The Hack That Shook The Premier League: Man City - Part One

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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