Recent content by hbruz80

Emirates already sponsor Real Madrid. Bayern Munich are part owned by Audi which is owned by VW whose largest single shareholder after Porsche is Qatar Holding.

It doesn't.

It is ofcourse all irrelevant as in my mind, the richest clubs in the world are Madrid and Barca. However, to answer your question, in terms of resources directly behind the club probably about the same (although it is almost impossible to measure), but in terms of spending power yes. The...

I am guessing you did not hear about the Qatar Tourism Authority deal.

Re: Bobby aint happy! (The Mail.....) Not his biggest fan then...

eh? The Al-Thanis have huge influence in France. They own more of Paris than they do of London! PSG has been looked at for quite a long time, this acquisition is hardly a spur of the moment thing (which to a certain extent City was). I expect Wenger (or Guardiola!) to be contacted in the near...

It is not really a tradition, all the major clubs in Abu Dhabi are owned by members of the Royal Family because, well...no one else is allowed to own them Maybe it is a false impression, but after my own readings on the Al-Nayhan family, I always believed that Mansour, whilst never directly...

To be honest I was expecting a few questions after listening to Mancini’s speech, although I did not expect this sort of inquisition (cue Monty Python jokes)! Damocles, I thought the ownership structure has already been explained before, but I guess this was the reason why I signed up to...

Yes he is still involved (by the way ADUG which is just the holding company which acquired City has no other businesses, although obviously Khaldoon Al-Mubarak has many other jobs). And Damocles as you quoted he "almost scored" so nothing to write home about!

Who told you this?

I have not posted a long message on this forum for a while, so here goes nothing. I have been quite amazed at some of the posts concerning Mancini. Now, I do not want to come across as condescending, so please forgive me if that is how it sounds but it seems to me that there are an awful lot of...

Just a few points. (i) This is actually old news (ii) Hate to break it to everyone but unfortunately the Rags are still a huge global brand (iii) You might not want to know this but dome@rawdhat is built by Reem Investments (which is to all intents and purposes a Bani Fatima company chaired...

Thanks fbloke It was more than close, a deal was agreed, but Liverpool thought Hicks and Gillett were better long term partners, there prerogative I guess. DIC left their proposal on the table, but Hicks and Gillett were not prepared to sell. I would say the offer was more than fair, and more...

Well they could have just sold to DIC, but then Sheikh Mansour would never have bought City!

In the Gulf and the Muslim world in general, family is extremely important (much more than jobs or money could ever be). There is nothing wrong with taking as much time as needed to tend to an ill relative. In fact Mancini would be viewed less favourably if he neglected his family commitments...