They all know what is in the wind, hence the rhetoric in last couple days.
Tebas demanding a salary cap, Solskjaer admitting they don't have the cash to splurge like other clubs this summer.
Pundits bemoaning the lack of quality in the league and City making a mockery of it.
It's all pre-emptive to rachet the narrative that if we sign Messi and Haaland this summer, not only is it morally unacceptable during a pandemic, it will take us to a different planet.
It's done to smear what they have long dismissed as a possibility.
Manchester City FC being the dominant team in England and Europe for the rest of this decade.
It's fucking delicious. Taste the salty tears, collect them up with all the trophies we amass.
They thought this was as bad as it could get with City.
They tried to bury us but Pep and Khaldoon ensured the seeds were always going to bloom.
A new footballing Spring.