'The titles have to be taken off Manchester City. The punishment has to be severe to give the rules meaning, establish a precedent and guarantee a deterrent for future owners who may be tempted to follow City’s lead.
'If the rebuke is mild enough to preserve City years of success, and enable a swift recovery back to the top, what would stop others believing it is worth the risk?'
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🗣️ Greatest manager of all time? Give me a break. Pep is either a fraud or myopic
It's hard to believe Guardiola was not aware of City's cheating — his legacy is tainted by revelation that "magic" was performed not by him but by accountants | ✍️ @matthewsyed
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Back in 2014, there was a man who was already aware of the irregularities involving Manchester City. That man now runs FIFA. The infamous Gianni Infantino, then UEFA General Secretary, abused his authority, shared confidential documents and, in short, outmanoeuvred the Investigatory Chamber, doing everything in his power to ensure that both Manchester City and PSG would merely receive a fine, avoiding a deeper investigation that could have led to a Champions League ban. All of these details were also revealed through Football Leaks.
Given his actions as UEFA General Secretary and, more recently, as FIFA President, I can only say, in my humble opinion, that Gianni Infantino has become a cancer on football and should have no place in the future of the game.
OLIVER HOLT: Man City have been exposed as the most famous cheats in English sporting history. The gory details revealed by the Premier League leave no doubt - nothing less than relegation will suffice for this sinister, dishonest club https://t.co/BfIv5NPlS9
Hang on so they were allowed to spend £400m even though they knew they were guilty, while clubs like Villa had to sell their whole team to follow the rules.
A disgrace.
How can a club that struggles to fill up their stadium week in week out claim to have generated more revenue annually than Real Madrid in the years where Real Madrid won the Champions League 3 times in a row? Even cheating needs some level of intelligence.
Strip every title & every trophy. Expel City from the Premier League & EFL, exile them to non-league.
Every single penny must be claimed back. The billions in prize money that they stole from other clubs.
The fine must be paid from the club, not owners. £830.7m in fake sponsorship is the starting point.
Which means every star they signed, everyone has to go. Rip them down to the studs & they start again.
Any person involved should be banned from football permanently. Ownership must be forced to sell.
It is the biggest scandal in sporting history. A disgrace on the sport & must be treated accordingly.
They deserve everything that is coming to them. It is beyond words how despicable this all is.
It’s wild, it’s genuinely the biggest scandal in the history of football and maybe even sport overall.
Nothing they did since 2008 counts for anything. Nothing they achieved means anything.
If you think about the implications of the cheating that City did, it is mind boggling.
It impacted ALL other teams in the premier league. Titles, revenues, relegations, managers keeping and losing jobs, player transfers….