Omar Berrada to the rags | TLDR: They want to be us

[Gordyola]

This is hugely concerning and potentially has huge ramifications.

Omar was viewed within the club as a natural successor to Ferran Soriano as CFG’s CEO and played a huge part (In everything) that went on at the club and the wider City football group.

Omar has knowledge and information on absolutely every detail of City’s and CFG’s operation. Something really, really fishy about this.

I have no doubt Khaldoon will have tried to intervene to retain him.

But can he do it on a wet windy night in Stoke

 

[waspish]

Same here. @tolmie's hairdoo any insights

Well he has been at city since 2011 so he be banged to if city get found guilty

 

[bellsouth]

The guy that signs off our accounts has joined United, do the charges transfer across as well?

Jokes aside, but if charges are proven he would be culpable like others and possibly get a ban from football. So actually the fact United are taking him may mean they don’t think there will be any issues?

 

[Gordyola]

He was CFO mate, that’s quite pivotal

COO Chief Operating Officer of CFG

 

[51Chappie]

This is disappointing as it will elevate them in the coming years. With close links however, maybe he can quash any underhand tactics by Gill et al.

If anything, this may well push City on even more….

 

[Iassel]

He was CFO mate, that’s quite pivotal

No he wasn’t.

 

[remember arthur mann]

Sadly a rudderless ship will get some direction.

 

[RayCTID]

He was CFO mate, that’s quite pivotal

He isn't a Khaldoon or to another extent Soriano either.

 

[ninjamonkey]

Our inability to retain staff was getting concerning about half a dozen losses ago. We obviously thought very highly of him given his rise and how long hes been here. The statement from the club about him resigning suggests to me we were not willing to let him go unless he quit and there was nothing else we could do.

Sadly, they're not going to fail with him in charge. Even if he's massively out of his depth in that role, which I doubt, he will have picked up more than enough from others at city to make them successful and a serious threat again.

Bad news this. They're not suddenly going to be us overnight but no more joke of a football club going forward.

Hope we retaliate as strongly as possible to this and go after as many youth prospects as we can, it's the only acceptable response.

 

[red 2 hats]

Probably play him up front instead of Hojland :)