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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Barney Ronay

If Manchester City are guilty they have betrayed football as a spectacle

A corner flag at the Etihad Stadium
‘The idea the rules can simply be ignored if you have the means and the power is morally repugnant’. Photograph: Matt McNulty/Manchester City FC/Getty Images

Welcome back, then, to chapter two in the slow-burn but undeniably gripping story of Manchester City and the case of the financial regulations.

At 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. The sword of justice never sleeps; or at least, that blade is unlikely to remain sheathed for too long when there is money, football, power, influence, money, and above all money involved.

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