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How best to punish City? Restitution over retribution, then hand club to the fans | Jonathan Liew
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How best to punish City? Restitution over retribution, then hand club to the fans | Jonathan Liew

The Guardian Football about 1 hour 1 mins read

There are no real precedents and emotions are still raw, but good can come from this mess if ownership models change

A 17-year transfer embargo. Replay the entire era with all the original players. Restore the 2009 squad and force them to mount a title challenge with Stephen Ireland, Martin Petrov and Richard Dunne. Force Ferran Soriano to drive a parade bus backwards through Manchester, once for every major trophy won. Ban the Poznan, or at least make City fans do it facing forwards.

Yes, in the week since it emerged that Manchester City have been found guilty of all the financial charges laid against them by the Premier League, a great and cathartic silliness has begun to stalk the land. The Sainsbury’s account on Instagram posting a picture that reads “114 unexpected items in the bagging area”. The relentless trolling from Domino’s Pizza, which claims to have “irrefutable evidence that pineapple is the best pizza topping”.

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