How success of Manchester City helped put Andy Burnham in power
PM has praised Abu Dhabi group as ‘huge partner’ in reshaping Manchester, but critics say this ignores public cost of city’s transformationIn July 2016, the Manchester City player Yaya Touré ambled into a small bar near Beijing’s Workers’ Stadium and…
The Manchester City case shows us how the global mega-rich now expect to operate with impunity | Jonathan Liew
When transnational alliances have scarcely been weaker, the way the club was allegedly run offers a bleak vision of a world driven by brute power and wealthThe cache of leaked emails and documents that would eventually lead to the crisis in which…
How the Manchester City scandal could play out | Letters
Readers respond to the guilty verdict against the football club for breaking the Premier League’s financial fair play rulesThirty six years ago, the team I support, Swindon Town, were severely punished for financial irregularities that pale into…
The Guardian view on Manchester City: a strange kind of glory | Editorial
If a guilty verdict on multiple counts of financial misreporting is upheld against the club, its achievements in the modern era will be forever tainted In surveys ranking the Premier League’s greatest moments, football supporters regularly give pride of…
We Manchester City fans fear relegation and losing trophies … but club are bang to rights
Despite attempts to legally filibuster the charges out of existence for the past three years, we’ve rightfully failedIt couldn’t have been more prophetic. In 2008, 15 years before Manchester City were charged with financial fraud, fans started singing…
Manchester City found guilty of breaking Premier League’s financial fair play rules
City face sanctions after more than 100 rule breachesClub insist on innocence and are expected to appealManchester City have been found guilty of the vast majority of more than a hundred charges related to breaches of the Premier League’s financial…