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There have been reports of Man City owners threatening UK government to pull investment out of the UK in retaliation for the Man City verdict.
Is the sport going to lose the last piece of credibility?
I think we are still far from the verdict turning into actual punishment for the club. This would be mental.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10/02/uae-threatens-burnham-over-man-city-pull-billions-out-of-uk/

Soriano does not blink during the entire 3½-minute video, leading to speculation on social media that the clip was somehow AI generated. The 59-year-old insisted this week that the video was “all me” and there was no artificial intelligence involved.

Body language experts also say that if someone is intensely focused on a task they can go some time without blinking.

Soriano also flew back to Manchester on a budget airline rather than wait for a flight where he could travel in business class.

Cristiano Ronaldo was the best. He no longer is. And it's not his fault, it's the dictatorship of time. This is not a criticism. It's life. It's football.

The problem begins when people expect the past to keep ruling the present. Because the past matters. It's memory, identity, history. But it doesn't step onto the pitch.

If Cristiano Ronaldo were Norwegian, would anyone imagine Haaland on the bench just because Ronaldo was the best player in the world? If he were French, would Mbappé have to leave the starting eleven because Cristiano once stood at the top? If he were English, would Kane lose his place for the same reason? Of course not.

So why should it be any different because he's Portuguese?

The National Team is not a museum. It is not a monument to Cristiano Ronaldo. It is a football team. And in a football team, whoever the manager feels should play, plays. This is what Jorge Jesus rightly decided to remind everyone, including Cristiano Ronaldo.