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Even if the recent takeover of Man City by Arab billionaires
was final proof that football has bought a platform ticket, put reality on the
train and waved it goodbye, the signs were already there. Plans for a 39th
game, match tickets that cost the same as a two-bed semi and players who swerve
into trees when learning of their latest ‘insulting’ wage offer all show just
how bloated, detached and greedy football has become.