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[Forest1970]

I have been following this story for a while now and just stumbled on this forum and read this thread, which I find hard to believe. Has anyone actually read the UEFA rules that this issue relates to? Has it been posted here? Sorry but I haven’t read all 114 pages! If not, here it is:-

Article 5 Integrity of the competition/multi-club ownership
5.01
To ensure the integrity of the UEFA club competitions (i.e. UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Conference League), the club must be able to prove that as at 1 March 2025 the below multi-club ownership criteria were met and the club must continue to comply with the below criteria from that date until the end of the competition season:

No club participating in a UEFA club competition may, either directly or indirectly:
hold or deal in the securities or shares of any other club participating in a UEFA club competition;
be a member of any other club participating in a UEFA club competition;
be involved in any capacity whatsoever in the management, administration and/or sporting performance of any other club participating in a UEFA club competition; or
have any power whatsoever in the management, administration and/or sporting performance of any other club participating in a UEFA club competition.
No one may simultaneously be involved, either directly or indirectly, in any capacity whatsoever in the management, administration and/or sporting performance of more than one club participating in a UEFA club competition.
No individual or legal entity may have control or influence over more than one club participating in a UEFA club competition, such control or influence being defined in this context as:
holding a majority of the shareholders’ voting rights;
having the right to appoint or remove a majority of the members of the administrative, management or supervisory body of the club;
being a shareholder and alone controlling a majority of the shareholders’ voting rights pursuant to an agreement entered into with other shareholders of the club; or
being able to exercise by any means a decisive influence in the decision-making of the club.

Read them carefully, as I have. I don’t think there is any one of those requirements that Palace fall foul of. Textor might, but at Lyon not Palace.

So I can well understand why Palace have waited to read the detailed reasoning from UEFA before going to CAS as any competent lawyer is likely to be able to blow it apart. I can also see why they have suggested UEFA must make a full disclosure of all correspondence regarding this matter. Full disclosure being an essential part of any legal process of this nature.

I think this is very far from done and substantial compensation claims could follow, from both Palace and Forest, for the disruption to their preseason planning due to UEFA incompetence. Of which there has been a great deal. It has the potential to become very big indeed.

I think Palace might appoint you as their legal representative.

I think it's Steve Parish himself  :Funny: