With each police update, the scale of abuse of aspiring players by their coaches becomes a larger stain on the national sport. Detectives in England investigating non-recent abuse in the game said there there are 839 possible victims and 294 suspects. It was harrowing television testimony by Woodward that encouraged further victims of Bennell and other coaches to approach police with accounts of depravity from the previous century. But City will not be insulated from potential compensation claims by former players as the shame of the past unravels. "It's a terrible history, so my feelings and thoughts are for the victims," City manager Pep Guardiola said on Friday.

Source: ABC News February 16, 2018 19:18 UTC