All this noise about Man City doesn’t make much sense to me.
If they breached financial rules, then yes, punish them accordingly. Rules are rules. But unless they bribed the FA, bribed referees or fixed matches, I don’t see why their titles should automatically be considered illegitimate.
How many genuinely high-profile signings did they even make during the period in question? Meanwhile, Arsenal, Man United, Chelsea and Liverpool can spend huge amounts every transfer window while clubs like Stoke can’t compete financially, yet we still call that fair competition.
Punish City for whatever rules they actually broke, but don’t relegate them or rewrite titles that were won on the pitch.
I want every single @ManCity fan to know I am here; more than ever. I am, always have been, always will, be behind my club, my owner, my chairman, Ferran, the players, staff, Enzo and you, our unique supporters.
Let me be clear: we will get through this together.
I love you all 🩵
🚨🇸🇪 Zlatan Ibrahimović on Premier League clubs celebrating Manchester City’s 115 charges:
🗣️ Zlatan: “I don’t blame them for celebrating these charges. (laughs) We are talking about a club that has traumatized almost every other club in this league for years. Pep came to the Premier League hearing everyone say it’s the most difficult league in the world, then he came and farmed the league like it was a Division Two league.
“He exposed them. He dominated them for years. So if they can’t win against Manchester City on the pitch, I understand why they are celebrating what is happening off it.
“But now they talk as if these charges were the reason Manchester City dominated. Like that was the main tactic City came with onto the pitch. Forgetting the beautiful football they played, how they controlled games and how they actually won those trophies.
“You can celebrate the charges, you can talk about them, you can wait for the verdict. But don’t rewrite football history. Manchester City dominated on the pitch. That is why they won all those trophies.”
One thing today’s City verdict has exposed is just how obsessed people are with City. Look at how they’re celebrating.
All these years of “nobody cares about City,” when in reality they were seething with jealousy at City’s success.
Completely exposed today.