Even if Man City do win battle against the Premier League, they could still end up losing out to Newcastle, writes RIATH AL-SAMARRAI Click here to follow Mail Sport’s Euro 2024 WhatsApp Channel for all the latest breaking news and updates from Germany By Riath Al-Samarrai Published: 12:00 EDT, 8 June 2024 | Updated: 12:08 EDT, 8 June 2024 e-mail View comments The problem for Manchester City , as they gaze into the mirror and admire the freedom fighters staring back at them, is that the tyrants in their crosshairs might not be as scary as the tyrants under the bed. Those being the tyrants who will be the keenest of all spectators when City and the Premier League go for a scrap in their private arbitration hearing across the next fortnight. How Newcastle United must be loving this.
We’re hearing they’ll be taking a backseat, playing it neutral, not picking a side, or in public anyway. But they’ll be across every detail, studying each manoeuvre when those two old swingers fight over City’s ability to disfigure a sport. Their hands will stay clean but their fingers will be crossed.
They will be hoping for a City win from St James’ Park to Riyadh. Yearning for it and thanking their lucky stars for those in Abu Dhabi. Have at it, lads, score one for us little people.
Right behind you, but only until we’re not. A lot has been said since Tuesday, when some excellent reporting brought to light City’s secret legal battle within a bigger war, which is to say their move a.
