Many people think that this is the result of Manchester City's wealth. But Manchester City really has the handle to be caught, no matter how much money there is.
On Monday morning at 9:30 in the UK local time and at 10:30 Central European time, the Swiss Sports Arbitration Tribunal announced that UEFA’s two-year suspension of Manchester City’s European war will be overturned; UEFA’s 30 million euros against Manchester City The penalty was reduced to 1/3, and Manchester City won. General Lanyue had been sitting in front of the TV for a long time, and when the good news came, cheers were thunderous. One of Guardiola's staff posted the scene of everyone's excitement to the social platform and deleted it. It seems that the club does not want the outside world to feel that they are "too arrogant", further angering UEFA and prompting the latter to fight Manchester City to the end for the sake of face.
Judging from the time when the sports arbitration tribunal announced the verdict, this decision was reached as early as last weekend. Catch up with the weekend, the judge adjourned the sentence until Monday. It may not be accurate to say "a big win", after all, Manchester City has to pay a fine of 10 million euros. But Manchester City doesn't care about money at all. If a deal can be reached before, and the arbitration tribunal is not involved, Manchester City is willing to give it as much. After the appeal is successful, the meaning is to give 10 million, which is a matter of principle rather than purse. To a large extent, this money should be used by Manchester City to pay UEFA’s bureaucrats for “overtime”, “hush money” or any other famous expenses. If you pay the original amount, you will be told that this is a buy-in judgment.
What is the attitude of UEFA? Ten minutes after the sports arbitration tribunal pronounced its verdict, the organization issued a statement that neither said, "We are going to fight to the end!", nor did it say "This is the end of the matter, not as an example." But it doesn't hurt or itchy: "We understand this, understand that." The end of the statement is interesting: "In the past few years, UEFA’s Financial Review System (FFP) has played an important role in protecting clubs and helping them to sustainably develop their operations. UEFA and the European Club Association still Uphold the spirit of financial review. We will not comment on the judgment for the time being." The vernacular is that UEFA was slapped with a big mouth, covered his face and said: "Oh, you see it this way, damn you really decided the case like this? But we It’s all for the club’s sake, and we will continue to review it. Oh oh oh. "Whether UEFA will continue to tear down with Manchester City depends on the determination of Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern and Juventus. If these four giants are not reconciled to a fiasco, the case will be appealed to the Swiss Federal Court.
Why will UEFA win the European Club Association?
European Club Association (hereinafter referred to as "European Club") is the result of the G14 being recruited by UEFA in the 1990s. G14 represents the interests of the European football giants. For politically correct considerations, after changing the sign, they will expand their "business scope" to professional clubs across Europe. In other words, the giants will also include the original loose supply chain. The overall operational framework. UEFA's promotion of the UEFA Clubs is nothing but a hint: they forced me to do it, and I can't help it. We tried our best. If the European Clubs Association wants to make trouble, we will sue ourselves!
The sports arbitration tribunal overturned the suspension. The first is that the time limit has expired and the old case should not be used again. The second is that Manchester City only cooperated with the investigation with a "bad attitude". No, you have tried Manchester City once, settled out of court, fined a large sum of silver, and then took this out to make cold rice. Who would give you a good face? According to the analysis of industry legal experts, there is little chance that UEFA will appeal to the Swiss Federal Court, otherwise the Sports Arbitration Tribunal would not be so firm.
Next, the problem will be transferred to the Premier League, but the Premier League will not continue to entangle with Manchester City. It was after UEFA issued a ticket that the Premier League expressed its intention to investigate. Since the UEFA case was thrown out by the Sports Tribunal, how can the Premier League still have strong reasons? The Sports Arbitration Tribunal has made it clear: Manchester City has not concealed anything in terms of revenue and expenditure, the past is over, stop making trouble. Although the Premier League is neither a beneficiary nor a victim of the verdict, why bother with irrelevant interest groups? Putting it into a broader context, the four giants, UEFA, siege of Manchester City, is also an indirect persecution of the Premier League. The Premier League is rich and poses a threat to the four giants' monopoly on human resources in the transfer market. Attacking Manchester City will indirectly weakenThe ability of the Premier League to compete for talent. In the food chain, Manchester City is the second high-end link, the team grabbed the four giants. If there is no European war, it will contend with the Premier League team.
The English Premier League’s copyright sales determine their position. The Premier League can leave other leagues behind, mainly because the Premier League has many masters, the competition is extremely fierce, and hot money is willing to invest. If Manchester City loses, their stars will be scattered, which will greatly affect the copyright of the Premier League. The ones that can make a difference in the Champions League now are Manchester City and Liverpool. Why should the Premier League self-mutilate and weaken its signature? Many people think that this is the result of Manchester City's wealth. But Manchester City really has the handle to be caught, no matter how much money there is.
UEFA’s suspension order was overturned. An important part is that UEFA does not adopt Manchester City’s official materials and prefers information provided by football hackers. In terms of procedural justice, this is fatal. Another important reason for Manchester City is that they have not made any effort: financial review hinders free competition and hinders investment. In case UEFA really passed the case to the Federal Court, will Manchester City include the overturn of the financial review as an overall strategy to protest? Manchester City spent money at that time, not now. Manchester City Chairman Mubarak has already said that the fine can be the best in the world and play with UEFA for ten years. It's just that now that there is no "grind" yet, why bother to call "ghosts"?
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