As City fans, we must all be familiar by now with the appalling words uttered on TalkSport by the despicable journalist known as John Dillon.
We are aware that certain journalistic forces, insanely jealous at what Pep Guardiola is doing at the Etihad, are trying their best and by the darkest of means to unearth stories detrimental to the Club playing the best football ever seen on this planet.
The news thrown-up by Der Spiegel has proved to be a trigger point for the trigger-happy hacks we have to endure to try to boost their profiles as the world tries to denigrate Manchester City.