The City Perpetrators

Manero revisits the autumn wrath of the City hearings, as the Autumn leaves fell, so did English football’s darkest dawn.

The main billboarded window to view with the wilted roses on the window sill, on the Manchester City charge sheet is to prevent sponsorship being used to funnel limitless funds into City and destroying competitive integrity. As the Autumn leaves fell into week two, the City rocket launchers were set free, but not as free as the initial media posts blast would have you believe. Manero has always stood firm, does not follow the hype, any dissenters had to be padded down, there’s only so many times that you can put the fish heads in their mouths and wait for the gulp.

A General Custer’s last stand defeat for the Premier League was never the case, Manero a Custer’s man, stand firm. The arbitration panel supported the ATP, the Associated Party Transaction on twenty rules set in place, City for their part, pierced seven of the ATP laws. The ATP transaction success processed by the Premiership was on the fifty two mark, processed quickly with eleven taking longer to process to rear its ugly head, to say the snake 7 of the City proceedings.

Some conceive that football has become a sport which can no longer have investment in order to meet the PSR guidelines. Should the PSR become of a bandit country concept? Regulation is a key component in any industry, should football be any different? Club’s finances going down the drain has tightened the grip of the gloved PSR, but not to rule with an iron fist as Manchester City are forcibly trying to fist into place to protest their innocence is of the norm, but to become the ruler on the back of it, is of a devilish trait. Clubs are striving to put loans into equity at a five to six percent notional rate to meet the demands of the PSR. Clubs to be laid bare:

In support of Manchester City – Everton, Chelsea and Newcastle United.

In support of the Premier League – Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspurs, Westham United and Brighton Hove Albion.

Clubs in support of the rules – Fulham, Wolverhampton Wanderers, AFC Bournemouth, and Brentford.

Clubs perched on the fence – Crystal Palace, Southampton, Ipswich Town, Aston Villa, Nottingham Forest, and Leicester City, at the time of writing.

Manchester City was purchased in 2008 by Sheikh Mansour, Abu Dhabi based to build their global reputation and influence and to become football’s top club.

Into the lens we can now see the full narrative in full bloom, in walk the big boys with their big britches twanging away with breathtaking arrogance to steal the Premiership crown to rule, will they succeed? The Cartel has revealed itself, troughed in ugliness, it’s a consuming devil. If City fail, their dreams will be shattered, their global reputation broken, illuminating for all to see. City lay claim to the system being rigged v the Gulf clubs, but is it City who are lensed to rig the laws for their own glorification, dominance? A sign of City’s intent left gasps through the chambers my lord, with City’s general counsel writing to the Premiership membership clubs to contact City for any questions supercilious City, the eye popping arrogance, pop! Can the City juggernaut be derailed? It needs to be, it’s heading straight for the Premiership to claim the crown and switch onto another track. The crown has boarded at platform HQ, it’s all a fantasy? Perhaps not, as the winter months set in to dampen the spirits my lord, Christmas greetings, the Premier League v Manchester City hearings.

Wink Wink

Two corruption inmates going head to head, yes the PSR is not squeaky clean, but neither is City’s sponsorship traction, to hoodwink the PSR wink wink.

United’s Rock of Gibraltar?

The much publicised end game of Sir Alex Ferguson’s 2.16 million a year paydays as the club’s ambassador hit the aghast chamber my lord, Sir Alex is Mr Manchester United, not anymore, no good living in the past was Sir Jim Radcliffe’s remit, a crossing of the swords, of interest to the Manchester public? Not on those wet, dreary days. Not one to be knocked off one’s perch, the slightly other paler red of Liverpool the Graeme Souness hit the racquet, quote “I know you get nothing for looking back in football, nothing lasts forever.” Souness also states that Ferguson’s 2.16 million salary is a drop in the ocean to the club coined the United ‘bean counter’, should that be the question in point? Where do you draw the line? According to Souness the club’s value of 4.96 billion should be down to Ferguson’s achievements over a twenty seven year tenure, but did Sir Alex open the door for the reviled Glaziers to purchase the club? Souness failed to mention that theory, Manero will visit that postulate storyteller.

Yes, Sir Alex is one of the greats, but you cannot have one figurehead over power, is that the case? Clubs struggling of United’s statue revert back to the past more than ever, does it help if a former great is wandering around the corridors and entering the dressing room on occasions to be the suggestion, could it make the manager of the day to feel like an imposter in the manager’s role? All be it momentarily, it’s a human nature trigger. So how active has Sir Alex been in the ambassador role mirroring to the age factor, the cost cutting exercise seems to have been filled by Gary Neville, but in a more diluted role on ambassador duties in part, so much for the cost cutting with Neville being welcomed into the Radcliffe inner circle, despite the denial signals which Neville puts out, secret wraps Neville.

Time to open the door for the Glaziers to enter Manchester United with many laying the blame at Sir Alex’s door. Dating back to 2003, Sir Alex had friendship with two of the richest men in Ireland, JP McManus and John Magnier, two Irish businessmen termed as the ‘Coolmore Mafia’, racehorse owners with a premier horse named ‘Rock of Gibraltar’.

The horse was registered under Ferguson’s name with Sir Alex being led to believe that he owned the horse in partnership. That was not the case, McManus and John Magnier were the owners, Ferguson took Umbridge, the friendship collapsed and Sir Alex sought litigation. The fact that the Coolmore Mafia were United shareholders with the United ownership on their horizon bombed that out with Ferguson being the power player at United. Two years later in 2005, the Glaziers seized control of the club. So did Sir Alex open the door for the Glaziers? Seems to be the case, Ferguson lost his litigation case and so United lost two owners who would have been the club’s ‘Rock of Gibraltar’ in football terms. As for the Glaziers, they continue to gallop with loot in hand, creamed.

Tot Zeins Ten Hag

It’s tot zeins (goodbye) to Ten Hag with the Dutchman’s sacking coming as no surprise, Manchester United pulled the trigger five months too late. Ten Hag became an alien in his own body armour, visions of green gunge, aliens popping up and down, speak the bullshit Ten. It all became delusional, Hag’s body language staying in sync with the drivel, excuses poured out directed at VAR, the officials, crestfallen on injuries, the list can go on, while spending 600 million pounds on players, not once did the Dutchman address his own shortcomings.

Manchester United have fallen on the Ten Hag sword, not the other way around. The Dutchman in one’s mind leaves the club with two trophies in the cabinet, the FA and League Cups a success story on the Ten Hag green saucer enterprise en route to the orange Netherlands, tot zeins. The sporting Lisbon manager Ruben Amorim is to replace Ten Hag.

Manero on X on Manchester United on Ten Hag

@chestermanero
Ten Hag’s coaching ethos became of no direction or sense, that’s what pressure does if unable to cope, it devalues.

@chestermanero
It will take years for United to become a force again if at all, there’s no guarantee, bad signings by Ten Hag has left the club with even more problems.

@chestermanero – On a Ten Hag signing Joshua Zirkzee
Zirkzee’s movement is a bit lacklustre, needs to improve on the one touch, could lose confidence of the opinion.

Manero on X on Ten Hag’s successor Ruben Amorim

@chestermanero
A raft of problems early doors, Amorim needs a proper centre-forward, a player in midfield who can command the ball, then go from there. Sort out the chaff and then deal with the probables. Amorim must look to sort out the squad mess seamlessly.

@chestermanero
If Amorim goes with the 3 centre-backs which acts as a low block phase then United will be severely punished. The tactics can work in the Portuguese Leagues because the football is not as incisive in transition as the Premier Leagues.