Football with minimal jeopardy is a little more than nothing and that is the simple reason why, in an age of ceaseless comparison and need to rank absolutely everything, it is hard for neutrals not to feel hollow watching the Manchester City project reach its apex.
Before and immediately after Pep Guardiola’s side sealed the Treble against Inter Milan last night, the discussion was predominantly focused on where they rate among the greats – namely the only other English team to complete the feat.
And, if not that, then the topic usually becomes the means by which a club that for so long embraced the idea of Cityitis, that everything that could go wrong would, is now the most efficient machine in the sport thanks to a sovereign wealth fund using it to enhance its country’s reputation.
