For all the transformational change Monday's bombshell news could have on Manchester City, very little should have changed for Pep Guardiola.
The prospect of the Blues being expelled from the Premier League drew fresh questions over the manager's future, yet if he was not jumping for joy in pictures from Tuesday's training session that may well have been down to the ongoing battle to spark some life into the squad that have won the last two titles. Away from the boardroom drama, the coach has bigger priorities for now.
Guardiola has been in this very entrenched position before, and has given a full defence of the club because he believes what he has been shown and told by his bosses. As he said in relation to the UEFA verdict that was overturned at the Court of Arbitration for Sport: "I said to them 'if you lie to me, the day after I am not here'."
