There were thumbs up outside London’s International Dispute Resolution Centre last week from the senior clerk of the Blackstone legal chambers whose vastly remunerated KC, Lord Pannick, is leading the club’s case. And yes, Pep Guardiola is right — many clubs are salivating at the thought of City losing. Printed, in black and white, in the 93-page report of City’s last legal hearing, is the list of nine clubs who lodged demands that the club be allowed no stay of execution if convicted: Arsenal, Burnley, Chelsea, Leicester City, Liverpool, Manchester United, Newcastle, Tottenham and Wolves.