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Winning is not enough for Manchester City to move on from this crisis | Jonathan Wilson
It’s not just that the club’s recent charges themselves are unprecedented – it’s the language used to describe them too Sign up for our free newsletter here The language of football is a fine and highly nuanced dialect.
Published 12 October 2026 at 14:24 UTC
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The majority of people involved in the game speak it with a high degree of sophistication. Minor deviations from the familiar, almost imperceptible to outsiders, can set off alarm