Football
How drawn-out saga of Manchester City’s alleged cheating came to this
Club’s ruthless approach was always at odds with their public image and this inglorious story has further to run There is no episode in English football’s history that even resembles a precedent for the epic Manchester C
Published 26 September 2026 at 05:00 UTC
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What happened
ity disciplinary drama, which encapsulates the modern game at breaking point. Here was a grand, stoic old club, taken over in 2008 by Abu Dhabi royalty and mega-funded to imperious