Not about bureacuratic violations nothing to do with the actual matches.
The bureaucratic violations do affect the matches though, because City were able to field consistently stronger and deeper squads than other teams because of it. People often commented that Manchester City's bench players might be able to win the League on their own.
Also, one might wonder whether an organization that was so willing to cheat so extensively on the bureaucratic side of things might have tried their hand at other methods... For example, the UAE government certainly did like to pay Premier League referees (who do not make that much money given they are officiating for the most valuable sports league in the world) very handsome sums to ref single games in the UAE. Not to mention that the coach for most of this time, Pep Guardiala, was convicted of doping as a player and has a long history of credible accusations of the same as a manager.
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The bureaucratic violations do affect the matches though, because City were able to field consistently stronger and deeper squads than other teams because of it. People often commented that Manchester City's bench players might be able to win the League on their own.
Also, one might wonder whether an organization that was so willing to cheat so extensively on the bureaucratic side of things might have tried their hand at other methods... For example, the UAE government certainly did like to pay Premier League referees (who do not make that much money given they are officiating for the most valuable sports league in the world) very handsome sums to ref single games in the UAE. Not to mention that the coach for most of this time, Pep Guardiala, was convicted of doping as a player and has a long history of credible accusations of the same as a manager.
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