Media Thread - 2021/22

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Get your city bingo cards ready, talksport (white and jordan) are going to be talking about state owned clubs later along with glazer owner model, whom previously jordan said he doesn't have a problem with because its just simply about making money, where as Arab ownership is pure evil.
 
Milesvk said:
Get your city bingo cards ready, talksport (white and jordan) are going to be talking about state owned clubs later along with glazer owner model, whom previously jordan said he doesn't have a problem with because its just simply about making money, where as Arab ownership is pure evil.
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I don't know why people don't make the point more often to him and his ilk that Sheikh Mansour etc have invested a billion pounds into an asset that was worth £200 million and is now worth over £4 billion, making it one of the shrewest investments ever known.

The fact that they have taken a short term hit for long term gain means simply that they are cleverer than the likes of the Glazers etc.
 
Milesvk said:
Get your city bingo cards ready, talksport (white and jordan) are going to be talking about state owned clubs later along with glazer owner model, whom previously jordan said he doesn't have a problem with because its just simply about making money, where as Arab ownership is pure evil.
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We won't be in the conversation then, as we are not owned by a state. Will we?
 
Didsbury Dave said:
I don't know why people don't make the point more often to him and his ilk that Sheikh Mansour etc have invested a billion pounds into an asset that was worth £200 million and is now worth over £4 billion, making it one of the shrewest investments ever known.

The fact that they have taken a short term hit for long term gain means simply that they are cleverer than the likes of the Glazers etc.
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Good point but think the glazers has taken out around 700m for themselves since they’ve owned them which seems a good business deal [emoji38]
 
daveoswald said:
Correct Tolmie, and the never ending bullshit narrative around the club, always comforted, by posters like prestwich blue and others who actually know there shit. However the trump card for me is a mate of mine , law degree, masters at Cambridge, lectured in law at four Uk universities, specialised in sport and business. He is not a city fan, but is adamant, that premier league rules and FFP would not stand up in a real court of law. don't think we will contest. However Newastle might,
pretty sure they have no intentions.of finishing midtable.
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There is knowing your shit and knowing you're shit ;-)
 
Didsbury Dave said:
I don't know why people don't make the point more often to him and his ilk that Sheikh Mansour etc have invested a billion pounds into an asset that was worth £200 million and is now worth over £4 billion, making it one of the shrewdest investments ever known.

The fact that they have taken a short term hit for long term gain means simply that they aren't slimy spivs like the Glazers etc.
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Didsbury Dave said:
I don't know why people don't make the point more often to him with and his ilk a 10lb lump hammer that Sheikh Mansour etc have invested a billion pounds into an asset that was worth £200 million and is now worth over £4 billion, making it one of the shrewdest investments ever known.

The fact that they have taken a short term hit for long term gain means simply that they are cleverer than the likes of the Glazers etc.
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bobbyowenquiff said:
Not even UEFA (who have checked our audited accounts for 14 years) have alleged City are "state-owned." This claim by Matt Hughes can be checked on Google within 30 seconds. We are very transparent about our ownership structure. These claims by the Daily Mail fit the perfect definition of fake news. Hughes appears to be a moron who doesn't know the difference between the Abu Dhabi Investment Fund (Sovereign Wealth Fund) and the Abu Dhabi United Group (owned by Sheikh Mansour) Perhaps, like others at the Mail, he has a problem with the ethnicity of our owner. After all "they all look the same don't they."
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Matt Hughes: "City are the only club other than Newcastle to benefit from state ownership, with Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund owning 78 per cent."

It frustrates the life out of me when they come out with shit like this but for the sake of accuracy remember 2 things:

i) there are 2 SWFs - Abu Dhabi Investment Authority assets c $820 billion and Mubadala assets c $240 billion.

ii) from July 2021, CFG’s ultimate parent undertaking is Newton Investment and Development LLC, a company registered in Abu Dhabi and also wholly owned by His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan - so not a SWF :)

Minority shareholdings in Newton are Silver Lake with 14.54% and China Media Capital with 8.24%
 
Pablo ZZZ Peroni said:
Matt Hughes: "City are the only club other than Newcastle to benefit from state ownership, with Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund owning 78 per cent."

