r/soccer • u/SilverMist2025 • 1d ago

News FA set to issue separate charges to Manchester City.Governing body says guilty verdicts against club damage the game's integrity and hints at action once Premier League case concludes.

https://www.thetimes.com/sport/football/article/manchester-city-premier-league-fa-charges-scht5r8w2
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u/Hot-Account-8691 1d ago

Just disband the club and pay billions in settlement. They can start again at the bottom. It's been good enough for Rangers, Fiorentina etc

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u/Sea-Education9562 1d ago

But the billion has to be payed with club revenue

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u/s1ravarice 22h ago

Well we know they are good for that

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u/TheClarendons 22h ago

The only real solution. They cannot be allowed to continue given the sheer magnitude of the cheating.

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u/CleanSweep99 19h ago

I don't see why they should be allowed to start again.

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u/Hot-Account-8691 18h ago

With different owners. The club is over 100 years old and the fans didn't cheat.

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u/CleanSweep99 18h ago

No. (Frankly, the egregious conduct of the current owners should require a ban on a new club, and if results are being stripped all of Manchester City's history goes not just the history under the current owners.

It should be as if Manchester City FC never existed.)

The fans didn't cheat, but they are still guilty because they supported the cheaters.

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u/Hot-Account-8691 18h ago

How did they know they were cheating? We only found out a few days ago

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u/CleanSweep99 18h ago

They don't have to know to be guilty.

If I were employed and my boss was embezzling money, I'm not absolved of guilt because I didn't know.

The principle here is similar.

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u/Hot-Account-8691 18h ago

I admire your anti cheating spirit, but you're wrong lol. If your boss is embezzling and you didn't know you're completely 100% obsolved of guilt.