14 Mar 2026 15:02:48
Any ed, please help the bewildered and confused.
Will the Premier League ever get round to addressing the issue of man City's chargers.
In the Unlikely event that they ever do, it will be done only if it saves spurs from the drop. The Premier League is corrupt as F. k.
{Ed025's Note - if it does happen AB I expect it to be a fine of some sort mate. And yes it is corruption.
15 Mar 2026 11:16:30
They can't afford to do anything to City. City's lawyers would bankrupt the Prem before a resolution was ever reached.
Year upon year, the Premiership is getting worse, and true football supporters are being priced out of it. The costs go up and the product gets poorer.
Just look at how our so-called top teams are doing in Europe right now.
Soon, we will have the top twelve teams qualifying for some made-up European competition, and this will eventually lead to European leagues, which will lead to the death of English football as we know it.
15 Mar 2026 15:01:17
If they do nothing to them bar a fine, what are the chances we can sue the Prem for discrimination of sorts, get 10 points reinstated and be handed a fine instead.?
Of course it won’t happen, but it’s a farce to treat teams differently for breaking the rules.
City and Chelsea won’t have anything done to them. I also wonder what is lurking in the closets of Liverpool, Arsenal, Utd, or any team who has possibly gained the system. The millions of debt clubs have racked up must have something dodgy about how FFP has been managed, or more how they haven’t fallen foul of it.
I worked as an auditor for a multi-million pound company, and they were always using 'clever' financing to avoid fines. Their competitors were at it also. It was always about how clever your accountant was at gaining the system. I'd be very surprised if football clubs weren't at it.
Moshiri screwed up, got caught and complied with the league's investigations. City and Chelsea have been found out, say they are complying, but we are years down the line and nothing.
Treat all clubs the same. We know that won’t happen.
{Ed001's Note - it is gaming, not gaining by the way. But Chelsea, to be fair to them, were not caught, their new owners coming in self-reported past issues.}
15 Mar 2026 16:08:54
Cheers Ed01. Clearly not enough 'gaming' in my youth to fully understand the meaning!
What's your take on it all? Will it ever get resolved? Is it City, Chelsea, the Prem League or a mixture of them causing the delay?
My understanding with the City situation is the evidence showing the corruption came from leaks so is deemed unlawful and can't be used. That is probably just rumour but you'd have thought someone would have unearthed something concrete by now.
I worry that theorem League might try and sweep the Chelsea one under the carpet and pass it off as Abramovic era corruption so won't punish the new owners. That's just my opinion, nothing factual to base that on. If the new owners volunteered the evidence, I would have thought it was more of an open and shut case and dealt with by now.
{Ed001's Note - it is one of those sayings, like damp squib, that people often misheard. I didn't mean to be pedantic but I just thought it makes more sense when you say gaming rather than gaining.
City are dragging it out, I expect them to get away with just a slap on the wrists in the end, disgracefully. The initial evidence came from a hack but that opened an investigation by UEFA which had confirmed all the charges, just that Citeh got away with it because they were time barred from being found guilty. The Prem doesn't have a time limit on charges, so they should have already been dealt with, however the appetite to really take on the wealthiest club of all is not there imo.
The Chelsea one is difficult because of the circumstances, but I think the same as you and it will just be a other slap on the wrists.}
15 Mar 2026 20:16:39
Cheers for your insight Ed01.
I hope we are proved wrong and someone grows a spine to take on City and Chelsea properly. Sadly, I don't think there is anyone left with any morals and they will get away with it.
I've no problem with you being pedantic it's a deep-seeded feeling some people have to be right and I don't mind being an escape goat in this case. In all intensive purposes, I take your case and point
(Apparently, it's called an Eggcorn - never realised that)
{Ed001's Note - that made me properly laugh out loud, thank you!}