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Inside Man City's vicious 15-year legal war with football's 'cartel': How City and their attack-dog lawyer fought amid a culture of fear that saw journalists targeted for reporting the truth - and club's shock at guilty verdict, revealed by IAN HERBERT
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There's no suggestion the tracking device found under an investigator's car, at the height of a forensic investigation into City's finances, had anything to do with the club under suspicion.
- There's no suggestion the tracking device found under an investigator's car, at the height of a forensic investigation into City's finances, had anything to do with the club under suspicion.
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- Inside Man City's vicious 15-year legal war with football's 'cartel': How City and their attack-dog lawyer fought amid a culture of fear that saw journalists targeted for reporting the truth - and club's shock at guilty verdict, revealed by IAN HERBERT
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