Hi, Blues, as you know I write a lot about Manchester City and so many of you come along and read what I write, which is nice. So thanks for that, but today, I’m not writing for you. No, today I’m writing for the British media…
Hi, journalists! Now we know you have a job to do, and we also know that in this day and age of 24/7 media and to get all those clicks, your job has become that much more difficult, so I’m writing to you all today to give you a day off. It concerns Manchester City and Fabian Delph, and whilst we know you can’t wait to rip into this and stir up s**t, I’m saving you the bother by doing it myself.
Please C&P the following into any tabloid or website you like; I’m giving you full permission.
ENGLISH FOOTBALL IS DEAD!
It has finally happened; football has become an entity that cares nothing for anyone but itself. Today, Fabian Delph was pictured walking in to complete a medical for Manchester City.
This was MERE days after Delph had pledged his allegiance to one of the true greats of historical English football and was looking forward to stepping out on to the pitch to lead his team as Captain.
But, no, Manchester City’s vast petro-dollars have scuppered all that, and, all going to plan, they will have ripped a SECOND English player from another great club in less than a week.
It’s an all too familiar tale sadly, that the club from M11 just cut a swathe through all before them and take who they want, when they want. What, pray tell is the point of spending £200m on an Academy and then simply buying other great club’s players – particularly English ones? No, they can’t do it the TRADITIONAL way like Manchester United, can they?
I, as a football journalist, find this all rather distasteful and if I was in charge at Aston Villa or Liverpool, I’d be lodging a very serious complaint to the heads of the FA and the Premier League, because, quite frankly, it has to stop.
Manchester City already broke FFP after being given VERY clear guidelines, but did they care? No, no they did not. UEFA came down hard on them – perhaps, as some like Arsene Wenger said, not hard enough – and now the FA must do likewise.
Today, football lost its soul; not that Manchester City ever had one.
(You can also add your name to the end of this, Mr and Miss Journalist – you’re welcome)
