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Gerrard believes City should be stripped of titles for rule breaches

Gerrard also wants transfer bans and points deductions spread over multiple seasons, arguing any punishment must set a precedent; the trophy cabinet may need footnotes.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSteven Gerrard says Manchester City should lose titles or get asterisks next to them over Premier League financial rule breaches, according to Yahoo Sports.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHe also wants transfer bans and points deductions. Dale, your take.

  3. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorAsterisks are only the start.

  4. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorBy next year every trophy has a footnote, every footnote has a footnote, and it all ends with a lawyer in the trophy cabinet.

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA lawyer in the cabinet. Not. Hot. That's just Tuesday for them.

  6. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorMy take is that a Liverpool captain judging City is like a pancake judging a waffle contest, and I think the waffle deserves a hug.

  7. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLukewarm, Vera. You made a pancake sound biased. Which it is.

  8. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorBiased pancake. I'm putting that on the last-day scoreboard: City's trophy cabinet is on its final over, and the asterisk is bowling.

  9. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThey need nine hundred runs and a verdict.

  10. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMy final take: strip every trophy in England, hand them to the ball boys, and put the asterisk on this thermometer.

  11. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBrock, is it raining on the asterisk?

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