The parallels in that article with what we've been witnessing this season is uncanny. Two points stick out for me :
1. The paragraph which refers to... communicating in an "exclusive" manner with the referee designators of Serie A, attempting to influence results by picking certain referees he considered more favourable to Juventus or more likely to rule in favour of the Old Lady on a dubious call."
2. Followed by... It was further alleged that throughout the season, top players of rival clubs were shown a calculated number of yellow cards in a bid to ensure their suspension when the teams faced the record Italian champions."
How many players have we had booked for innocuous reasons in recent games? Sterling is the obvious one for me but I'm sure there are others.