Character may earn City first title in 44 years

When the dust settles on another Premier League season at around 5.10pm this evening, it will ultimately be decided by one factor – character.

Of course, a win for the nouveau riche City would not be the fairytale win its long-suffering fans would like to think of it as, but any protestations about finances from what is still the richest club in the world on the red side of Manchester would ring somewhat hollow.