Chinese Consortium invests $400m in CFG

[blueinsa]

Haven't we as a fanbase moved beyond keeping this discussion at "The rags don't like it tee hee hee" level? Fucking hell. Anyone who is looking at Man United forums or whatever right now has their priorities badly wrong.

Agreed.

Peripheral noise is all it is and completely irrelevant.

Khaldoon promised us all that in the coming years, despite them all thinking we were wrong, they would slowly realise that what we are creating will be the only way forward and boy is it happening and fast.

 

[City Raider]

I can't begin to fathom the implications of all this and won't pretend to. I only know I trust Mansour and Khaldoon.

It won't change how we're perceived, if there is a negative angle it will be used to feed the narrative. That only makes our successes even sweeter.

 

[IanBishopsHaircut]

It bugs me because we should be leaving that behind because they are in our shadow now, not the other way around.

Even more reason to take the piss

Always remember Dave

 

[Didsbury Dave]

Don't get me wrong, I hate the thick, shallow arrogant cunts and I've got plenty of memories of the empty-headed pricks sneering at us. But I think we play into their hands a bit at times sometimes, that's all.

Anyway, back to the discussion. World domination is inevitable. We are owned by the richest country in the world with assistance from the fast growing economy in the world.

Nice.

 

[Kazzydeyna]

Point taken but some of our fans are still obsessed with Man United i'm afraid mate. That's also the reason they are also obsessed with how we are reported.

It bugs me because we should be leaving that behind because they are in our shadow now, not the other way around.

You're not a poster I always agree with but on this you are 100% correct.

 

[Why Always Ste]

As the song goes....

"Who the f* are man utd
Who the f* are man utd
Who the f* are man utd"

I'm with Dismal on this one, I'm no longer assed about the swamp dwellers. Yea it's good to have a laugh but I just can't even be bothered singing about them at matches anymore....

They're fucking irrelevant where web are going right now.

"The past is yours, well the futures mine.... Your all out of time."

 

[Tarzan41]

North Korea sounds a much better option than Putin .

I heard Islamic State are sponsoring the Summerbee Bar to the tune of £500 million

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

One of the interesting things is that rags are saying "How can City be valued at £2bn when we are?"

Using something called the Markham Multivariate Model, which is generally reckoned to be the most accurate method of valuing football clubs, (based on City's last accounts) we should be valued at around £2bn. So that valuation, based on the value of the stake sold, is actually spot on.

 

[markbmcfc]

Have I got this right (hypothetically), as I'm shit at business related stuff and seem unable to apply common sense to things that confuse me.

Quick google says there's about 100 million football fans in China.

If we signed Messi, and only half that fanbase bought his shirt, at £50 a pop.

That's £2.5bn in shirt sales? Before image rights and how that's divided across relevant parties.

Talking wildly and purely hypothetically here.

 

[M18CTID]

Even more reason to take the piss

Always remember Dave

Never forget. They rammed their jibes down our throats for years and I think we can all be excused for giving a bit back. A huge part of football fandom is being able to take the piss out of your most hated rivals. As it happens, I don't take the piss out of them anywhere near enough these days as I'm too busy enjoying what's going on at City - I actually gave it out more when we were in the 3rd tier - but every now and then I'll let fly.