Any Manchester City punishment can only look to the future rather than change history

Like all of you, I was delighted to see the return of Premier League football this weekend.

However, the story that dominated the headlines during the international break was not about the players or the teams, but about Manchester City and allegations of financial misconduct.

“Man City” was found guilty of 114 of the 115 violations of Premier League rules alleged by the independent commission.

Those guilty verdicts are already the subject of an appeal.

Wherever you look at what’s wrong with football in modern times, the answer always seems to be money, which leads to fear of losing and subsequently losing sponsors.

This in turn has led to a huge increase in on-field cheating, not only by players but also by managers, from diving to pressuring referees to try to change the decision. Far from being descriptive, the game’s superstars must show their young fans hanging on their heroes’ every word.

When Alan Shearer signed for Newcastle United for £15 million, it was generally regarded as a transfer fee that the game could not sustain. Fast forward thirty years and that’s a figure you’d struggle to even get a squad player for.

Football has certainly gone through the era of “jumpers for the goal posts”, not all of the game is good

The reality of the situation with the Premier League is that the game is now largely controlled by Sky TV because they are such a key player on the financial front, so that’s what they want to get.

In the next few months (hopefully not years) we will see a conclusion to the Manchester City saga, which will be an opportunity to show that no club is bigger than the game.

When (or if) punishment is decided, he can only look to the future rather than trying to change history.

Otherwise, relegation, missing out on Champions League qualification, even missing out on trophies, etc. would open a big can of worms with the clubs claiming to have lost their income due to

It would be a snowball that wouldn’t stop rolling.

Assuming for a minute that Manchester City were unsuccessful in their appeal, I hope that the punishment handed down will be proportionate to the breach of the rules and will hit the club in the future rather than trying to change history.

I accept that the situation is not the fault of the Manchester City fans, but they should bear the consequences of any punishment as well as the success.

The first casualty of war is innocence.