The Guardian is very harsh: “Juve and Man City, football in the age of deception”

An era characterized by deception. This is how the Guardian, an English daily newspaper, which in one of its latest editorials compares the judicial situations that are involving all Manchester City in England e Juventus in Italy to “years of polyurethane suits in swimming”.

For a Manchester City and “has yet to be found guilty of the 115 breaches of Premier League rules he is accused of, a case that is expected to conclude towards the end of the Anthropocene” there is a Juventus whose “the dominant era in Italy was conjured up out of thin air, based on falsified player ratings.”

Jonathan Liew, columnist of the Guardian, “This is a sport where everyone is ultimately trying to cheat, always. Deception and bad intentions are hidden everywhere, like diving and wasting time, or asking for a corner kick you know you are not entitled to. Up to elite cheating, distortions of an entire ecosystem through obscene wealth”.

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Man City, Guardiola: “Financial violations? Let’s decide soon”

He also expressed his opinion on this matter Pep Guardiola, coach of Manchester City: "I would like the Premier League and the judges to decide as soon as possible. So if we have done something wrong, everyone will know, but if – as we believe – we have done things well over the years, people will stop talking about it. I would like everything to be closed tomorrow, even this afternoon."

The Spanish coach hopes for a quick resolution to the case concerning the Manchester City, who was indicted in February for a series of violations of financial rules relating to the period from 2009 to 2018, and who according to investigators had not cooperated with the investigations that began in December 2018.

“I wish the judges weren’t too busy and decided what was best, also because I know what we won on the field and there’s no doubt about that. I hope we don’t have to wait two years, why not do things faster?”, added Guardiola, reiterating that he will remain in his position until the accusations are clarified.