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Bucket list project ✅
Worked directly with @Arsenal on the tifo display against Chelsea. Tasked with creating the typography for the ”newspaper” headline.
A proud moment I will cherish forever! ❤️
Shoutout to @LowerNorthBank & @REDactionAFC
That’s not the point Adam, & you bloody well know it too.
City don’t have an army of football tourists to occupy every empty seat when locals don’t go like the other big PL clubs.
UCL group stage prices have nearly doubled in the last few years, wages have not. No football fans should be attacking other fans for taking a night off.
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Andreas Pedersen retweeted
Joe Cole was talking absolute nonsense today about what Manchester City have done. All this crap spoken about the so called red cartel. Let’s get it right Man Utd, Liverpool and Arsenal are the 3 biggest clubs in England by some distance. The reason for that is all 3 clubs have
Andreas Pedersen retweeted
When the rules weren't in place he almost destroyed Palace. Since they were in place Palace have had their longest period in the top flight and won 3 trophies.
Andreas Pedersen retweeted
‼️ City Are Guilty. Now Make the Punishment Fit the Crime
I’ve written a lot about the Manchester City case over the years and people have often asked me the same question:
What punishment would you impose if the findings survive appeal?
Well, here it is.
Finish this Premier League season, but impose a points deduction sufficient to guarantee relegation and, subject to acceptance, allow the EFL to place them wherever they see fit.
Then:
- No parachute payments.
- 30 point deduction the following season.
- 20 points the season after that.
- 10 points the season after that.
- Three years of severe transfer spending restrictions.
- Strip the domestic honours directly affected, including those after the initial investigatory period, and leave them vacant. No retrospective champions.
- Pay compensation where rival clubs can demonstrate genuine financial loss.
And finally, any owners, directors or senior executives implicated in the wrongdoing (potentially: Sheikh Mansour, Khaldoon Al Mubarak, Ferran Soriano, Danny Wilson, Claire Catlin, Txiki Begiristain etc.) should face the regulator’s suitability process and, where they fail it, be banned from English football.
I don’t want Manchester City Football Club destroyed forever. City supporters, Liam Gallagher included, didn’t devise financial schemes or sit around boardroom tables constructing sham arrangements.
I want the competitive advantage gained through years of rule breaking destroyed, and those responsible held accountable.
One enormous points deduction followed by promotion and business as usual wouldn’t cut it.
The consequences should follow City for years.
Because if nine seasons of serious financial wrongdoing can ultimately be overcome with one bad season and a large cheque, what deterrent is there?
Make the punishment hurt. Make it last. Make sure nobody ever considers doing it again.
Andreas Pedersen retweeted
The lad unintentionally explained the exact mechanism of how sportswashing works😀
The core strategy of sportswashing isn't to buy a club and run it poorly or purely for ego. The strategy is for a state linked actor to use vast wealth to do a boss job of running a club and uplifting the surrounding community. By supporting thousands of jobs, building world class venues, and delivering relentless sporting success, the ownership successfully purchases the fierce, unshakeable loyalty of the fanbase and the local government.
Once that deep goodwill is established, it acts as a powerful geopolitical shield. When international observers criticise the UAE's human rights record, or when the Premier League investigates the club's financial practices, the ownership barely needs to defend itself. An entire army of fans and local stakeholders will step up to defend them, because their daily lives have genuinely been improved by the state's money. The "washing" is successful precisely because the local investment is so undeniably good.
Andreas Pedersen retweeted
Seeing as there are people who are still defending them:
Revenue in 2007/08 - before Abu Dhabi:
United - £256.2m
Arsenal - £207.3m
Liverpool - £159.1m
City - £82.3m
Revenue in 2017/18 - the final season covered by the breaches:
United - £590.0m
City - £500.5m
Liverpool - £455.1m
Arsenal - £385.9m
Revenue growth:
City +508%
Liverpool +186%
United +130%
Arsenal +86%
So City’s revenue growth was THREE TIMES Liverpool’s, nearly FOUR TIMES United’s and nearly SIX TIMES Arsenal’s.
”Because they won everything”, no they didn’t.
At the time they weren’t more succesful than the clubs mentioned.
