I suspect 'Sporting Rampant Fucking Mediocrity' is still available if Knickerless wants a moniker more in keeping with the level of his abilities.
Shock, horror! People who have a long-standing relationship within which they've done business together successfully continue to do business together. It isn't as if Abu Dhabi and Nexen have sought to hide this, either.
The quality of reporting on these allegations - and I'm not talking about hostility to MCFC here but knowledge on the part of journalists - has been truly dismal. (As someone who's spent over 20 years in big commercial law firms doing work for major sporting clients, I'm qualified to assess this). It's a highly specialist area, so you wouldn't expect football journalists to navigate it with ease, though it might be nice to see some of them recognise the fact. However, there's a small number who hold themselves out as experts in the business side of football.
To a man (and I think they are all male), they're pretty fucking clueless, but Nick Harris is the hardest of the lot to take seriously. He seems to reckon he's a hard-hitting exposer of the truth, but anyone who, like him, tweets in the manner of someone soiling himself with glee in response to any news confirming his tawdry little biases deserves simply to be mocked.
For an informed perspective on City stuff in this area, follow Stefan of the 93:20 pod - @slbsn on Twitter - and the estimable
@Prestwich_Blue while Swiss Ramble on Twitter is terrific for football finance generally.
