Club Owners Trampled on Respect / If I Were City's Players, I'd Be Sickened!

Roy Keane slammed Manchester City's owners for their blatant disrespect, and said that after the club's financial violations were exposed, he feels sorry for the team's players.

According to "Verzeh Three", the legend of Manchester United spoke frankly and frankly in his assessment of the case of more than 100 cases of violation of the financial regulations of the English league. After the club was sentenced, he emphasized that the health and reputation of football has been jeopardized, and the players who won championships in those years should throw away their medals.

However, Kane has now clarified that he has no animosity towards the Manchester City players and believes that the owners' misconduct was a direct disrespect to the players' hard work. "It's not against the players at all," he told Sky Sports. Micah Richards talks about growing up in the academy and playing for Manchester City. It's not about the players or the fans, the problem is at the level of the club owners."

He continued: "When you're fighting for trophies, you want that success to be clean and honest. You want to look back at the end of your football career and say we gave it our all, we won games and we lost games. But you can't look at what was done at Manchester City and the club was condemned for it and feel proud, although I know there is an appeal. For years we have sat and admired Manchester City for attracting big stars and Pep Guardiola turning great players into superstars. However, the way they did behind the scenes is the real story, not the efforts of the players on the field."

Micah Richards, who played for Manchester City in the early years of the abuses after growing up in the academy, expressed his frustration at the situation, saying: "I'm absolutely devastated, especially because of what the fans have endured over the years. I was in the Manchester City Academy since I was 14 years old. "All the rumors and noise around the club made me pledge my reputation for this team many times."

"I feel betrayed because the process took too long," Richards added. The club kept talking about defense documents and if they have them I would like to see them to make things easier for the fans because they are always the last to know the truth. But what could we do as players on the field? We used to go to the field and play with 100% power. "I practically gave my all for the club with a healthy knee, because I love this team from the bottom of my heart."

He continued: "I would do anything for this club because of the opportunity it gave me. Now I am in a difficult situation where my integrity, medals and everything are being questioned. But I am sure that I gave all my strength for this team and this was the only thing that could be done by a player."

Keane, 55, sympathized with Richards and his former team-mates, but had a different view of the value of medals won during the sham contract era, saying: "If I was a player and things like that came to light about what we were doing at United, I would be upset. I'd be really embarrassed if there were hidden cheats or manipulation of accounts. "Other people may think this is harsh, but if there were unhealthy things going on in the background, I would never have felt like I was a true champion of the league, I never felt like that at all."

He added at the end: "We are talking about young people who go on the field, sacrifice everything and get injured, but this is the duty and the job of a footballer. You just hope that others will follow the right path, try honestly and follow the rules of the game. I hear many experts say that the players of Manchester City did not miss. We all know this and there is no question about their efforts. But they had expensive superstars on the bench who changed the flow of the game and relied on these pieces to leave teams like Liverpool behind. There is an expectation that at least a modicum of honor and justice will be observed, because respect in sports is formed from these principles. We are football people and it is difficult for us to talk about rules and legal clauses. "We play football because we love it, but football has no meaning without honesty and justice."