Manchester City’s spending and the fine margins of Premier League football | Letters
Responding to articles on the team’s breaches of financial regulations, Mike Alhadeff says Man City got remarkably little for their money, Ed Barrett says Liverpool were robbed of titles, while...
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Responding to articles on the team’s breaches of financial regulations, Mike Alhadeff says Man City got remarkably little for their money, Ed Barrett says Liverpool were robbed of titles, while Neil Smith warns against triumphalism As the fallout continues from Manchester City’s industrial-scale cheating and we await their appeal ( Building of the Pep supremacy is an era that will be defined by sham-ball, 30 September ), it probably hasn’t been reflected upon enough how little they got for their money. Yes, you can look at the six league titles in seven years and the “Centurions” team in 2017-18, all under the aegis of Pep Guardiola. But take a closer look and they were run remarkably close on multiple occasions. Continue reading...