Man City watch on in disbelief as FFP fresh charges spark anger

It's hard to say which is more darkly funny for Manchester City fans: that other clubs are finally agreeing with them over Financial Fair Play, or that they are accused of being one of the main beneficiaries of the cartel that they railed against.

Monday's announcement from the Premier League to charge Nottingham Forest and Everton for a breach of Profit & Sustainability Rule went down like a cup of molten sick with supporters of their clubs. As they come to terms with facing punishment for their owners investing in their clubs and cities, many have started to question whether the rules are actually there to stop irresponsible spending or actually to protect the status quo and stop those who spent before the rules came in from being challenged.

It's a fair argument, and it's one that many City fans and some within the club have thought and said for more than a decade. It's just a shame that there was so little interest from other teams before it was their own interests at stake.

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As great as it is that the Mayor of Greater Manchester has recently become very vocal about these rules and football regulations, should Andy Burnham not have found his voice when one of the teams where he presides were threatened rather than the team he supports? Newcastle have been very critical lately of the rules that they think prevent them from gatecrashing the top six, yet they were one of the clubs who asked the Court of Arbitration for Sport to kick City out of the Champions League before their appeal had been heard.

It's entirely understandable for somebody not to be on top of something that