Ben Adams

No longer should it be a debate about whether the Premier League would dare to drum out Manchester City. Now the question takes another form: how can you justify anything else? Attitudes can only harden now the first official judgment has been published, subject to an appeal, and the sheer scale of deception is clear. No other club has swindled English football so brazenly. Nobody has gone about it in such a devious and heavy-handed fashion. It has disfigured years of competition and, for that alone, City’s supporters should probably brace themselves for the heaviest of punishments. Enough to bring about relegation? At this stage, it feels increasingly inevitable and justified. Let’s be clear, City deserve what is surely coming. 📝 @DTathletic 🔗 nyti.ms/4yXalR2