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If I’ve ever liked one of your tweets, you’re not special.
Actually, you are. You’re more special than me, which is all anyone can hope for in life, really. 😘
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Nothing to do with the animal. Arktikos, meaning "near the bear" is named after the Great Bear (Ursa Major) constellation that shines over the far north. "Antarctic" , meaning "opposite the bear," because the Greeks reasoned that a southern pole must exist opposite.
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Relegation is literally the least of their problems now.
Infact, the PL could literally just say "We've lit the match, we aren't bothering with a punishment, everyone help yourselves"
Take away the football pitch and look at what they have been charged with as a business / company.
Tax avoidance, money laundering, fraud, tampering with evidence and many many more.
They could literally just hand it over to authorities and say "you deal with them"
Do you think HMRC are going to look at Citys football punishment and say "Yeah, that's fair enough" Not a chance in hell.
They will be hit with every penalty possible, criminal charges, lawsuits from every football club who has played in the same league, or competition as City in the last 18 years....
There is no escape for them, I am baffled some people still think there won't be much of a punishment.
Not only did they cheat. They cheated knowingly for years, they cheated on an industrial scale, to artificially grow the club. This is worse than if 5 of their players got caught doping. They were financially doping for years and years. Not only did they cheat, they’ve lied and blocked the investigation and tried to hide their cheating.
Relegation is the bare minimum, then hope all clubs sue them senseless.
Guardiola is getting so much flak, and deservedly so, but Roberto Mancini deserves more than I see him getting too.
Mancini held 2 contracts during his time at Manchester City. The official agreement provided him with a basic salary of €1.69M net per year.
The 2nd was a supplementary deal with Al Jazira, an Abu Dhabi club also owned by Sheikh Mansour, who paid him €2.03M for doing consultancy work for just 4 days a year. [@Gazzetta_it]
The guy took 16 hours where he could’ve contacted his sources for info regarding City.
16 hours, and he chose Rodri claiming Man City are innocent, after being found guilty.
Fraud.
🚨 Rodri on Manchester City charges: “What we did, they cannot take it out of us. It's something that is not paid by money”.
“It's paid with effort, with partnership, with being shoulder to shoulder every day…”.
@BeanymanSports 🎥
And his very first tweets about City are quoting Rodri.
I see you. Bought and paid for.
Soulless.
🚨 Rodri on Manchester City charges: “What we did, they cannot take it out of us. It's something that is not paid by money”.
“It's paid with effort, with partnership, with being shoulder to shoulder every day…”.
@BeanymanSports 🎥
Brilliant news! But it’s been such a long time, it’s a joke. Almost irrelevant.
🚨 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…
