“Financial Fair Play” was never really about making football fair. It was about protecting those already at the top.
As Kieran Maguire points out, clubs that spend the most on wages and transfers tend to finish in the top three. So when City arrived with the financial backing to challenge that established hierarchy, suddenly the rules became a matter of existential importance.
City didn’t create football’s financial inequality they challenged who was allowed to benefit from it.
That’s why the real question isn’t simply whether City broke the rules. It’s whether the rules are genuinely about fairness, or about protecting the old order from being disrupted.
"The Premier League rules are always gonna keep the biggest clubs at the top"
“If you can keep investing in any other business until it succeeds, why should football be different?”
The Premier League rules are UNFAIR!
Hilarious isn't it? 💀
The average PL fan seemingly wants rules in place that actively encourage their billionaire owners to keep their money in their pockets rather than investing it into improving their clubs.
Insane levels of mass brainwashing going on here.