Sport only works if it is on some level real, credible and straight – any club that breaks the rules must be harshly punished
Photograph: Matt McNulty/Manchester City FC/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Matt McNulty/Manchester City FC/Getty ImagesWelcome back, then, to chapter two in the slow-burn but undeniably gripping story ofAt times in the past three years it has been tempting to wonder whether the Premier League had quietly shelved its investigation into City’s internal affairs. But no.
Not that anyone should be getting too carried away. These are simply charges. City have already seen oneon the same issues, and will fight this case with the same vigour. Uefa’s two-year ban from the Champions League for perceived financial irregularities would have effectively derailed the entire Abu Dhabi project. Little wonder City were so palpably furious at the process, the verdict and the degree of punishment handed down.
‘We didn’t break the rules. We played the same rules as all the clubs in the Premier League and Uefa,’ said Pep Guardiola in 2020.Two years on the Premier League has come to a similar conclusion. That judicial blade is once again cleaving the air. And to put if frankly, we could have an absolute crapshow on our hands.
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