sohois
4d ago
City were caught in 2018 and have been using expensive lawyers to stall for time ever since
Not entirely true. In fact both City and PSG got dinged by FFP early in the decade but both quite minor breaches that no one really remembers or thinks about.
City getting 'caught' in 2018 is basically nothing to do with enforcement efforts from the authorities, but because of hacking by a random Portugeuse guy. If Rui Pinto had never obtained the huge tranche of emails from City, their cheating would largely remain unknown and unpunished, as it is for PSG. Plus the first outcome of those leaked emails was a CL ban from UEFA, which City eventually won at CAS via technicalities.
sohois
5d ago
Not likely on the scale of Man City, who are special because they are owned by a nation state rather than a mere billionaire. There are only 2 comparable organisations - Newcastle, who are owned by Saudi Arabia, and PSG, owned by Qatar.
In the case of Newcastle, the Saudis were relative latecomers having only bought in a few years ago. After an initial flurry of spending, Newcastle have carefully complied with PSR regulations, often selling their best players season after season to ensure they remain in the black. It's not clear why the Saudis haven't pursued a similar strategy to City (keeping in mind that City essentially got away with it for more than a decade, ample time to rack up plenty of positive sports PR); some people think they foresaw City getting slapped down and wanted to wait for the outcome, but it might also be that the Saudis lost interest as they did with golf.
PSG have 100% cheated to a similar scale of City, but they play in France rather than the PL. The Qataris have successfully usurped the organisation of the french league, and to a large extent even UEFA, so there is no likelihood they will get punished to the same extent as City.
Are we naming random countries here or are you seriously suggesting these fit the criteria mentioned?
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