Why Manchester City’s scandal is really about power Why the Manchester City scandal has geopolitical consequences Manchester City is undoubtedly the decade's most successful football club. It’s won the Premier League seven out of the last ten seasons and pretty much every other tournament a club can. But right now, three judges are deciding whether it had been cheating the whole time. This video explains why Manchester City is accused of “financial doping”, how it began with hacked emails, and why there are huge geopolitical consequences to football's "trial of the century".