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More Lies from Der Spiegel

By: Ted Fred Franky, Refuting misinformation, January 16, 2024  6 months ago

Or is it just lazy reporting, they know they can get away with? After being exposed as a bunch of frauds, it seems Der Spiegel still wants to attack Manchester City by printing yet more lies, allowable under weak German defamation laws. In this article Sponsorship Money – Paid for by the State published on […]

Bias Media Influence

By: Ted Fred Franky, Refuting misinformation, January 15, 2024  6 months ago

The deliberate mis-reporting of the Manchester City and FFP in the UK Media

Why Der Spiegel is Discredited?

By: Ted Fred Franky, Refuting misinformation, January 15, 2024  6 months ago

Why you should not believe any of their hype or articles Der Spiegel published the original allegations from Football Leaks (Rui Pinto) about Manchester City here on 05 Novermber 2018. This led to the UEFA case against City. This is also the foundation of the Premier League case against City, for pretty much the same […]

Who is Rui Pinto?

By: Ted Fred Franky, Refuting misinformation, January 15, 2024  6 months ago

The man behind Football Leaks In the last 12 months Rui Pinto has been prosecuted and found guilty on numerous counts of extorsion and hacking in France and Portugal. He is far from an upstanding member of the community, and more a bitter man, trying to make money out of criminal endeavours. Below is a […]

What EPL Punishment might City get?

By: Ted Fred Franky, Refuting misinformation, December 28, 2023  7 months ago

What Punishment might City get off the Premier League if they are found guilty Fortunately, some of the fanciful ideas like stripping City of league titles are not on the table. It is also hard to see if the arbitration process is followed properly that City will be punished at all. If City are found […]

Man City Premier League Charges

By: Ted Fred Franky, Refuting misinformation, December 28, 2023  7 months ago

A full explanation other than the drivel you read in the English media City are facing 134 charges (not 115) as a result of just Two Pairs of Allegations made against the club. The above sentence alone should tell you enough about how derogitory, derisory and innaccurate the reporting by the English media is on […]

UEFA FFP – A False Ideology

By: Ted Fred Franky, Refuting misinformation, June 16, 2023  1 year ago

UEFA-FFP-A-False-Ideology UEFA introduce Financial Fair Play rules as Michel Plantini explains, “We have worked on the financial fair play concept hand-in-hand with the clubs, as our intention is not to punish them but to protect them,”  “The philosophy is that you cannot spend more money than you generate.” “This approval is the start of an […]

The Hateful Eight

By: Ted Fred Franky, Refuting misinformation, June 16, 2023  1 year ago

The joint letter sent by nine Premier League clubs ot CAS to try to influence Manchester City’s appeal. The Hateful Eight The Hateful Eight Before we go any further let’s name these clubs that, at the time, had such spiteful owners that they could write such a letter: The CAS Rejection The laughable thing is […]

UEFA FFP Background

By: Ted Fred Franky, Refuting misinformation, June 16, 2023  1 year ago

A brief look at the background to FFP Financial Fair Play or FFP is an instrument lobbied for by the big European clubs to preserve the status qou. If it was about fair play and good governance it would contain two simple rules:- However it does none of this, it’s a convoluted system that allows […]

Liverpool Financial Doping

By: Ted Fred Franky, Refuting misinformation, June 8, 2023  1 year ago

How Liverpool have cheated FFP but have not been punished It is worth point out that Liverpool FC no longer own Anfield. It is listed by Fenway Sports Group (FSG) as a separate asset to Liverpool FC. This is a very serious issue for the longevity of Liverpool FC. Liverpool also owe their owners FSG […]