So.... we have shown the world how to run a football club, debt free and now financially self sufficient and this is how we are treated.
In my view this is the last big throw of the dice for the old has been clubs to try and stop us taking over football. Unfortunately appeals won or not they have done damage to the clubs name, in future years any thing we achieve will be ended with “Manchester City.. who in 2020 were banned from Europe for two years, but it was over turned on appeal” it will always be brought up and used against us.
Is it racism? Probably. Is it the old “big” teams trying to keep the former status quo? Probably.
We had someone invest their own money in to us and make us the best run club in the world and we are made out to be villains. Yet over in Trafford it is ok to be £600m in debt with accounts in tax havens. It is ok to be owned by an owner who in MLB has his club proven to be cheats if you are based in Liverpool. Or be convicted of fraud if you are a German rag.
It is corrupt. I would love us to win the bent competition this season and for us to rub it in their faces that they are banning the holders. But no matter how motivated the players and Pep could be for the challenge it will not be allowed to happen.
And the media can fuck off.