It isnt a percieved slight its objectively bad and bias reporting, the same reporter wrote an article comparing a player who has had a mediocre season in serie a to a player who has broken multiple records and won a treble this season, with no factual basis or reasoning to the article just because it was utd signing him.
When it is an article about city signing one of the most sought after young defenders in europe is there any comparisons to stones, dias or any other top european defenders? Of course not just a load of hogwash about how it might negatively impact our team and he might end up on the bench.
So when two same situations are handled entirely differently based on the club its not a percieved slight its clear bias