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Probably an indication of what’s to come for Man City
£10.75m fine & no transfer ban or points deduction 

Understand during the current Chelsea owners due diligence when buying from Abramovich they self reported that payments had been made off the books by Putins bag man to thwart FFP
After years they get a meaningless fine & a light tap on the wrist
 

Fauxstralian wrote: ↑17 Mar 2026, 10:17 To be fair Everton & Leicester were straight forward cases..

Chelseas is a different sort of case but was blatant deliberate cheating 

Massive Attack" wrote: ↑17 Mar 2026, 10:08

El Scorchio" wrote: ↑16 Mar 2026, 14:12 One rule for Leicester and Everton, one rule for Chelsea and likely Man City

That's what it all boils down too. And we look like utter mugs to play by the book like good little boys by agreeing to tie our own hands up as the likes of Chelsea run amok as they piss all over the rulebook.

I say fuck their new SCR rules and get creative by cooking the books ourselves so to gain a competitive edge, if that's the way it's going to be. Then once we've had a decade of taking the piss, simply chuck the Premier League an Email after to say, "oops we've been a bit naughty Guv!", knowing full well we won't get a point deduction/transfer ban, whilst keeping a couple of bob in the coffers so to grease their palms later.. 

 

To be fair Everton & Leicester were straight forward cases
You lose more than allowed over 3 years & you are in breach
Everton were in breach twice and got a smaller penalty the second time 
Should have been 20pts for the first & 40 for a second offence

Chelseas is a different sort of case but was blatant deliberate cheating that enable them to sign Hazard & others & win things
Should have been a fine of double the £47m of illegal payments made, a 50 point deduction & a 3 year transfer ban

El Scorchio" wrote: ↑16 Mar 2026, 14:12 One rule for Leicester and Everton, one rule for Chelsea and likely Man City

“Money talks. Money talks. Dirty Cash I want you. Dirty Cash I need you. Oh’o.”

The Chelsea fine? Token. A procedural shrug dressed up as enforcement. “Self-reporting” shouldn’t be a discount code. It's the same club and they did nothing about it for years.

Meanwhile, the long-running case against Manchester City drifts on, increasingly out of sync with a "FFP" rulebook that’s about to change anyway. By the time anything lands, the new Squad Cost Ratio rules will be in place and it risks feeling like yesterday’s problem, judged by yesterday’s standards, with tomorrow’s rules already upon us.

And then there’s Newcastle United: the takeover that still raises uncomfortable questions about ownership tests and where lines are actually drawn when serious money is involved.

For clubs outside the so-called elite, the pattern is hard to ignore: complexity, delay and outcomes that rarely match the scale of the issue. Whether intentional or not, it creates the impression of one set of consequences for the biggest players, and another for everyone else.

Regulation only works if it’s timely, transparent and consistently applied. Right now, it all looks negotiable if you have a large enough chequebook.

Graham Poll
Typical English referee. Arrogant, incompetent & a cheat

With his famous 3 yellow cards in the Australia  v Croatia 2006 World Cup match he booked Simonovic of Croatia the second time & didn’t send him off because he said he wrote the player down as Australian (despite him wearing the distinctive table cloth shirt) because he had an Australian accent
Australia had already qualified with the 2-2 so he disallowed Viduka scoring with the last kick as he said time was up just after the ball had left his boot

It's an odd one isn't. It's run by the 20 teams that make the rules up, break the rules, take themselves to court, punish themselves. Does not really surprise me. Even the ones more or less following the rules, probably have some interest in not following the rules. 

Think that cսnt even wrote about it in his book, which would deffo be on the back of the cistern in my gaff!

That reminds me, remember when that cսnt Graham Poll took part with Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink in a free kick against us?

Same old shit, different punishments depending on who you are. Cunts.

95 North - Let Yourself Go" wrote: ↑16 Mar 2026, 17:40 Makes a mockery of FFP 

The easiest and far more rewarding action the Ref should have done at that precise moment they all leant forward during the huddle was to let rip a right proper stinky fart. 

Makes a mockery of FFP - would be better to have them go and start up the LIV/European Super League with the other corrupt collaborators (Real Madrid, Barcelona etc). Cup Finals in Dubai and Away Days in Jeddah!

That was a ludicrous situation
The ref should have told them to move away or I will book all of you
 

Even the refs join in their pre match huddle to discuss tactics!

it's like a league within a league, where a select group of teams are allowed to do what they want, spend what they want, have most officials in their pocket, and pay no meaningful penalty for breaking the rules. 

Gank wrote: ↑16 Mar 2026, 14:53 They grassed themselves up, and it wasn't actually them, that would explain the cursory punishment. This won't be a reflection of what we can expect to happen (and what has happened) to genuine cheaters.

Boehly could pay that fine from all the shrapnel down the back of his fucking sofa.

They grassed themselves up, and it wasn't actually them, that would explain the cursory punishment. This won't be a reflection of what we can expect to happen (and what has happened) to genuine cheaters.

C(orrupt) FC get away with a tap on the hand for blatant cheating. Always got to look after the money grabbing wankers.  

Ridiculous fine, cheaper to break the rules and pay the fine than to comply with FFP. 

They must of gained an advantage 10 times the sum of £10m by signing those players and getting round FFP. 

The latest evidence that the game is well and truly gone

One rule for Leicester and Everton, one rule for Chelsea and likely Man City

Ridiculous punishment.

Looks like City will all get an expenses paid holidays to the Maldives.

CUNTS