I'd argue this remains relevant to the latest rehash of this Jaber Mohamed piece
https://stefanborson.substack.com/p/conspiracy-theories-and-innuendo
This Athletic article may be the killer point that we'd never known before but I'd be surprised. I guess it could be an issue if someone gave direct evidence at the hearing that, say, Jaber Mohamed was never at CPC. But you'd be pretty surprised if someone opted to say that if it is/was public that he was.
Surprised the piece doesn't point out that Mohamed Al Mazrouei was also Chairman of Etihad Aviation until August 2021.
"Adding to the questions to be answered, it can also be revealed that another key figure at City, former board member Mohamed Al Mazrouei, is listed as working at the CPC as the organisation’s undersecretary.
This role, according to the CPC, saw him “determine the strategic direction and the internal policies of the CPC and supervise its implementation”, where he “reported directly to the chairman (MBZ).” He and Jaber Mohamed, at the time of the payments, were the two most senior employees of the CPC.
According to the UAE Cabinet’s website, Al Mazrouei served as undersecretary of the CPC from 2009 to 2022, and is now the Minister of State for Defense. He sat on the City board from January 30 2010 until January 1 2022, just over a year before the Premier League announced they had charged City with at least 115 breaches of financial rules."
Seems to me, the article fairly confirms (with a dose of innuendo) what we already know. The individuals involved in City hold very senior positions in the UAE. Not sure how that, in itself, is either news or moves the dial. But perhaps I am missing the key point. Not sure. Will read it again.