I don't claim to be a financial expert, and I'm certainly not going to pretend that I know anyone within the club.
However, I do know a lot about Market Research and Opinion Polls, and as far as I'm concerned, regardless of eventual verdict, the damage has already been done.
I've just suffered the misfortune of listening to the latest Times Podcast which begins: "Despite Manchester City winning the Premier League, it's been a great weekend"
That's supposed to be a joke from a rag-supporting presenter, but Alyson Rudd then refers to City as a Cult, and compares the worshipping of Guardiola with a Fascist Party Rally
She makes no apology for wanting City to be liquidated, and as far as I'm concerned, the feeling is mutual.
However, the podcast finishes with typical Kangaroo Court Justice
FOR THE SAKE OF CLARITY MANCHESTER CITY DENY ALL THE CHARGES, BUT WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THE NEXT TWENTY MINUTES ASSUMING THAT THEY'RE GUILTY
Delaney, Rudd, Harris, Syed, Jordan, Ziegler, Carragher, and Neville, are incessant with their tedious bollocks, and this will continue until some kind of half-arsed verdict or compromise is eventually agreed.
That's the reality unfortunately, because thanks to the current stalemate, we've already been tarnished.