Out of all the sham city players we'd have a chance of getting I'd say Nico O'Reilly would be the best bet. A city fan growing up but I'd probably forgive him:

🚨 BREAKING: HMRC opened a civil tax investigation into Manchester City in 2018 after the Football Leaks revelations, according to the Financial Times. Almost eight years later, there has been no publicly announced tax penalty, settlement or prosecution arising from that probe, and the investigation was reportedly never formally closed. Now, the issue is back in focus. The Premier League’s independent commission has found Manchester City guilty of serious financial-rule breaches, involving more than £900m in allegedly misstated finances. City deny wrongdoing and are appealing. Tax expert Dan Neidle has separately estimated that one of the alleged arrangements involving former City manager Roberto Mancini could potentially mean around £12m in unpaid tax , an estimate, not an HMRC finding. The big question now: what, if anything, will HMRC do next? More to come.

HMRC opened probe into Man City’s tax affairs in 2018 ft.trib.al/j8RrZng

Sham City 13/8 to go down 🤣🤣

Manchester City face an existential crisis if they drop out of the Premier League — starting with covering the huge costs of their playing squad espn.co.uk/football/story/_/…

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/…

BREAKING: Labour Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy is still refusing to publish report into the UAE’s attempt to take over The Telegraph, as required by law, despite the fact it was handed to her department well over 2 years ago telegraph.co.uk/business/202…

Club’s description of role of Jaber Mohamed, who made two £15m payments in 2012 and 2013, appears to show inconsistencies in legal defence in past Uefa case and present Premier League fight thetimes.com/sport/football/…

Man City shirt sponsor OKX fined £400k for links to mobsters as insiders say it ‘beggars belief’ club has not cut ties thesun.co.uk/sport/40589673/…

That club with higher revenue than Real Madrid is not even bothering to open 3 tiers of the Emptihad in the Cup. MASSIVE CLUB!!!!

Manchester City before Oil money and corruption

He’s trying to create a bit of daylight between him and the UAE after getting rumbled 🧐

The scandal at Man City is just another reminder of how much it has taken to fund the Glazer business model for @ManUtd. bbc.co.uk/sport/football/art…

Up to 52 tickets. In 1 section. Can see how these lot bring in more money than Real Madrid. Definitely innocent

“Though I'm an honorary president of the club I'm speaking on behalf of myself, I'm not speaking on behalf of the club.”

Manchester City's financial charges have shone a light on their — and the UK's — links to Abu Dhabi. And with an independent commission finding the club guilty of cheating financial rules to the tune of £900m over a decade, it also presents a puzzle for Prime Minister — and former Mayor of Manchester — Andy Burnham. @AdamCrafton_ explains the ties and why the PM is trying to balance a multitude of interests. 🔗 nyti.ms/4APrePk

Manchester City fans going back to their original club 😩😮

🚨NEW: The Manchester Mill outlet has obtained notes from 2018 showing a senior official at Labour-run Manchester council warned staff: "You don't criticise the council's relationship with the football club [Man City] in this organisation and hope to survive" [@ManchesterMill]

Abu Dhabi Andy has got some explaining to do. Of all the potential locations, Andy Burnham chose to construct his new No 10 North at a site where Manchester City's UAE owners reportedly had a decade long right of first refusal. The relationship between Burnham, Manchester and UAE is becoming increasingly interesting.