I don’t think it is realistic, but if they had to go to the Championship, do you think there will be players who want to stay and get up again, or they just look for an other Club? Which club would even be a possibility for the biggest city stars?
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Might see a huge opportunity for Saudi League to get graps of some of them.
We did see with Juventus, when they were relegated that the likes of Buffon, Nedved, Del Piero etc. stayed, but for most of those players and the fact that times were simply different back then, I believe they had a bond and connection with the club, that is much stronger than the players of Man City and in general with players and clubs in todays football.
That said there are definitly some contractual rules that allows players to leave if their club gets relegated for out-field violations. There simply has to be. I can’t imagine anything else.
Loan to Wrexham till contract expires.
Nothing. City pay all the players under the table for them to continue to stay for a season or 2 and get back to UCL
It would be a mix.
Some would take reduced salary to stay and help.
Some would be loaned for a season.
Some would be sold.
The remainder would be a financial anchor on city for FFP/sustainability and would likely just be released by mutual agreement after the transfer window closes. They don’t want to play for City, City can’t afford to keep them.
If 1 violation = 10 point deduction, then 115 = 1,150 point deduction.
They aren’t going to be allowed to do one season in the 2nd tier and bouce straight back up.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Pep stayed and inspired the entire squad to stay too. He’d then be promoted immediately, come straight back up to the Premier League and win that too and it would go down in history like a Leicester situation and nobody would every speak about why they went down, only that they came straight back and the success story.
I think a lot of people are underestimating how devastating Man City being demoted to the Championship would be for them.
They can obviously easily absorb any financial loses from fines and a year out of the PL and CL but given it’s widely accepted( at least in the U.K.) that they are a state sponsored sports washing institution the whole reason for their existence in their current form is meant to be symbolic.
Suddenly becoming symbolic of corruption and cheating in the eyes of the causal sports fan across the world( rather than just U.K. based PL fans) means their attempts at sports washing will suddenly be deemed an utter failure-especially if all their trophies are rescinded. The current owners aren’t in it for the love of the club or the city or even to make money. They are there to foster a certain reputation in the eyes of the world-and those reputation goals is certainly not to highlight corruption.
As such if Man City are actually severely punished(which is unlikely in reality) it may not be the quick bounce back most are expecting as there is then the very real possibly the owners will sell.
Despite currently being the most successful on the pitch club in the world there is unlikely going to a host of multiple billionaire owners desperate to buy as they simply don’t have the global fan base to make them a super attractive prospect. Juventus and Rangers sprang back so quickly after their punishments because their fanbase was so large, loyal and organic. Everybody knows that 90 percent of Man City fans are plastic casuals who will jump ship as soon as they stop winning.
As unlikely this possibility is, itt would be interesting to see , also fun for fans of other clubs Thank you for your insightful comment
All leave, barring any homegrown
Football players are mercenaries & will be off to the next pay day before you can say “hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha”
They’re all mercs, they play for a club owned by a human rights abusing regime, they’ll scatter and pick up their paychecks elsewhere
Well as long as city continue paying their salary why would they care is my opinion. A season playing rotation in the championship to just go straight up again
There is no mechanism to ban, or relegate from the PL. Only a points deduction, which may lead to a relegation. If that happened city would return in a year and then struggle with £ for a few years and be mid table.
Silva to Barca finally
I think they’d loan the bigger players out to foreign CL clubs, develop youth talent until they’re back in the PL or if they win a carabao/fa cup and have some euro football
They go to Saudi
please god