Liverpool Discussions

27 Sep 2026 18:33:36
To anyone who knows more than me
(That's most folk)
As they do such a fantastic job of proving 'fit and proper' before anyone can buy a football club.
Hindsight dictates they are not!
Could City's owner be forced to sell?

27 Sep 2026 18:47:12
They absolutely should. Anything less and it's just temporary.

27 Sep 2026 19:39:30
Bored with this City talk. This is an LFC site.

27 Sep 2026 20:56:24
Yes Florian, it is the LFC site. But this news is massive, it effects every club in the Premier League, including us and beyond.

27 Sep 2026 17:39:24
Gakpo gone off injured in the Netherlands match early on. Was touching his ankle I think by the looks of it.

27 Sep 2026 11:38:48
Following the announcement regarding City by the PL, what ramifications could it mean to participation in Europe?

If they are punished by the PL (which looks highly likely according to some) could they face further punishment from UEFA??

27 Sep 2026 13:13:57
Thy can't face punishment by Uefa just because the PL found them guilty. In fact, Uefa found them guilty of similar offences in the past too but they couldn't take action because it was time-barred.

27 Sep 2026 11:06:03
Man City if guilty:

Force a change of ownership in the same way Chelsea had it, with all funds raised set aside to pay legal bills and remunerations to all future claimants.

Strip all titles and trophies.

Nobody who has ever worked for the club in the boardroom or in senior management positions can ever work in English football again.

Incoming transfer ban for 10 windows.
They can sell players to pay legal fees and lawsuits.

Points deduction of 114 points starting immediately and continuing each season for the next 3 seasons.

All players u21 are free agents.

Expulsion from all domestic cups for 5 years.

Jail time for anyone who's committed a crime.

Take back the stadium into public ownership.

This would strip the club of all the sponsors they've cheated to receive, strip them of every edge they've built into the club by cheating and remove all legacy assets obtained by cheating. Whilst providing no hope for the immediate future, no chance of winning a trophy, no chance of anything but relegation, no home to call their own.

27 Sep 2026 18:04:48
Champions, you do realise Julian Ward worked for them up till 2012?

27 Sep 2026 18:23:29
I didn't know that. If he was senior management then he too should be banned from football in England. If he was a nobody there then I'm sure he wasn't involved in the corporate fraud.

But I'm sure I made that clear in the words in the post. I didn't add: unless they now work for Liverpool then they should be exempt because that is dumb. If he meets the criteria then ban him.

27 Sep 2026 21:00:08
If Julian Ward was invovled Rome, then of course he should be punished. If that means he isn't able to work for us, so be it.

27 Sep 2026 22:36:48
I'm not Julian Ward's barrister, but I'm fairly sure he wouldn't have been aware of any wrongdoing.

{Ed666's Note - No his wrongdoing was signing Carvalho, Doak & Ramsey

27 Sep 2026 10:29:41
I see lots of posts saying that 2nd place should get the title instead of 1st place. Is this the right way to do this or should the league table be altered to take out all results from the City games?

It may not make a difference between 1st and 2nd in a lot of seasons, but interested in peoples thoughts about this? Could certainly make more differences in lower parts of the table.

27 Sep 2026 09:37:20
Just on city again, is the appeal process going to be a quick one or will it drag out. I'm sure I read somewhere the appeal process can be carried out quickly and therefore dealt with very quickly and punishment given.

27 Sep 2026 09:50:52
I read somewhere its 14 days and that there should be no further appeal. Somehow i think many many people will be very disappointed with the punishments dished out.

27 Sep 2026 10:33:03
Keeping my expectations very low ASB, that they will get a slap on the wrist. At worst a points deduction which means they won't qualify for Europe this season but survive relegation.

26 Sep 2026 20:06:14
On the doping front, was anyone else struck by how Stam failed a drug test when he moved to Italy, which has more rigorous testing, and how Rio Ferdinand ran off the training pitch to avoid a random test?

Always struck me as a little odd.

27 Sep 2026 00:05:05
I don't follow.

26 Sep 2026 16:27:56
The end for city? In the short term yes if their owner hangs about, if he doesn't this could be an even bigger disaster for city.

End of the day the punishment needs to fit the crime to show that regardless of their success cheating doesn't pay.

26 Sep 2026 15:39:36
Man City should absolutely be stripped of title's. What was the club in? Five aside football?
They competed at the highest level of football with ramifications against other clubs.
Far too many fans are desensitized and the talk of points or relegation is not even a slap on the wrist.
Those charges enabled them significant advantages on the football pitch within the Premier League and every other competition they were.
Man city absolutely should absolutely be stripped of every title and honor.

Anything else and y'all have gone soft and don't care about the integrity of the sport.
That club has built it's "empire" Through alledged* illegal activity and now they reap the benefits from such activity.
Let's not forget the extremely suspicious puma deal whilst they can't even fill their own stadium. That club is still operating in a way of they'll do what they want to dominate everyone within the game.

27 Sep 2026 08:40:07
I agree Ron. Unparalleled cheating should result in unparalleled penalties.

27 Sep 2026 17:16:21
It won't though will it.