United matched City’s haul of major domestic trophies from 2008/09 onwards and Arsenal won more FA Cups (3vs1)
United reached three CL finals, winning one of them.
Liverpool reached the 2018 final, Arsenal reached a semi-final.
City?
No CL finals.
ONE CL semi-final, in 2015/16.
And by 2017/18 their matchday revenue was still COMFORTABLY the lowest of the four:
United - £109.8m
Arsenal - £99m
Liverpool - £81m
City - £56.7m
Yet we’re supposed to believe that City’s total revenue exploded from £82.3m to £500.5m, surpassing both Arsenal and Liverpoo, who had built their status as top clubs for decades, was completely normal and organic?
Laughable.
Financial data: @valuball
Andreas Pedersen retweeted
We do not own a football club but if you punish this football club that we do not own we will punish you
Exclusive with @AlexDooler @DNair5
UAE officials have warned the UK government that the severity of Man City’s punishment could undermine their appetite for future grand-scale commitments in Britain, according to people familiar with the matter
They consider the Premier League’s actions to have an influence on the bilateral state relationship, the people said, asking not to be identified discussing undisclosed information
The extraordinary pressure comes after Andy Burnham faced criticism, including from within government, for saying Man City’s Abu Dhabi owners should not be disqualified specifically because of the investment they bring to Britain
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Andreas Pedersen retweeted
Don’t think he has x to tag him but honestly could not have put this better myself 👏
Husam on @TFTerraceMedia @terryflewers
Full video:
youtube.com/live/XlEJM0jKihY…
Andreas Pedersen retweeted
Ornstein on the overlap said people who have looked into the City case are baffled, they did not even need to cheat when they did, or nowhere near to the level that they did.
They could have got legal sponsors who paid a lot of money etc, they still had room to comply with FFP.
So in short, this nonsense that FFP hindered them is complete bullshit.
City just wanted to do it "now" no waiting, no building, they cheated massively to destroy the league, when they did not even need to.
So any argument about FFP is futile.
Andreas Pedersen retweeted
There’s something I don’t understand about the Manchester City defence.
On one hand, we’re told: “We didn’t cheat. We are innocent. Trust Khaldoon.”
On the other: “The financial rules prevent smaller clubs from competing with the established elite and need changing.”
But Manchester City went from being outside England’s established financial elite to becoming one of the richest and most successful clubs in world football.
So which argument are we making?
If the ffp/psr rules genuinely made that rise impossible, how did City achieve it while supposedly remaining entirely within those rules?
Had this stand for awhile, and this article make it even more clear – @Arsenal having ties with Emirates Airlines is dispicable.
We have taken down our paywall for 48 hours - for you to enjoy some of our reporting about Manchester City.
First up - The men behind Manchester City: The dark side
By Nick McGeehan
josimarfootball.com/2018/08/…
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Asterisk FC
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Manchester City found guilty on virtually all charges relating to breaches of Premier League financial regulations. #MCFC expected to appeal against verdict issued by independent commission. Sanctions undecided, process ongoing @TheAthleticFC nytimes.com/athletic/7049721…
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HUGE NEWS
Exc: Mikel Arteta reaches agreement with Arsenal over new long-term contract. Existing deal expires at the end of the season but fresh terms set to take him into a decade at the Emirates. bbc.co.uk/sport/football/art…
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Andreas Pedersen retweeted
Strip away the conspiracy arguments and there's a very legitimate question at the heart of the PRO Ref debate:
Who independently scrutinises the people responsible for policing Premier League matches?
Potential conflicts of interest, opaque VAR processes, limited external scrutiny and no genuinely independent integrity body overseeing refereeing.
In a competition involving billions of pounds, that's an extraordinary governance weakness. You don't need to prove corruption to demand safeguards against it.
Independent oversight should be the minimum, and that accountability must extend right to the top. Howard Webb cannot be beyond scrutiny. As the man leading the refereeing operation, he must ultimately be held to account for systemic failures under his watch.
A rebrand isn't reform. Independent oversight, transparency and accountability are, and where standards repeatedly fail, those responsible must be brought to book. @JBurtTelegraph @JacobsBen @garyjacob @SamiMokbel_BBC @martynziegler @DaleJohnsonBBC
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