It frustrates the life out of me when they come out with shit like this but for the sake of accuracy remember 2 things:

i) there are 2 SWFs - Abu Dhabi Investment Authority assets c $820 billion and Mubadala assets c $240 billion.

ii) from July 2021, CFG’s ultimate parent undertaking is Newton Investment and Development LLC, a company registered in Abu Dhabi and also wholly owned by His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan - so not a SWF :)

Minority shareholdings in Newton are Silver Lake with 14.54% and China Media Capital with 8.24%
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So what is the motive of Matt Hughes? He must know the truth. Our accounts are published every year, our finances have been scrutinised by scores of independent auditors for UEFA and the PL, our finances have been scrutinised by lawyers doing due diligence for CMC and Silver Lake, we have been investigated by hundreds, perhaps thousands of journalists, our financial transparency has been tested in court by CAS and by leading barristers acting for the PL in its FFP inquiry. No one has produced a shred of evidence we are "owned by a state" and yet this fake news (because that is what it is) is repeated relentlessly in the English mainstream media. Why would the Daily Mail wilfully repeat this lie when one of Matt Hughes' own colleagues, Martin Samuel, has already comprehensively debunked it?
 
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OntarioBlue said:
Did anyone happen to read an article in The Sun this morning by Dan King about why the Dippers signing Darwin Nunez makes more sense than us signing Haaland.

Nunez is older, has played less games in an inferior league, scored less goals, has less assists and has less international caps. Oh, and by the way, Nunez is way more expensive.

Staggering !

www.thesun.co.uk

Nunez's Liverpool transfer makes more sense than Haaland's Man City move

DARWIN NUNEZ to Liverpool makes perfect sense. Perhaps even more sense than Erling Haaland to Manchester City. Because Nunez is the marquee signing the Reds need to lift the gloom of Sadio Mane’s i…
www.thesun.co.uk www.thesun.co.uk
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Have they printed how Nunez will cost over £300m by the time agents fees, signing on bonus, wages etc are taken into consideration? Or is that maths only for City signings?
 
bobbyowenquiff said:
So what is the motive of Matt Hughes? He must know the truth. Our accounts are published every year, our finances have been scrutinised by scores of independent auditors for UEFA and the PL, our finances have been scrutinised by lawyers doing due diligence for CMC and Silver Lake, we have been investigated by hundreds, perhaps thousands of journalists, our financial transparency has been tested in court by CAS and by leading barristers acting for the PL in its FFP inquiry. No one has produced a shred of evidence we are "owned by a state" and yet this fake news (because that is what it is) is repeated relentlessly in the English mainstream media. Why would the Daily Mail wilfully repeat this lie when one of Matt Hughes' own colleagues, Martin Samuel, has already comprehensively debunked it.
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As per the CAS document.


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The only thing Sheikh Mansour has done wrong is buy the wrong club, if he bought united or Liverpool there would be none of this shite, state owned this and that, human rights bollocks, financial doping crap and most of all no FFP.
It would have been celebrated.

It won't be long before the Americans make this league exactly how they want it. The super league announcement was a tester to gauge reaction, it all seemed very strange how quickly it got announced and how quickly it was stooped. They will find a way.

America is the real evil to English football. That picture with united, Liverpool and arsenal owners speaks volumes to me.
 
bobbyowenquiff said:
So what is the motive of Matt Hughes? He must know the truth. Our accounts are published every year, our finances have been scrutinised by scores of independent auditors for UEFA and the PL, our finances have been scrutinised by lawyers doing due diligence for CMC and Silver Lake, we have been investigated by hundreds, perhaps thousands of journalists, our financial transparency has been tested in court by CAS and by leading barristers acting for the PL in its FFP inquiry. No one has produced a shred of evidence we are "owned by a state" and yet this fake news (because that is what it is) is repeated relentlessly in the English mainstream media. Why would the Daily Mail wilfully repeat this lie when one of Matt Hughes' own colleagues, Martin Samuel, has already comprehensively debunked it?
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City could stop this in a heart beat send a letter to every media outlet explaining to them the facts and if they keep repeating these lies we see you in court.
 
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