So it was Manchester he wanted, and City just happened to be thereKippaxCitizen said:City had potential to be a very investable club for a while but Manchester too has had potential to be a very investable city for a good while. I think the Sheikh and his companies will have pinpointed Manchester for investment before he thought about taking over City but when the opportunity arose to get involved with us he jumped at the chance because it was a way to get his foot in the door with the city. With the vast amount of space we have, even in inner-city Manchester, around the city to build on and earn money from there may well be quite a lot of things going on with Abu Dhabi (and many other investors) in the coming decades.cleavers said:Whether or not it is "MCFC related" directly or not, the link is the important thing, because any further investment in East Manchester, is "MCFC related", because without MCFC its doubtful there would be any investment. For me any further investment is important, as it just strengthens the ties between the club, Manchester, and Abu Dhabi, and that can't be a bad thing.fbloke said:I personally wouldn't get too hopeful about any Collar site or indeed MCFC related announcements pre-Xmas.
It seems to me that the statement was carefully and specifically worded to big up the partnership between Abu Dhabi and Manchester not MCFC and MCC
My money would be on a call-centre or similar with a few hundred jobs for local people or perhaps further inward investment in property around the City, perhaps the airport development.
I would dearly like it to be City related and Collar Site specific but am not holding my breath on that :-(
Its far better than "creating" a few more shares to sell, just so that you have some cash to do your christmas shopping, like some other near Manchester club.
Looking forward to hear whatever announcement is made, as their commitment to Manchester, is further commitment to MCFC.
Manchester has made the top 40 list for most invested in cities in the world, recently. I think that's only going to grow. I think HS2 is a shame for the city and the North in general because i think it's there to take our talent South, out of the city to work in London. I think High Speed should have had Manchester as a central base with links to Liverpool Sheffield and Leeds, instead of to that bloody London, but that's not going to happen for decades. But even so i think Manchester is only going to break the top 25 most invested cities in the world in the coming years. Exciting times!
Danny Hoekman said:All the temporary fencing around the Academy being taken down this morning. It really looks complete and finished with it down.
It would be a hand-in-hand thing. There are many cities he's invested in, but Manchester and City were one of the ideal ones because City are in the Premier League, we had land to build on, more to buy and build on, we were a bit of a sleeping giant and the growth of a club like ours would be a great advertisement for his name and companies, and were in a city that has huge investment potential. There isn't a proper second city in the UK and Manchester is the leading one to take that crown and the potential of our football club was/is immense.squirtyflower said:So it was Manchester he wanted, and City just happened to be thereKippaxCitizen said:City had potential to be a very investable club for a while but Manchester too has had potential to be a very investable city for a good while. I think the Sheikh and his companies will have pinpointed Manchester for investment before he thought about taking over City but when the opportunity arose to get involved with us he jumped at the chance because it was a way to get his foot in the door with the city. With the vast amount of space we have, even in inner-city Manchester, around the city to build on and earn money from there may well be quite a lot of things going on with Abu Dhabi (and many other investors) in the coming decades.cleavers said:Whether or not it is "MCFC related" directly or not, the link is the important thing, because any further investment in East Manchester, is "MCFC related", because without MCFC its doubtful there would be any investment. For me any further investment is important, as it just strengthens the ties between the club, Manchester, and Abu Dhabi, and that can't be a bad thing.
Its far better than "creating" a few more shares to sell, just so that you have some cash to do your christmas shopping, like some other near Manchester club.
Looking forward to hear whatever announcement is made, as their commitment to Manchester, is further commitment to MCFC.
Manchester has made the top 40 list for most invested in cities in the world, recently. I think that's only going to grow. I think HS2 is a shame for the city and the North in general because i think it's there to take our talent South, out of the city to work in London. I think High Speed should have had Manchester as a central base with links to Liverpool Sheffield and Leeds, instead of to that bloody London, but that's not going to happen for decades. But even so i think Manchester is only going to break the top 25 most invested cities in the world in the coming years. Exciting times!
Don't think so! the video states the council approached our board first, they persuaded us to move the training ground to East Manchester and we were open to the ideas. We are in safe hands for the foreseeable (:squirtyflower said:So it was Manchester he wanted, and City just happened to be thereKippaxCitizen said:City had potential to be a very investable club for a while but Manchester too has had potential to be a very investable city for a good while. I think the Sheikh and his companies will have pinpointed Manchester for investment before he thought about taking over City but when the opportunity arose to get involved with us he jumped at the chance because it was a way to get his foot in the door with the city. With the vast amount of space we have, even in inner-city Manchester, around the city to build on and earn money from there may well be quite a lot of things going on with Abu Dhabi (and many other investors) in the coming decades.cleavers said:Whether or not it is "MCFC related" directly or not, the link is the important thing, because any further investment in East Manchester, is "MCFC related", because without MCFC its doubtful there would be any investment. For me any further investment is important, as it just strengthens the ties between the club, Manchester, and Abu Dhabi, and that can't be a bad thing.
Its far better than "creating" a few more shares to sell, just so that you have some cash to do your christmas shopping, like some other near Manchester club.
Looking forward to hear whatever announcement is made, as their commitment to Manchester, is further commitment to MCFC.
Manchester has made the top 40 list for most invested in cities in the world, recently. I think that's only going to grow. I think HS2 is a shame for the city and the North in general because i think it's there to take our talent South, out of the city to work in London. I think High Speed should have had Manchester as a central base with links to Liverpool Sheffield and Leeds, instead of to that bloody London, but that's not going to happen for decades. But even so i think Manchester is only going to break the top 25 most invested cities in the world in the coming years. Exciting times!
fbloke said:I personally wouldn't get too hopeful about any Collar site or indeed MCFC related announcements pre-Xmas.
It seems to me that the statement was carefully and specifically worded to big up the partnership between Abu Dhabi and Manchester not MCFC and MCC
My money would be on a call-centre or similar with a few hundred jobs for local people or perhaps further inward investment in property around the City, perhaps the airport development.
I would dearly like it to be City related and Collar Site specific but am not holding my breath on that :-(
Mike N said:Just been over the bridge!
GX Blue said:*************CALLING JRB*************
We need new pics now the temp fence is down and you can walk along the bridge too.
Should get some good new views and angles.