Van Dijk Sidesteps Questions About Man City, Who Have Been Found Guilty

Cheaters tend to win, particularly when the people doing the cheating are rich and powerful. And those watching on, the press and pundits and commentators, will do their best to paper over the ugliness of it all given their self-interest demands they never be too critical of the product .

This is the reality of the world in 2026, where greed and self-interest and the grift economy extends to the highest reaches of global power.

So it’s really no surprise it’s also the reality that also defines the Premier League in 2026, where Manchester City lead the league after being found guilty of industrial scale financial doping and of then working to cover it up.