We all knew it was going on the whole time, yet they hold off for years as to not irritate Abu Dhabi owners/state and let heavy investment happen in the City of Manchester.
Isn't it funny aswell, abit tinfoil I know, but since the Tories fell out of favour and the country "went Red" - all of the blue teams who were previously dominating bar Brighton and Everton have gone to shit. Chelsea have been taken over by basketcases who spend so much money they have constant player turmoil and appoint random managers like Rosenior while forcing out good ones like Enzo. Man City have had this drama looming over them, have lost Pep and Rodri with Haaland having Real Madrid written all over him. We've been crippled by PSR rule implementation and a previously competent system going to complete pot.
Meanwhile Liverpool(new Man U) & Arsenal are passing the League title between themselves, spending ridiculous amounts of money in the process. Mega-money Forest have appeared out of nowhere. Previous mid-00 staples of averageness in the Premier League like Fulham and Sunderland are back at it. Middlesbrough are threatening a return. It's abit like we're all reverting to 2005.
A blue team won't win the League again for another 8+ years.
P.s I have no political affiliations or sentiments in these regards. Just mad how it works.
Kinda like when the Tories came to power 2010(?). Man City came out of nowhere to become dominant, Man U fell off, Arsenal became an international laughing stock, Chelsea bagged a couple of titles, so did we... apart from Fergie's Utd, I don't think a red team won the Prem at all during that period either. Now it's all flipped on its head.