Until this reaches a final resolution, it is going to hand like a cloud over the league in general, but yes does seem like a play to get the initial shock and awe out of the way
I'll be honest I am absolutely loving this circus. Making the Int Break much more interesting. City are going to get dog's abuse rest of the season now.
Inject this into my veins
Some chat on 5 Live about how PL and EFL might work together on a punishment. Don’t think they get away with just going down to the Championship by default.
There’s some precedent there regarding Leicester City
Such is the scale of that amount of disguised funds, the PL has now put itself in a position where anything other than a very harsh penalty doled out, would be hugely damaging to their reputation and credibility (which is wobbly at the best of...
You’re not wrong but some tough decisions need to be taken to retain any sense of integrity and credibility.
Plus this is where state ownership of a club compromises the sporting element
Also big test of character for those London kids who jumped on that bandwagon and now find themselves checking the results in League One. Fair play to them.
That will be character building and teach them a lot about resilience and adversity
Imagine a scenario where a 50 point penalty is given, so City are 37 adrift at the foot of the table. Haaland gets a hat trick. Is he even celebrating any of those goals in any meaningful way. Quite sad really.
And when I say sad. I mean...