Why we’re stuck with a Premier League in the clutches of the global mega-rich | Jonathan Wilson
There’s little prospect of the model changing in a country that welcomes wealthy international owners with open armsFootball, the world’s most popular sport, played by laws drawn up in London in 1863. The Premier League is the UK’s greatest soft power…
The Premier League is back: welcome to the new era of post-verdict unreality | Barney Ronay
As the top flight returns, armed with the knowledge its serial champions have been the authors of a 10-year sham supremacy, the first question is simple: how is it going to feel?The internet: an apology. It turns out you were right. It was actually a…
Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend
Michael Carrick is wary of ‘Dr Tottenham’, Oliver Glasner returns to Selhurst Park and will Manchester City summon a siege mentality at Anfield?Premier League top scorers | View the league tableDeclan Rice’s future role in England’s midfield was…
Khaldoon al-Mubarak: the tightrope walker who made rare misstep over City charges
Manchester City’s chair is key to the project of making Abu Dhabi a secure world power but his next move may be the sale of the clubNo one better understands the precarious tightrope Abu Dhabi walks when it tries to balance its relationships with western…
Let there be blanks instead of Manchester City’s name on trophies: there was no honour there | Jonathan Wilson
The spaces can stand both as a rebuke to an era of greed but also a tribute to the Premier League’s hunt for justiceAt half-time in the 2014 League Cup final, Sunderland led Manchester City 1-0. Yaya Touré equalised with a casually brilliant 30-yard clip…
Decline and fall: who will believe in Raheem Sterling now?
Former England winger could face a prison term next month and his career collapse raises many questionsIn another world, where careers broke in different directions, Raheem Sterling would be in this England squad now, playing for the manager, Thomas…
How best to punish City? Restitution over retribution, then hand club to the fans | Jonathan Liew
There are no real precedents and emotions are still raw, but good can come from this mess if ownership models changeA 17-year transfer embargo. Replay the entire era with all the original players. Restore the 2009 squad and force them to mount a title…
Manchester City’s England players are worried about their futures, admits Tuchel
‘It is of course a topic and we speak about it at dinner’Head coach has right-back dilemma for game in CroatiaThomas Tuchel has suggested Manchester City’s England contingent are worried about the club being found guilty of breaching the Premier League’s…
Andy Burnham urged by Lib Dems to reveal all meetings with owners of Manchester City
Burnham should also declare City hospitality, party saysPM said he would be concerned if owners forced to sellAndy Burnham is facing calls from the Liberal Democrats to publish details of all his meetings with Manchester City’s owners, the Abu Dhabi…
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…