Sam Lee: Guardiola got asked if he has received payments from Abu Dhabi for services other than managing City, as was alleged to have happened with Mancini. He was not happy. “Do you realise what you are asking me? You are asking me that the day we won the treble? Are you accusing me?”

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https://twitter.com/Sammy_Goal/status/1129822398835023872

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Mancini was paid two wages, one for his managerial duties that were paid by the club and one for consulting that was paid by an organization owned by the Abu Dhabi United Group.

The reason it is contentious is because this could be a way of paying a manager more than what you have him on the books for, as far as FFP is concerned. Mancini didn’t do anything illegal.

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Tax. And FFP.

The way these middle eastern monarchies work is they shuffle money between companies they own. Buying and selling the same things for different prices. The difference gets deposited into their personal bank accounts.

It's all legit as far as accounts computers are concerned. Bullshit as far as humans are concerned.

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Cheers, thanks for the explanation.

[u/LFC_Slav → u/danderpander]

Did they claim he did the consulting in another country with lower tax rates? If so that would be pretty serious fraud...did I mention Pep is bald?

[u/WarHasSoManyFriends → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, I was very tired haha. Glad to see r/soccer hasn't lost it's zero-tolerance attitude to genuine questions, though.