Money talks, but it won't decide whether or not City are innocent

BEFORE the hearing into the Premier League's accusations against City has taken place, the groundwork for potential outcomes is already being prepared.

- SIMON BAJKOWSKI

City made headlines when the charges were announced for paying through the nose for leading lawyer David Pannick KC to represent them.

Some daftly took this to presume their guilt, coming from the same school of non-thought that the club should just 'show their evidence' to prove their innocence.

Even now, the fact that City are being represented by some of the best in the industry is being used to suggest they will beat the charges not by proving their innocence but by spending money.

Speaking on radio station talkSPORT, host Simon Jordan suggested that City's funds for representation would be greater than the Premier League could afford and that 'very often' the person with the most money gets the best outcome.