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All of that drama, though, comes with a figurative asterisk. This season’s Premier League has been defined as much by turbulence off the field — points deductions, internecine bickering, legal disputes, fraud accusations and the looming threat of government intervention — as it has been by City’s (eventual) smooth sailing through it.
The Premier League’s Asterisk Season
The Club: How the Premier League Became the Richest, Most Disruptive Business in Sport
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For the first time, the Premier League this season was forced to strip points in the standings from two of its member clubs for breaches of financial regulations. One of them, Everton, was punished twice, prompting outrage from its fans. Appeals then kicked off a long, opaque legal process that left not just those teams but also their rivals mired ... See more
The Premier League’s Asterisk Season
More troubling still, to fans and clubs alike, is that it has been 15 months since Manchester City was accused of 115 violations of the league’s financial rules over a series of title-winning seasons.
Manchester City has always declined to discuss the Premier League’s charges, which it has labeled an “organized” attempt to smear its reputation, and ... See more
Manchester City has always declined to discuss the Premier League’s charges, which it has labeled an “organized” attempt to smear its reputation, and ... See more
The Premier League’s Asterisk Season
Considering all transfers of players to Premier League clubs of €10 million or more between its inception in 1992 and January 2021, you would find nearly half (46%) of them failed to start half the team’s Premier League games in the next two years.
