Jeg har lige læst en klumme af en Pat Dolan - han er vist agent og derfor, måske, lidt biased - men der kommer nogle interessante betragtninger.
Bloody hypocrites. The savage public attack on Manchester City is scandalous.
“ And Premier League bigwigs should hang their heads in shame.
While we all know there is something crude about City spending so much on players’ wages amid a cost of living crisis, what they are doing is the nature of modern football. The nature of modern life.
It is called capitalism. And it is something that has always been there in this sport.
Let’s go back to the 1970s, nearly half a century ago, when Liverpool had just won their first European Cup. They went out and bought the world’s best.
That is how Kenny Dalglish ended up at Anfield. When Liverpool took the best player from the Scottish Premier Division, their fans screamed with joy.
By the time the Manchester Uniteds and Chelseas took over, the same thing happened.
While Alex Ferguson is credited with bringing through the Class of 92, for promoting youth, you also have to remember he was also addicted to breaking the British transfer record.
Gary Pallister and Roy Keane, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Juan Sebastian Veron, Rio Ferdinand and Andy Cole, if a player was available, Fergie would splash the cash.
And then who rolled into town? Mr Abramovich
It’s so sickening to see all the top clubs gang up on City, when so many of those same clubs were all having secret meetings, dreaming of counting the cash of the European Super League.
Have people not noticed how regularly Amnesty International are talking about sports washing in the Premier League, and not just by the Qataris in Manchester but in so many clubs across England?
The language they are listening to is when the money does the talking.
I have to also ask if Premier League head honchos are so concerned about sporting integrity then how on earth did Saudi Arabia manage to buy Newcastle United?
The extraordinary spending by Chelsea in the last month hardly fits into the Premier League’s strict standards of financial fair play. But it is City who are criticised.