The Guardian Premier LeagueFriday briefing: How Manchester City’s financial scandal could upend the whole football league
In today’s newsletter: Manchester City’s disgrace reaches far beyond sport, exposing not just a crisis in football but also raising questions about foreign owned British institutions Good morning. It’s a sporting scandal of colossal proportions, with the juiciest details still to come. Manchester City’s ascent from mediocre to majestic changed the landscape of British football. Now, that pace looks set to be matched by a sudden, plummeting fall. The club has been found guilty of breaching football finance rules to the tune of hundreds of millions of pounds, with ramifications poised to spill far beyond Manchester (the club denies the allegations, and says it will appeal). Foreign state ownership makes this an international relations issue, not just a sporting one. The prime minister has been dragged into the sleaze-fest, and the stream of stories shows no sign of slowing. Meanwhile, the Mancunian club has the chutzpah to sit at the top of the Premier League, much to the repulsion of my Manchester United-supporting boyfriend. Ukraine | Wes Streeting urged the US to stand by Ukraine on his visit to the American capital and sought to cool tensions between the two countries in the wake of the Starlink row that is threatening to set back Kyiv’s war effort. UK news | Jeffrey Donaldson has been sentenced to 15 years for sexual offences against two women who were children when he abused them, completing what was described as a “catastrophic descent into disgrace”. Hacking | An Israeli advertising agency has been serving millions of online adverts that allow “zero-click” spyware to be used against targets, researchers at a Canadian university have said. UK news | A woman has alleged Russell Brand told her “it’s just fun” as he raped her in a hotel room at the 1999 Labour party conference, a court has heard. US news | Donald Trump has shelved a widely condemned plan to livestream the execution of a disabled man by firing squad. Continue reading...
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