Man City get a two year Champions League ban.

@Burnley123 Can't see it happening. I mean it SHOULD ! And Man.City, of ALL clubs MUST know the rules and the possible consequences.....but that'll be a large slice of cash missing from the competition if they go.

@Nyloncapes Man United are also kind of going in the right direction with a better transfer policy. They need a better coach. I agree that Chelsea look best placed to improve in the next two years.

@Picklebobble2 This is good stuff from David Conn. It looks like City showed arrogant contempt for the rules and their emails were probably hacked by an ex employee.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/feb/14/leaked-emails-and-invoices-led-to-manchester-city-ban-from-champions-league-europe-uefa

@Burnley123 The scandal you are probably talking about had more to do with player brokers and a lot of shady deals. And 2 referees that started wearing fancy watches over night 😅 It wasn't just Anderlecht, a number of clubs that these brokers work with. And after a year of research, things are slowly moving to a cover up I guess. Because I don't see anny big trials comming up. But I hope they do clean house if they enough evidence.

A few years back, we had a Chinese guy who fixed some matches.

And there is always shady stuff with non paying there taxes or having weird financial constructions.

I'm amazed that in a big competition like the English one there haven't been more things comming to light. Because the pressure is really big, there is loads of money involved, ... and frankly, you guys have a lot of matches that your top teams play each year.

@Kwek00 Yes all of that. Basically we are the most free market country and have the most lax financial rules. Its not like the fan ownership and strict spending regulations that german clubs get. Its allowed the league to get huge but so many teams are in massive debt or depend on benefactors.

If uefa hadn't done this, nobody in England would.

@Burnley123 Too much money, after a while it sours the milk 😅

@RodionRomanovitch lol. Well you've had to wait long enough. I don't even remember watching the last Liverpool title winning side.

City have one hope of retaining superclub status and that is to get the ban overturned. If not, they will lose pep and star players to emerge from the tunnel at Tottenham or arsenal level.

@Burnley123 They were never a superclub mate. You need a decent fanbase for that and they can't even sell out the Etihad a lot of the time.

Since 2008 their [b]net[/b] spend is £1.2 billion. That's double the next nearest (Real Madrid) and [b]four times [/b] what we spent.

Their success was bought , plain and simple.

https://www.givemesport.com/1481851-the-top-20-spenders-in-europe-since-2008-man-city-top-by-a-distance

(Incredibly Everton even make it into that list ! )

@RodionRomanovitch I think Real Madrid have a higher wage bill but yeah. Everyone knows where the money came from. If thr owners can no longer break the rules and they have no champions league revenue then there is no way they retain this level of team.

@Burnley123 I am sure you are aware of this but Burnley was listed as 18th! Your performance is Between impressive and amazing. The power of organization?

@monte3 Yes absolury. Sean Dyche is a good coach. We don't entertain much but hard to play against.

@Platinum It's a tough life being Pep

Now they are saying man city might get points deducted from the premier ....@Burnley123

@Platinum Wow. House of cards comes tumbling down. This reminds me of what happened to Marseille in the Bernard Tapie era or Juventus after the bribery scandal. One minute on top of the world, then a ruling means everything collapses.

@Harmonium1923 It's not clear yet but the short answer is probably yes. As a Burnley fan, we now have an outside chance of Europa league football which is ridiculous. Sheffield United are champions league contenders.

@Nyloncapes You never know, that could happen. If the ruling is upheld they probably will get a points penalty from the league, but that means nothing cos they can't catch Liverpool or get relegated.

Should they be asked to rescind their league titles, if they won them breaking the rules? I think they should.

@Nyloncapes In a fair world that should be the ultimate punishment. But then. If you [i]knew[/i] what you were doing, why stop at one league ?
Serious offenders need serious punishments t discourage others from doing the same.

@Harriet03 OK. Let's see

@Burnley123 I'll bet you a SW gift of your choice!!

@Harriet03 It's worth less than a betting coupon for David Moyes winning the Champions League.

@Abbyrose How is Sarri doing?

We’ve had a few good games this season but the last few, everybody except Ronaldo and Dybala have looked like traffic cones out there. No tactics, no organization @Burnley123

@Abbyrose Sarri was never popular at Chelsea though their fans are notoriously hard to please and the results weren't terrible. Over here, betting odds say Guardiola is odds on to leave at the end of the season and he's been everywhere else to Juve and PSG look like the two options.

@thatscottishguy FUCK ✊

@thatscottishguy Breaking news is Guardiola and half the team have just signed for Rangers.

@Burnley123 So the new Rangers overspend and die just like the old club.

@luctoretemergo Broke ffp rules and spent vastly in excess of earnings. Its footballs rule against oligarch owners. Surprised to see it enforced.

Sorry man...(if your a fan)….I don't know much about UK Football but I know the Gallagher brothers love Man City...love to hear what they have to say! :) @Burnley123

@luctoretemergo I'm not a city fan and I think they deserve it.