I barely bother with any of it. Of course, I’ll have the odd argument on Reddit to pass the time, and I check fixtures, team news and results on the Sky or BBC apps, but apart from that, I avoid it. Even the commentary and punditry during the games - I miss them because I tend to watch matches a couple of hours after they’re live. Partly due to family commitments, partly because I prefer to watch matches at x2 speed.

We don’t know whether De Bruyne and Guardiola would even be at City if it weren’t for the cheating. If they’d stayed within the rules, they might not have won the FA in 2011, or the league in 2012 and 2014. Their pull would’ve been seriously diminished, meaning big names like Aguero and Silva could’ve turned them down. They may not have qualified for the Champions League as consistently, further impacting their ability to attract top talent.