trade deals.

Can't imagine any of the Tory cabinet are sports fans, the impact of doing a government level deal to stave off a proper punishment for City won't really hit home to them

[vlahka]

You'd think majority of the clubs would just leave the prem and make their own new league with a rule saying no state *******s own clubs.

[Kenneth]

And preferred trade deals.

Can't imagine any of the Tory cabinet are sports fans, the impact of doing a government level deal to stave off a proper punishment for City won't really hit home to them

The promise of a cushy consultancy job for the minister for culture media and sport should make it go away.

[Buzzo]

In the light of everything going on this is an interesting development.

[ame]https://twitter.com/fabrizioromano/status/1748771683534614923[/ame]

[Exiled_red]

In the light of everything going on this is an interesting development.

https://twitter.com/fabrizioromano/s...71683534614923

Yeah I was thinking that, interesting time to move to your City rivals, given the relative on filed position/situations at the clubs. I guess Man Utd could have offered more money, but surely City could match it if he is that important to them...

[Exiled_red]

Thoughts on this:

[ame="https://twitter.com/RussellScott1/status/1748830882511896769"]https://twitter.com/RussellScott1/status/1748830882511896769[/ame]

[Irishnev]

Thoughts on this:

https://twitter.com/RussellScott1/st...30882511896769

It stinks, football and politics shouldn’t intertwine…… UAE buy a lot of British goods from the UK, you can bet they are lobbying there also

[Buzzo]

I still think the precedent being set with Everton and Forest will have baring. I’m not optimistic City will be punished, but I thinks it’s more likely with precedent than it would be without.

[Cerbie]

It stinks, football and politics shouldn’t intertwine…… UAE buy a lot of British goods from the UK, you can bet they are lobbying there also

How many signatures do we need on a petition to make them change their mind? 10k would be a breeze, probable even 100k just from our own fan base with a few celeb retweets.

[Exiled_red]

It stinks, football and politics shouldn’t intertwine…… UAE buy a lot of British goods from the UK, you can bet they are lobbying there also

...but City aren't state owned are they, so this shouldn't have any effect

[Patricks_Berger]

It stinks, football and politics shouldn’t intertwine…… UAE buy a lot of British goods from the UK, you can bet they are lobbying there also

Yeah! It would be so much better if they didn’t buy those goods from us instead!

We could close all the factories that made them and just blame the Tories like we do for everything else. Simples.