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Stefan's own view (in private, which he won't ever air in public) is MCFC always asked Abu Dhabi for cash and then tried to make it look legit after the fact. So nothing to see here? I'll look forward to him addressing this on his next TalkSport appearance.
See the timeline of MCFC’s arch propagandist, @slbsn, to see how triggered that faction of the City support have become. Any neutral would be questioning why this is taking so long as opposed to attacking anyone asking why it’s taking so long.
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Lots of MCFC fans have tried & succeeded in pile-ons against me, not least @PrestwichBlue @city_rabin @GaryJamesWriter @slbsn. They were merely biased, ignorant, ill-informed. I hold no grudge.
But @MCFCDamo: the worst of the worst. Published my home address, inciting attacks.
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You suggest I played a part in a pile on. I did not. You tried to trash my reputation. I’ve remained clear in my view throughout.
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Incredible he’s literally listed every single Man City fan in this tweet
Lots of MCFC fans have tried & succeeded in pile-ons against me, not least @PrestwichBlue @city_rabin @GaryJamesWriter @slbsn. They were merely biased, ignorant, ill-informed. I hold no grudge.
But @MCFCDamo: the worst of the worst. Published my home address, inciting attacks.
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Yes. on here, and on @bluemoon_mcfc's Blue Moon forum. Man City got involved to persuade Blue Moon owner Ric to remove the posts. Twitter (as it was) was involved in blocking Damo. The police were involved. Nightmare.
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Nick, I’ve never changed from my view that if a team is found guilty by a fair & transparent process then it should be punished. I’m waiting for the verdict. When that arrives then if punishment is needed then that has to match the seriousness of the guilt… that remains my view
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One sad aspect among many in the City cheating case is that before they were first caught and punished, I got on really well with Prestwich (Colin), and Gary (brilliant City historian), and had a cordial relationship even relatively recently with Stefan. Rabin too, sort of.
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Thanks for all the many, many comments today about my work on Man City's cheating over more than a decade. And for the many, many commiserations about the death of Lottie, a dog who knew what was really important about football: playing the game for love.
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Blimey. What a volte-face from a writer so ardently in Man City's corner for so long that it seemed he might be being swayed by VIP days at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. But apparently he hasn't been swayed and now unequivocally declares Man City are cheats. thetimes.com/sport/football/…
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Nick Harris retweeted
É uma decisão histórica para o futebol inglês e que vem coroar o trabalho por mim realizado através do Football Leaks. Hoje, todos sabemos que, através de manipulações estruturais e de manobras financeiras, o Manchester City não se limitou a contornar as regras, transformou-as numa mera formalidade, desafiando qualquer tentativa de preservar a integridade da competição. Essa fraude meticulosamente arquitectada será finalmente alvo de punição, e o impacto não será apenas turbulento, mas verdadeiramente devastador para os Cityzens.
Por ironia do destino, não posso deixar de me lembrar das palavras de Pep Guardiola na sua primeira conferência de imprensa como treinador do City: "Fasten your seat belts".
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A piece from 15 yrs ago, Nov 2011, predicting Man City would fail Uefa's FFP. Table with all the numbers at the bottom of that. There was NO WAY, ever, MCFC were going to legitimately stay within the rules. Always clear that cheating would be required.
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One question I really want answering: did Pep also have two contracts, like Mancini, to help City cook their books? When Pep was hired, nobody knew about Mancini's two contracts. Why *wouldn't* City pull the same stunt again with Pep when they thought they got away with Mancini?
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Indeed.
And Guardiola took so well to being asked exactly that.
Easiest question in the world to answer ‘No’ to. He did not.
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All the shit you got Nick. Was so far out of order. Also, very sorry about your dog who was clearly very good at football.
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Manchester City: bloody hell.
Obvious we all knew they were cheating.
Been investigating it and writing about it for 14 years.
But still: bloody hell.
Not the best day for my dog to die and my house go on the market, but obvs I WILL get around to covering this
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Simon Pearce, Sheikh Mansour, Khaldoon Al Mubarak, David Pannick, Simon Heggie, Pep Guardiola, City_Rabin, Stefan Borson, can you hear me? Your boys took a hell of a beating ...
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Also, a small request: if you have found my coverage of City's cheating to be accurate, evidenced and compelling, and ditto work on FIFA corruption, drugs etc, then PLEASE consider becoming a paid subscriber. This work can't happen without it.
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