FIFA Corruption Thread

[Irishnev]

Some nice noise pre game for them

[Pablo]

Absolutely up to their necks in it

Its a bit like the Tory party corruption. Its absolutely rife, everyone knows it (apart from the loons on bluemoon), but you give up caring about it because you know nothing will ever be done about it. ****e.

[Mark79]

Points 1 and 2 there were already established in the FIFA investigation weren’t they?

City got away with it because of some loophole in charges needing to be made within a time frame that had just expired. Largely because City delayed the investigation by being uncooperative.

[baitman]

https://twitter.com/sportingintel/st...41095068278784

This is from the twitter feed, der speigel...

https://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/sponsorship-money-paid-for-by-the-state-a-2ad5b586-1d82-4a21-8065-f3c081cd91a4

Manchester City's Cozy Ties to Abu Dhabi
Sponsorship Money – Paid for by the State
Since the sanctions imposed on Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich, links between English football clubs and authoritarian states have been in the spotlight. Internal documents show that Manchester City has received funding from a government agency in Abu Dhabi.
Read the full article in the link.

[Shaggy]

Absolutely up to their necks in it

[Mark79]

[ame]https://twitter.com/sportingintel/status/1512041095068278784[/ame]

[Pablo]

[ame]https://twitter.com/derWinterbach/status/1288841023930564610[/ame]

[Pablo]

https://www.spiegel.de/sport/cas-urteil-zu-manchester-city-interne-mails-stellen-zeugenaussagen-in-frage-a-9ce67020-5f9e-4c3b-b307-cc855f04c0c7

Use Google Translate.

I don't care what the CAS verdict is, they are the dodgiest club in the world.

[baitman]

Are uefa and their corruption (city backhanders) included in this thread?

[Kenneth]

https://www.spiegel.de/sport/cas-urteil-zu-manchester-city-interne-mails-stellen-zeugenaussagen-in-frage-a-9ce67020-5f9e-4c3b-b307-cc855f04c0c7

[Fivex]

What’s the Spiegel stuff?

[dom9]

[ame]https://twitter.com/sportingintel/status/1288859988199239682[/ame]

[Kenneth]

He was known to be the bent choice to replace the previous criminal, the organisation has no shame.

[Alex]

Of course they have. Why cant people just stop being dickheads at FIFA.

[dom9]

[ame]https://twitter.com/tariqpanja/status/1288819598725468161[/ame]