Can Man City's dominance be separated from their 115 charges?
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🗓️ 20 May 2024
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Summary
Manchester City have created English football history by winning a fourth consecutive top flight title.
But do Pep Guardiola’s side get the recognition their achievements deserve?
Does future dominance depend on how long the manager stays and is the whole debate overshadowed by the 115 charges they face for alleged breaches of Premier League financial regulations?
Ayo Akinwolere is joined by Man City writer Sam Lee, senior football writer Oli Kay and Manchester football writer Mark Critchley to discuss.
Host: Ayo Akinwolere
With: Sam Lee, Oli Kay and Mark Critchley
Executive Producer: Adey Moorhead
Producer: Guy Clarke
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| 0:35.1 | Manchester City have made English football history. |
| 0:42.2 | Manchester City champions of the land, four in a row. |
| 0:47.7 | But do Pep Guardiola side get the recognition their achievements deserve? |
| 0:51.5 | Does future dominance depend on how long the manager stays? And is the |
| 0:55.7 | whole debate overshadowed by those 115 charges for alleged breaches of Premier League financial |
| 1:01.7 | regulations? I'm Ayahuakim Alari. Welcome to the Athletic FC podcast. So joining us today for our final pod of the season, we are joined by Manchester City writer Sam Lee, senior football writer Olly Kaye and Manchester football writer Mark Critchley as well. |
| 1:21.9 | Sam, let's start with you, you know, Manchester City fourth consecutive Premier League title. |
| 1:28.7 | And I was just thinking about the significance of this actually, considering the quality of teams there are at this moment in the |
| 1:34.0 | Premier League and the quality of football we are witnessing. This is pure English histories |
| 1:38.5 | for Manchester City, isn't it? Yeah. I mean, we'll get to the elephant in the room in a minute, |
| 1:42.9 | which it's not even an elephant. That phrase doesn't even apply anymore, does it? Unless everyone's saying, there's a massive elephant over there. Let's talk about it at every opportunity. But in terms of the history, four titles in a row and this massive, look, there's that massive elephant we're talking about. We won't really be able to judge it properly, properly until we know |
| 2:02.7 | the outcome of that. But even if city are exonerated or found guilty of just not cooperating |
| 2:08.3 | or whatever, you know, people might not accept it regardless, but on the pitch, and I will come |
| 2:12.9 | back and justify this later on, what they're doing, what they have done. The hunger after winning three in a row, |
| 2:19.5 | a treble last year. You know, Guadiano was asked after the match yesterday, you know, do you feel |
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