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There's something quite lovely about this place having changed not at all

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TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 26 September 2026 - 05:20 AM, said:

Tiste Simeon, on 25 September 2026 - 06:13 PM, said:

Man City got found guilty of 114 out of 115 of their cheating charges haha have that you scumbags!

Now, I know it'll never happen but if they stripped them of their titles from the periods in question (2009-2018 I think) then Man Utd would get 2 more trophies (the bin dippers would get 1 but you can't have everything I suppose) and one of those two was the Aguerooooooo season which would be delicious to undo haha

Anyway I'm sure they'll hold it up with appeals or whatever for the next few years and nothing of actual consequence will happen to them, but now at least it's official that they're cheaters and that their vaunted legacy (including that of Pep) is tainted.

Sadly I agree that it will probably come to the sort of fine they can pay out of pocket change and little else by the time they've frustrated the process for as long as possible, but it's an overwhelming result nonetheless that it's not half or even most of the charges, it's all but one of them!

Tiste Simeon, on 26 September 2026 - 06:22 AM, said:

Everyone now knows without doubt that they are cheaters. Any legacy the Sheik et al were trying to build is irrevocably tainted. That's something I think. I'm still holding onto a bit of hope that they will absolutely SLAM them with punishments because it will absolutely send a message to them and stop other clubs from thinking it is OK!

The Premier League really do need to go nuclear here.

They've tainted the league over the last 10 years, it is just ridiculous that it has took this long to get to this point.

Everyone knew they were cheating. Going from a mid table PL team to a team with higher revenue than Real Madrid in 5 years?! That just doesn't happen.

It'll be interesting to see if any of this fallout also hits PSG, they are blatantly cooking the books too but Nasser Al-Khelaïfi has played the game well and is all cosy with UEFA.