Inside Ferran Soriano's role in Man City scandal: Premier League sources reveal how 'aloof' Spaniard 'patronises' other clubs, how his fingerprints are on key documents and why he left some Etihad staff feeling like outsiders

In the small talk preceding one of the few interviews he has granted the British press, City chief Ferran Soriano joked about how he didn't need to impress journalists much in this role as he did in Spain.