Bert Swales

Manchester City were worth approximately £48 million in 2008.Sheik Mansour bought them for £210 million that same year. He has since spent over £2 billion on players alone. Amnesty International has documented serious human rights concerns about the Abu Dhabi government. The Premier League's most successful club of the last decade is funded by a government with a controversial human rights record. RT if you think sportswashing is football's most ignored crisis. What if the real game isn’t on the pitch… but in what we choose to ignore?

My understanding is Pep Guardiola will step down at the end of the season with Enzo Maresca all but agreed to take charge next season. Let me explain. Everyone at their club knows this is the direction of travel and they have gone as far as to talk about naming a stand in his honour. The reason it has not been reported as of yet is because every single credible journalist fears Pep and his erratic nature of making a U-Turn “out of the blue” and you cant attach your lifes work and reputation to such a erratic yet genius human being without being 100000% sure and I respect that. In summary, City have prepared for life without him with everything in place hoping he says “ we cannoh replace me” The direction of travel is for him to step down and they have agreed an in-depth package with Maresca. They will deny it and I respect that but… Let the chips fall where they may.

EXC - Andy Burnham has a credible plan to return to Westminster “within weeks”, allies say. He is expected to use a byelection fight to set out an agenda for government. His allies will ask Starmer to set a timetable for departure - and to potentially stay as Foreign Secretary