It sounds like more of a deliberate attempt to deflect and downplay what is a brazen attempt to corrupt the system by circumventing the rules. I feel really sorry for that people like that city fan, because its clear that man city is his big love...
Yeah, i agree it really stood out to me as a brilliant example of leveraging one person's love for the club, making him feel like he is "an insider" and then brainwashing him with rhetoric enough to cloud his judgement to truly believe that City...