It only can be accused of bleating because we are united fans. It’s a perfectly fair point to make. If you don’t care about what other clubs do then where do we draw the line? Paying a ref off? Doping? Cheating is cheating it really is that simple, and in the adult world an independent point should be allowed to be made without it being placed in the context of a totally different point. City simply should not be where they are and wouldn’t be without cheating. Who’s to say who would have won titles in the last 8 years, post Ferguson especially. Maybe Liverpool or Tottenham? Maybe they’d have grown further and won a cl then. Where certain players may have ended up. Perhaps Dortmund or Bayern might have coaxed sane or de bruyne. Maybe juventus could have got aguero. And so on. One team cheats, the entire balance of the game is ruined. As for the mythical uefa elite. It doesn’t exist.
Are you sure this word shouldn't be 'investment '?
Everybody knows and accepts that without the investment of the ADUG, City would still be a yo yo team or possibly not even in this division.
There would be no David Silva or Sergio Aguero causing you nightmares, your owners would've been a whole lot richer, and your trophy haul greater.
That investment was like a breath of fresh air to the also rans in the league, who all wanted City to break into the monopoly you clubs in the top 4 had.
Your statement,
'As for the mythical uefa elite. It doesn’t exist', I find extraordinary.
Surely you realise that if the G14 didn't exist, there wouldn't be any FFP rules?
If not, you need to track back into the history of it and have a look at the pressure Platini was being put under by yourselves, the Milans, Munich, Juventus etc.
It is common knowledge, that they wanted to stop this kind of investment which would ultimately take money out of their pockets.
Unfortunately for the likes of Milan, they tripped themselves up.
Unlike with the English having huge TV money, the Italians didn't have the money to compete.
Therefore nobody wanted to buy them, as new investors wouldn't be allowed to invest the right kind of money in the team, so a Catch 22.
The FFP rules have since been tweaked and altered in line with the G14 demands.
All is well documented.
City's crimes?
They Bought some footballers from clubs who overcharged for them.