If this was Arsenal.....

[Peter]

Honsst answer- how would you feel?

I'd want to kill the owners. I'd be ****ing furious I'd be seriously questioning whether I could go on supporting the club.

[pjlincs]

We had Arsene. Could not have happened on his watch.

[redgunamo]

We had Arsene. Could not have happened on his watch.

Right. And knowing the kind of owners we tend to have, I wouldn't have considered that possibility for a single moment.

[Maravilloso Marvo]

Right. And knowing the kind of owners we tend to have, I wouldn't have considered that possibility for a single moment.

Usmanov would have had a little snoop down that road for sure.

[John Bunnell]

Same I'd be furious because we are a club with history and success and don't need to go down such a route. I suspect if I was a City fan my thoughts would be different though as City were an absolute garbage, nothing club before the Abu Dhabi money came in.

[redgunamo]

Usmanov would have had a little snoop down that road for sure.

Right. Sadly, I had to add "tend to have".

[redgunamo]

Same I'd be furious because we are a club with history and success and don't need to go down such a route. I suspect if I was a City fan my thoughts would be different though as City were an absolute garbage, nothing club before the Abu Dhabi money came in.

Yes, they're vulnerable to this sort of thing in a way we are not.

Remember "Forward With Frannie!" lol.

[PSRB]

Usmanov would have had a little snoop down that road for sure.

Was discussing exactly this in the office. After deluded City fans saying it's exactly the same with The Emirates, I had to go to great lengths to explain that that is a sponsorship deal and not state sponsored ownership which also includes Etihad

[Peter]

Was discussing exactly this in the office. After deluded City fans saying it's exactly the same with The Emirates, I had to go to great lengths to explain that that is a sponsorship deal and not state sponsored ownership which also includes Etihad

I do feel sorry for City fans, although that sympathy wont last long if they keep making idiotic comments about how it was worth it.....

Over the next few years the extent to which they have destroyed the integrity of the Premier League will become clear. I dont see why any of the other clubs should forgive them.

[redgunamo]

Was discussing exactly this in the office. After deluded City fans saying it's exactly the same with The Emirates, I had to go to great lengths to explain that that is a sponsorship deal and not state sponsored ownership which also includes Etihad

"Al Clásico" is a massive game down there, a huge local Derby; not just because it's Us against City at the top of the the Premier League or even a clash between the two competing local airlines or Dubai v Abu Dhabi.

It's also fundamentally about two distinct competing business models.

[PSRB]

I do feel sorry for City fans, although that sympathy wont last long if they keep making idiotic comments about how it was worth it.....

Over the next few years the extent to which they have destroyed the integrity of the Premier League will become clear. I dont see why any of the other clubs should forgive them.

As was pointed out in The Telegraph, it's also highly unlikely City stopped cheating 2018, some very spurious deals have take place since then.....

[Peter]

As was pointed out in The Telegraph, it's also highly unlikely City stopped cheating 2018, some very spurious deals have take place since then.....

Very much so. And their revenue didnt drop. Are we expected to believe that they stopped pumping in nearly 150 million themselves and somehow magically replaced that income legitimately?

I would guess they started doing it differently once they'd been rumbled so it would be a whole new investigation.