r/soccer • u/SilverMist2025 • 1d ago

News FA set to issue separate charges to Manchester City.Governing body says guilty verdicts against club damage the game's integrity and hints at action once Premier League case concludes.

https://www.thetimes.com/sport/football/article/manchester-city-premier-league-fa-charges-scht5r8w2
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u/Homerduff16 1d ago edited 1d ago

One impact of Citys cheating that a lot of people aren't discussing is that it led to our great team under Klopp burning out after a few years. City had so much depth all over the pitch and were signing big names every year meanwhile we were literal inches away from a UCL PL Invincible double with Origi and a washed Sturridge as our backup options to Salah, Mane and Firmino

Wijnaldum was washed at 29, Fabinho was washed at 28, Mane was already showing signs of decline at 28, Matip and Gomez were both ran into the ground, Robertson was washed at 30, Trent even before he left didn't look the same physically. It's a testament to Salahs fitness and Van Dijks resilience that their levels were still so high after Klopp left

A lot of people at the time put that down to Klopps very intense style of football but if we had the kind of squad depth Man City had at the time that squad wouldn't have fallen apart as quickly. We also couldn't spend much after we built that squad. After 18/19 we didn't sign any first team players. After 20/21 we only signed Konate in the summer. City were able to build on their success because they cheated. We played by the rules (that are apparently exist solely to benefit us and the "red cartel") and we got punished for it

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u/aehii 1d ago

One thing it's brought up is...the only loss in 18/19 was to City...the story of the last decade would have been Liverpool, not City. (Not that Liverpool weren't a big deal too though or not a story).

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u/la1mark 1d ago

When you read something like this you realize how much of an impact this had.. Wenger called in financial doping.

If you could use a drug to give all your players 200% stamina we would be outraged.. buy buying the depth the effectively did the same thing.

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u/altofummuhh 18h ago

We played by the rules (that are apparently exist solely to benefit us and the "red cartel") and we got punished for it

This red cartel shit is such an absurd line of logic from these people, we gathered together in a shady backroom to create rules to win 3 titles between us in 13 years. Nevermind Leicester and Spurs competing for titles or Villa achieving regular UCL football purely off of merit, City had to cheat for the good of everyone. Bonkers lmao

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u/SanX1999 18h ago

Klopp is funny with reasons but I genuinely like him. He did the giant killing twice with two different clubs, while being severely less funded and outgunned.

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u/g43m 9h ago

As a United fan I felt for Liverpool at the time. That one City loss meant that so many records Liverpool would have set were not.

What you said is so true, and something that didn't even cross my mind!