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We remember the banter #COYG
Charges or no charges, guilty or not guilty Liverpool and their fans will always spread nyash for City.
Smelling like relegation…
Manchester City will argue the so-called 'tagged' sponsorship payments (totalling £830m) came from the Abu Dhabi Government not their owner (ADUG). This applies to State-controlled entities such as Etihad and Etisalat. Yet Etihad has previously refuted AD Government funding as "false".
City can point to an internal report written for the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi in 2010 which concluded the Abu Dhabi Government did indeed cover the sponsorship of Manchester City. The report was not intended for external publication.
In their UEFA case, City denied the Etihad (or any other) sponsorship funds came from any other source other than a direct payment. Sheikh Mansour provided a letter which read: "I have not authorised ADUG to make any payments to Etihad, Etisalat or any of their affiliates in relation to their sponsorship of MCFC."
In 2015, the 'Partnership for Open and Fair Skies' wrote to the US departments of Commerce, Transportation and State arguing Etihad gained a competitive advantage due to receiving huge sums from the Abu Dhabi Government. They allude to the internal report referenced above, which appears to confirm this.
Yet Etihad's response was: "The assertion that the Abu Dhabi Government paid for Etihad’s sponsorship of English Premier League football club Manchester City is equally false.
"In 2011 Etihad and Manchester City entered into a 10-year sponsorship agreement, which included naming rights for Manchester City’s stadium. Etihad funded this sponsorship from its own liquidity. It is not uncommon for airlines to have sponsorships with sports teams and their venues."
Etihad's denial the Abu Dhabi Government helped pay for their sponsorship goes against City's core argument, according to the verdict, that "AD Sponsors had from time to time applied for financial assistance from the AD Government towards their liability to pay the Recorded Sponsorship Fees."
Due to redacted names, multiple sponsors, and the phrase 'from time to time', City could make a case for other sponsors, but Etihad's on-record denial doesn't help the club's position, according to multiple legal sources spoken to.
Worth also reiterating, the panel, having reviewed the evidence already provided, already concluded any notion the Abu Dhabi Government not ADUG paid the tagged sums was "concocted well after the event".
Stoke lost the 2011 FA Cup final having to face players like Yaya Toure, David Silva, Mario Balotelli and Carlos Tevez which should’ve been purchased fairly but you want to act like it’s just Arsenal, Liverpool & Man Utd that you lot have cheated… madness!!
First song I liked once I pressed play on my discman
“Allure” by JAY-Z is probably all he needed to be the 1st rapper inducted into the Songwriters Hall Of Fame.
It’s arguably the most accurate account of being a drug dealer.
“I put my feet in the footprints left to me,
Without saying a word, the ghetto’s got a mental telepathy” 😮💨
He spoke on “all the Chrissies in different cities” who let niggas put cars in their name. He even went further & spoke about the wife of a drug dealer who finds out she’s actually the mistress after he dies.
The plot thickens…
🚨🇬🇧 NEW: An investigation has found that Manchester City has failed to pay around £12 million in tax
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mAn CiTy saAAveD fOoTbALL 🤪🤪
This was Arséne Wenger's Arsenal strongest Starting Lineup when Abu Dhabi purchased Manchester City in 2008.
In 2008, Arsenal Football Club were valued at £600m and Manchester City valued at £200m.
Over the next 6 years, Manchester City had signed 50% of the outfield players from this very Arsenal team on massive wages, unaffordable to Arsenal.
➖ Gael Clichy
➖ Bakary Sagna.
➖ Kolo Toure
➖ Emmanuel Adebayor
➖ Samir Nasri
All financed by illegal financial doping.
When you hear about Premier League teams preparing to sue Manchester City for damages if City loose their appeal, you will think those clubs are just jealous of City's recent success.
It's not about being jealous, Manchester City really stepped on other Club's toes while building their own history.
Sure thing bud…tell me what success Arsenal were having when Stewart Downing’s penalty went in?…























