Quote Originally Posted by Trickytreesreds View Post
Can't see it. This is the Premier league. Its all about money and City provide it in buckets.
Forget Jock land, thats a 2 bob league in comparison.
Consistancy isn't going to be found here. QPR committed their sins in the Football league. Took ages to get at them in the Prem.

They will buy their way out of this, in fines/ legal fees/ little gifts.
I tend to agree and i do believe as you do that they will get away with it lightly. If they only get a fine it does set a precedent though and sends a message to all other PL clubs to spend what they want and just pay fines. For the Rich clubs it makes a mockery of FFP.

The only thing the makes me think they may go hard is that they tried to do them before and it go overruled in the european courts, the PL may see it as an opportunity to set a wrong right there. And add to that Man City are a prime example of what the elite want to prevent happening again, its a big reason for FFP lower down, they dont want clubs coming from lower leagues having had millions pumped in by a rich benefactor, they want it to be a closed shop, they dont want more Man Cities or Chelseas even.