I submitted the following complaint to the BBC this morning, fed up with twisted media reports about our club:
"The supposedly independent Daily BBC gossip column continually shows bias and appears to suppress and distort any positive media articles about Manchester City that slip through the net of pro Liverpool and Manchester United articles. Today it gave incorrect links to a newspaper article and failed to report a leading story referred to by Gary Lineker on Match of the day.
Gary Lineker last night on MoTD referred to headlines in Sunday morning papers, that said Manchester City were looking to buy "both Haaland and Messi". Micah Richards appeared gleeful. As per usual with the BBC gossip column, a positive article about City was distorted and inaccurately reported.
There was no mention of the story referred by Lineker, but only that:
"Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola's uneasy relationship with agent Mino Raiola will not prevent the club from trying to sign his 20-year-old client, Norway striker Erling Braut Haaland"
The BBC gossip column then incorrectly linked to a separate Mirror story about City being interested in a Real Sociadad player, Alexander Isak, nothing to do with either Haaland or Messi:
www.mirror.co.uk
Man City boss Pep Guardiola keen on Real Sociedad youngster Alexander Isak
Swedish sensation on radar of Premier League champions-elect after terrific run in La Liga
www.mirror.co.uk www.mirror.co.uk
I dug round and found the correct "Exclusive" article by Simon Mullock about Manchester City's interest in both Haaland and Messi:
www.mirror.co.uk
Man City's push for £100million Erling Haaland transfer and Mino Raiola's role
EXCLUSIVE: The Norwegian No.9 is set to be at the centre of the biggest transfer saga of the summer after his explosive rise to prominence at Borussia Dortmund has left Europe's elite unwilling to wait
www.mirror.co.uk www.mirror.co.uk
The creators of the BBC Daily football Gossip section seem incapable of independent professional journalism, there is bias whether conscious or subconscious almost every day."