BREAKING: Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal and Tottenham were notified of #ManCity's guilty verdict before the rest of the league. In September 2024, they were the four Premier League clubs that gave @ManCity legal notice of their right to seek compensation. [via @SamWallaceTel]

Man City legend David Silva has come out of retirement and made a shock move to cash-rich Supreme Sha Tin of the Hong Kong Premier League 🇭🇰 mirror.co.uk/sport/football/…

BREAKING: Manchester City won’t cut links with OKX - its official crypto provider and £55m shirt sponsor owned by Communist Chinese oligarch Mingxing ‘Star’ Xu and endorsed by Hamas - after £400m fine over money laundering for organised crime (via @TheSun) thesun.co.uk/sport/40589673/…

Looking at this list side by side puts Manchester City’s entire operation into horrifying perspective. • David Silva – £24–25m (Valencia, 2010) • Yaya Touré – £24m (Barcelona, 2010) • Sergio Agüero – £38m (Atlético Madrid, 2011) • Fernandinho – £30–34m (Shakhtar Donetsk, 2013) • Kevin De Bruyne – £55m (Wolfsburg, 2015) • Raheem Sterling – £49m (Liverpool, 2015) • John Stones – £47.5m (Everton, 2016) • Bernardo Silva – £43m (Monaco, 2017) • Ederson – £35m (Benfica, 2017) • Kyle Walker – £50m (Tottenham, 2017) • Aymeric Laporte – £57m (Athletic Club, 2018) • Riyad Mahrez – £60m (Leicester, 2018) • Rodri – £63m (Atlético Madrid, 2019) • Rúben Dias – £65m (Benfica, 2020) • Jack Grealish – £100m (Aston Villa, 2021) • Erling Haaland – £51m (Borussia Dortmund, 2022) • Joško Gvardiol – £77–78m (RB Leipzig, 2023) All of these world-class, era-defining players combined cost roughly £870m. Let that sink in. They literally bought an entire dynasty of Ballon d'Or level talent, assembled an unstoppable cheat code of a squad, and people still wonder how a state backed financial doping machine ran away with the league. Absolute systemic rot.

Enzo Maresca arriving back at #ManCity today. 📸 Cody Froggatt/PA Wire

Pablo Zabaleta on Instagram. 🩵

A closed shop.........but just like City won't admit guilt the fans of the remaining clubs of the so called 'Big 6' see no wrong!

What's everyone's all time Man City XI? For me: Ederson, Walker, Kompany, Stones, Ake, Rodri, Yaya Toure, Mahrez, De Bruyne, Silva, Haaland.

United were 5 points clear in November. Then Gündogan turned into prime Zidane, scoring 12+ in two months and taking City 15 points clear. Streets won’t forget Lockdown Gündogan. 🔥

🗣️ "Where does the Man City verdict leave the league? For if £900m is what it takes to properly compete and no mid-table club can hope to generate that or invest it legally, what price the competition?" | ✍️ Martin Samuel thetimes.com/sport/football/…

Sensational 😂😂😂

Mad how the Premier League's financial rules are so anti-competitive that West Ham, Crystal Palace, Spurs and Aston Villa have all won Euro trophies, Palace and Newcastle have won domestic cups, 8 clubs in UCL over 2 seasons + Sunderland/Bournemouth/Brighton all in Europe now.

Donations already pouring in for @RuiPinto_FL after he set up a Go Fund Me page with target of €3m. "I can give everyone one guarantee: the fight will most certainly continue!" gofundme.com/f/help-save-rui…

On Wednesday, just hours after the verdict officially confirming Manchester City’s guilt, the Commission responsible for Portugal's witness protection programme informed me of its decision to terminate my participation in the programme and withdraw my police protection, thereby knowingly placing me in a life-threatening situation. Given these circumstances, I have no alternative but to relocate, within the next few days, to an undisclosed location for an indefinite period of time, due to the multiple death threats I have received and the serious risk of an assassination attempt against me. For this reason, I have just set up a GoFundMe campaign and I am asking for everyone's support to help me survive this serious situation created by the Portuguese State, which, as I have already stated, has knowingly decided to place my life at risk. I would like to take this opportunity to extend a special thanks to everyone who continues to support Football Leaks, and I can give everyone one guarantee: the fight will most certainly continue! gofundme.com/f/help-save-rui…

Since Abramovich arrived in 2003 and Abu Dhabi in 2008, Chelsea and Man Cty have won 13 of the 23 league titles. Their previous combined total was 3. Chelsea in 1955 Man Cty in 1937 & 1968. They had no history of league success in any era. English football was sold 23 years ago.

🚨🚨🎙️| Unai Emery reacts to the financial fraud accusations targeting Manchester City: “Many clubs inflate their budget. It’s known to everyone. Because to build a squad, you have to deal with the restrictions related to financial fair play. “You also have to balance the finances between departures and arrivals. Now, it’s up to the tribunals to sort it out. “What affects me is that people are talking about a team that played exceptionally well with Pep Guardiola…”

Manchester City lodge appeal. 🔗 mancity.co/ManCityAppeal