Like many here I am under no illusions about the sports media and it's biases.
Now that City is going to court again over the unfair advantage of shareholder loans , having exposed the incompetent and rushed workings of the PL as they cobbled together a " fix", the silence from the media is deafening.
Remember the immediate and vitriolic outrage when it was leaked that City were going to arbitration over APT ? Wall to wall coverage . City were going to break football. Etc etc . What a contrast . Could it be that yesterday's announcement came from City , not leaked by a big six club to one of the journalists they have in their pockets ? Or could it be that they don't know how to spin it as it feels like a slam dunk ?
Somehow they are going to have to find a way to say that a rich owner investing in a club is different from a rich owner finding sponsors to invest in a club . One is fine , nothing to see here , but the other has to turn out their pockets like a naughty schoolchild and wait for the headmaster to come back from an extended jolly before they can gain any grudging permission.
Whether City intends to pursue the case in court or simply to use it as a negotiating lever remains to be seen . But I'm looking forward to seeing how the media respond. Who are the cheats now ?