meltonblue
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I don't think city would want to embarrass a sponsor. That's true enough. However the whole of the sponsorship agreement is covered by the UAE state or that is what has been alleged by the documents unearthed by PB. http://www.openandfairskies.com/wp-...08/Partnership-Rebuttal-Filing-DOT-Aug-24.pdf (see p 14)
I always thought it was stupid to believe that Sheikh Mansour would be financing the Etihad deal.
City no doubt have access to contracts and payments, and statements from Etihad. I'd be pretty confident that City could substantiate the source and veracity of the UAE sponsorships and it's surely very relevant to note that they are now a small and ever smaller part of City's overall revenue. But most City fans should be getting ever more cynical about the sporting process.
The presentation that doc refers to is only about 2010 though.