How Arsenal or Everton could replace City in next years Champions League

PaddyG · April 15, 2014

http://metro.co.uk/2014/04/15/how-a...ue-place-through-financial-fair-play-4699511/

Doubt this would be allowed to happen but thought it was worth a read.

"At this time, expulsion from the Champions League is not reportedly on the table."

Deloodid · April 15, 2014

this week alone, there has been some of the most unprofessional journalism ive ever seen,

is it all about reporting there ideas than reporting facts? about p*ssing people off so the website gets hits rather than reporting the truth. find a non story and making it into a story for there own agenda.

4737carlin · April 16, 2014

Cant see that, only way City would get kicked out and 5th shoe horned in would be for Liverpool to lose every game they have left and drop out the top 4!!

Be great funny if they did this but to be honest i would rather be 4th and get in than go in through a back door

Michael Tsui · April 16, 2014

In short:
1. UEFA need to find Citeh guilty for violating FFP
2. Their violation is seriously enough for a ban, or either Everton or Arsenal appeals to make it a ban.
3. Assuming Citeh will go to CAS if they are not allowed to play in CL, CAS uphold the ban.

Note that it will already be August if Citeh goes to CAS.

Ring master · April 16, 2014

Wont happen,and probably never will,be warning or at worst transfer ban,

peteblue · April 16, 2014

Is this what football has become, qualifying through the Law Courts........

SerenityNigh · April 16, 2014

Deloodid said:
this week alone, there has been some of the most unprofessional journalism ive ever seen,

is it all about reporting there ideas than reporting facts? about p*ssing people off so the website gets hits rather than reporting the truth. find a non story and making it into a story for there own agenda.

Reporting ideas is legitimate, if the ideas are legitimate.

RFUS · April 16, 2014

peteblue said:
Is this what football has become, qualifying through the Law Courts........

No, football has become about money. Put money in, get trophies out.

What's that? You don't have a bored oligarch sitting in the director's box? Well then have fun scrapping around mid-table for 20 years!

I welcome any attempts to curb this trend or at least try and control it. But FFP is a gesture at best, with no real substance. Money rules all.

tsubaki · April 16, 2014

Ring master said:
Wont happen,and probably never will,be warning or at worst transfer ban,

There are precedents for banning teams from Europe if their finances are not in order - Malaga probably the most recent - and it is hard to see what other punishment is ever going to work as an incentive not to spunk millions of pounds that a club doesnt have. City should be banned for at least a season, if not for failing FFP then because of the laughable financial trickery they have indulged in to try and disguise how much they are failing it by.

Though of course it will probably take the "big" clubs being hammered by the likes of City, PSG and Chelsea for a few seasons in a row before it ever gets properly looked at.

Ring master · April 16, 2014

tsubaki said:
There are precedents for banning teams from Europe if their finances are not in order - Malaga probably the most recent - and it is hard to see what other punishment is ever going to work as an incentive not to spunk millions of pounds that a club doesnt have. City should be banned for at least a season, if not for failing FFP then because of the laughable financial trickery they have indulged in to try and disguise how much they are failing it by.

Though of course it will probably take the "big" clubs being hammered by the likes of City, PSG and Chelsea for a few seasons in a row before it ever gets properly looked at.

That's why i said i dont think it would happen,can see it going down legal roads etc,then if city got away with it,teams in 5th etc might go to court saying its unfair etc,and it going on for ages-i see that as a very last resort,they should be banned though,but be surprised if it happened

Deloodid · April 16, 2014

Man City will get a fine for having to much money and spending it unfairly.

and the fine will be about 25k

does that sound fair?

moyeslovechild · April 16, 2014

Deloodid said:
Man City will get a fine for having to much money and spending it unfairly.

and the fine will be about 25k

does that sound fair?

no mate,

tsubaki · April 16, 2014

Ring master said:
That's why i said i dont think it would happen,can see it going down legal roads etc,then if city got away with it,teams in 5th etc might go to court saying its unfair etc,and it going on for ages-i see that as a very last resort,they should be banned though,but be surprised if it happened

Oh it will be a mess, the problem for UEFA and City though is that if it goes to a court case they will lose. Whether it is better to get £30-40 million compensation or a CL place (and a reform of the system which means it cannot happen again) is perhaps an interesting question.

edit: of course there is always the lesser option of booting City into the qualifying rounds, and promoting the team that finishes 4th to the group stage.....