The Hack That Shook The Premier League: Man City - Part One
From It Was What It Was : The Football History Podcast · 52:36
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Jonathan Wilson and Rob Draper begin a series on the origins of the Manchester City case, framed by leaked emails and the role of hacker Rui Pinto. They revisit Football Leaks and Der Spiegel’s reporting, which exposed murky transfer practices, tax issues involving figures such as Mourinho and Ronaldo, and then, in November 2018, published emails alleging City disguised owner funding as sponsorship to meet UEFA Financial Fair Play. They discuss key messages about topping up deals, “Project Longbow,” and internal talk of rewriting contracts, alongside City’s denials of context rather than authenticity. They explain how UEFA’s case at CAS was weakened by time-bar rules, while the Premier League has no time bar and obtained more evidence after years of legal resistance. The episode ends with early details of Pinto’s background and a suspicious Cayman Islands bank transfer in 2013.00:00 City Ready To Fight02:34 Meet Rui Pinto03:18 Impact On Football05:47 Der Spiegel Drops Emails07:10 Football Leaks Origins09:37 Robin Hood Debate12:22 Doyen And Third Party Deals16:58 Der Spiegel Targets Superstars22:57 Man City Email Chain25:13 FFP Rules And Fallout26:55 State Leak Theories27:53 Project Longbow29:38 Mancini Contracts Fallout33:14 CAS Time Bar Twist34:14 Premier League Case37:28 Damning Internal Emails39:38 Infantino And FFP Origins42:30 PSG Diplomacy 46:34 Rui Pinto Enters Story48:50 Cayman Bank Transfers Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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