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Analysis: Rebel outsiders without a cause - how Man City’s PR belligerence brought them down

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PA Images | Perhaps because of the lustre which his teams have brought to football, chief executive at Manchester City Ferran Soriano has always been held up as some sort of football philosopher, but his outlook is really quite pragmatic.

City’s belligerence left them isolated and friendless when UEFA laid down charges.

Officials contrast City’s approach to public with PSG, who ingratiated themselves with football’s power brokers. City – on the other hand – doesn’t have any representatives in any of the important football organisations.

When City attended meetings at UEFA the whole atmosphere surrounding them was strange. “There’s nothing unpleasant about it, just a sort of aloofness,” a source explains.

20 February 2020 - 2:21 PM

By James Corbett, Senior Correspondent

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