Goalkeeper Andre Onana insists the returns of Lisandro Martinez and Raphael Varane will give Manchester United a significant boost ahead of Saturday's FA Cup final against Manchester City at Wembley.
Man City rivals disprove latest excuse being readied for 115 charges
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Before the hearing into the Premier League's accusations against Manchester City has taken place, the groundwork for potential outcomes is already being prepared.
City made headlines when the charges were announced for paying through the nose for leading lawyer David Pannick KC to represent them. Some daftly took this to presume their guilt, coming from the same school of non-thought that the club should just 'show their evidence' to prove their innocence.
Even now, the fact that City are being represented by some of the best in the industry is being used to suggest they will beat the charges not by proving their innocence but by spending money. Speaking on radio station talkSPORT, host Simon Jordan suggested that City's funds for representation would be greater than the Premier League could afford and that 'very often' the person with the most money gets the best outcome.
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It can certainly be the case that financial disparity can have a decisive say in a courtroom just as it can a football pitch, but in both cases there needs to be perspective. If either were decided solely on who spent the most, there would be no point or interest in them.
The difference is in scale. You could feasibly say that Luton and Burnley haven't spent enough to compete with City for the title but you couldn't say that for Chelsea, United, Arsenal, or Liverpool. In fact, Chelsea and United have spent significantly more over the last five years so if money were the key factor they would have the last five league titles between them rather than zero.
It is undeniable that City
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