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 Fight
02:34 Meet Rui Pinto
03:18 Impact On Football
05:47 Der Spiegel Drops Emails
07:10 Football Leaks Origins
09:37 Robin Hood Debate
12:22 Doyen And Third Party Deals
16:58 Der Spiegel Targets Superstars
22:57 Man City Email Chain
25:13 FFP Rules And Fallout
26:55 State Leak Theories
27:53 Project Longbow
29:38 Mancini Contracts Fallout
33:14 CAS Time Bar Twist
34:14 Premier League Case
37:28 Damning Internal Emails
39:38 Infantino And FFP Origins
42:30 PSG Diplomacy
46:34 Rui Pinto Enters Story
48:50 Cayman Bank Transfers
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