‘The Premier League has the champions it deserves’, read the message from an old pal in May, after Manchester City’s footballers had won the title for the fourth year running.
Like many of England’s leading clubs, City are the playthings of foreign billionaires
We were both born within two miles of Maine Road, where ‘the City’ played until 2003.
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