Big Red Machine

The thing is this could easily start again. This investigation only went to 2018 and they gave themselves over £100m that year. Are we really expected to believe they just stopped instantly that year? As if.

There's been rumours for a while that part of the delays were the panel wanting/thinking there were going to speaking to witnesses that didn't turn up or engage. Mancini was one. Helpfully he just announced his double contract in a press conference. Thatll help city's appeal..... Ha.

The released pdf. There even a table showing it by year. Look at bottom of page 20 https://resources.premierleague.pulselive.com/premierleague/document/2026/09/29/9bb3f063-6312-4d15-a1f1-77280d356a49/Premier-League-Manchester-City-independent-Commission-Redacted-Core-Decision.pdf

£950.19M in commercial income from sponsors. £119.25M actually came from sponsors. £830.94M paid by Abu Dhabi United Group.

So they had a seperate company pay for image rights for players off the books, with money directly from the club owners. Never made any sense whatsoever thdt our wage bill was apparently higher than cities.

This table is f***ing mental. I'm so angry. We'd have won everything under the sun if they hadn't cheated.

Would include us. We'd have sponsorship bonuses for winning the league. And the money you get from the CL is directly based of your position in the league the previous year. So we'll have missed out on millions there. Same with Chelsea, united etc

Strip the titles. Relegate them. Ban them from the premier league for the same number of season as they cheated in. Simples.

Iriola saying Ekitike could be back for last 2 CL games which means mid January. Makes not going after Isak cover make a bit more sense.

It's a bit mental how few games he's played in his career.

Least the logo is inoffensive

Surely there's zero chance of etikeke playing before February.

Well we've registered him for the first phase of the CL which is a bit of a surprise.

If he's lumping Bradley and Ekitike together I doubt the fit by November talk is true for Bradley.

It's just the unwritten/unsaid cost to the journo. If you want more access for stories later on, print this s*** for us.