This is the next thing people like Harris and Delaney will struggle with.
As a hypothetical, suggest we win the treble and Newcastle and Brighton finish 3rd and 4th.
All our lives we've been told that Bayern and United and Barca/Madrid have so much money because they were always successful and attractive to investors and sponsors.
At what point do we fall under that bracket? Because winning 5/6 league titles, being the only consistent CL team in England, winning the biggest tournament out there, having global superstars in Haaland, Grealish etc. seems like it's there.
I think the usual suspects know this, and it's why they're clinging on to the PL charges so tightly. If they all get dismissed away, then heading into the next 15 years of ADUG ownership their criticisms of City's financial legitimacy are going to be increasingly hollow.