Man City must get the STRONGEST possible punishment | Football Ramble

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• TO

  @Tomsie · 7 hours ago

  Haaland has to play out the rest of his City contract dressed as Big Bird from Sesame Street.

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• ZO

  @ZoeysJourneys · 7 hours ago

  FOOTBALL SHAMBLE

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• FR

  @francesoxberry6816 · 3 hours ago

  &quot;We still have our memories&quot;<br><br>They&apos;re like someone telling you about a really good R Kelly concert...

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• JO

  @jonb5974 · 7 hours ago

  Andre Onana as keeper for the next 5 years, he has to start every game. They&apos;ll be scarred for life.

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• SH

  @sheenethkennedy · 7 hours ago

  I think it goes a long way to the quality of the ramble that im still listening as a Man City fan. As far as im concerned, if I still have a club to support at any level then im fine. Whatever else happens is fine by me, please remember there are some normal city fans who are a lot angrier at our owners then you could know.

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• LL

  @Llolo75 · 7 hours ago

  Stripping all the titles is not disproportionate, I&apos;m sorry.<br><br>It&apos;s ridiculous and compromises PL going forward if those titles aren&apos;t taken away.

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• DA

  @davebusfield8076 · 6 hours ago

  I know the fit and proper person test has always been a bit of a joke, but how can the ownership be deemed fit and proper persons to own a football club. They lied, they cheated, they covered up after themselves, and they showed no remorse.

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• JE

  @JeffGachihi-d2w · 6 hours ago (edited)

  I’m a corporate lawyer (and been involved in corporate fraud cases). This is my estimation of a reasonable sanctions package. <br><br>- 135 pts deduction (-15 points a season) for each of the 9 years they infringed. <br>- Mandatory relegation to League 2<br>- Stripping of ALL domestic titles won in that period (NO reallocation to runner ups)<br>- £832m disgorgement (for the revenue earned through the fraudulent scheme)<br>- £750m-850m in punitive damages<br>- restriction on financial liability being absorbed by owners/shareholders<br>- 15 year ban from football for Directors involved<br>- Divestiture of ownership from the Abu Dhabi Group if deemed to have failed the Fit &amp; Proper Test (difficult to see how they can pass this).

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• TO

  @tomcoyle7676 · 7 hours ago

  The City ownership have essentially groomed their own fans for almost two decades - the penny is dropping slowly, but there seems to be a lot of love and trust from City fans that&apos;ll take a while to undo

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• AL

  @alastairbaillie3541 · 6 hours ago

  I wonder what the Independent Football Regulator will have to say about all of this since they are newly &nbsp;responsible for governance and financial probity etc in the game. I ask because a lot of this has to do with the integrity of owners...

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• OD

  @Odysseus2302 · 2 hours ago

  Bumping England out the A slot, that’s the 116th charge.

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• JE

  @JeffGachihi-d2w · 6 hours ago

  (For now) it’s still a football matter but if City used the same cooked books to underrepresent their tax liability just wait till HMRC enters the chat…

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