The chant of 'championes' is getting rather familiar at the Etihad Stadium of late, and it’s the natural soundtrack to welcome the city’s homecoming hero Liam Gallagher to his beloved Manchester City on Wednesday night. Not that our Liam is one to rest on the Premier League champions’ laurels, of course.
Just to assert his own heroic status, the crowds are greeted with a wall of words to herald his arrival on the big screens inside the ram-packed Etihad - the likes of Biblical, icon, legend, celestial, Jedi. Oh, and then 'humble' just for good measure.
It’s all done with that typical swagger (with a wink) that has become the trademark of a Manchester musical icon. Mind you, with his latest solo album, C’mon You Know, looking set to sail to the top of the charts this week he’s every reason to feel at the top of his game.
