FIFA Corruption Thread

[Kenneth]

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

[baitman]

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

[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.

[Pablo]

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

[Mark79]

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

[Shaggy]

Absolutely up to their necks in it

[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.

[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.

[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.

[Irishnev]

Some nice noise pre game for them

[Norbs]

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.

They'll wriggle out of it again. I think last time they threatened a counter action and FIFA bottled it, it is all about the money to them after all.

[Exiled_red]

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

Is any of that new? I'm sure I have read all of that before in some form, why has it taken so long to produce nothing new?

[vlahka]

4 years investigating. Absolutely nothing done. Why even pretend.

[Big Dave]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/61810148

I would think that the footballing world will be watching this with interest!

I can't imagine it will come to much, which may push the super league plans forward a little

[ChesterDave]

Blue Moon will be moist with anger.