Khaldoon's End of Season Interview

[Oystercatcher28]

Is that new nuclear-powered ice-breaking ship on the way up the Ship Canal with all the extra trimmings on board?

 

[Tricky_Trev]

He is now but Liverpool broke the world record to sign Alisson before that. They paid £66.8m for Alisson and Chelsea paid £71m for Kepa. And to think only 12 months before City were getting pelters for paying £35m for Ederson. Liverpool and Chelsea were of course strengthening their teams and making a statement while City were ruining football.

And not only that, Ederson is better!

A certain quote comes to mind: “I won’t accept this club being used as a diversionary tactic for other clubs’ poor investment decisions.”

*Khaldoon drops the mic*

 

[Sir peace frog]

Quite possibly some of them are tongue in cheek, the "sexiest Man in the world" bit for sure. But certainly not statements like

"Putin is an astonishingly potent presence, with a way of dominating any room simply by sitting there, allowing his silence to fill the space"

Also read this and tell me how he finds an odd balance with Russia...seeing it in as a sort of a moral gray when he considers UAE as clear black and white (emphasis mine)

"And so on to Russia and a World Cup that ran like an aggressively oiled machine, and where president and president seemed unusually close. This is a nation that defies normal categories, which is not a democracy, is not transparent, is not exactly a tyrannical regime either. But which is corrupt, cynical, alluring, gangsterish and deeply divisive. One thing quickly became clear from any Russia-based interaction on social media: you can’t trust anyone’s view on Russia. It demands a fixed position. If you say perhaps Russia should encourage a system of greater political opposition you will be accused of mainstream-media Russophobia in the pay of the great delusional global conspiracy. If you say Moscow is a nice modern city or that Russians are perhaps a little more open to the tangles and flaws in their system, you will be accused being a Putin-bot homophobe in the pay of the great delusional global conspiracy."

"And Russians like Putin. He gives them circuses. They are aware of this. The trappings of Western life are mocked as they’re mimicked. The snapline for the shiny, fun, relentless TV network TNT is ‘Feel Our Love’. TNT is sponsored by the state energy company Gazprom, the single largest carbon-guzzling energy company in the world. Gazprom has an aggressive stranglehold over European gas supplies. It’s a tool of soft power for the Kremlin."

hello rabin you clever fucker, are you from south indian.

 

[SebastianBlue]

Haha I really hope it focuses on the media. But don’t they usually give updates on the other CFG clubs that literally nobody gives a fuck about? Probably be that. Plus an academy update. But I want more declarations of war!!

The second part does tend to be about the club’s operations in general, as well as CFG globally, just to hit home we’re not *just* a local entity any more.

Would love if it was just three minutes of KAM Reading names and then fading to black, though.

 

[jrb]

Rabin makes an appearance in part 2. With his identity protected.

 

[Charlesfarsbar]

He’s comes across very well as usual a bit more controversial than normal this time

However , this isn’t an interview , it would have a much greater impact and make people sit up and notice if this was done as an exclusive even with someone who is more sympathetic to our cause , Martin Samuel for example

 

[laserblue]

And not only that, Ederson is better!

A certain quote comes to mind: “I won’t accept this club being used as a diversionary tactic for other clubs’ poor investment decisions.”

Interestingly Transfermarkt estimates Kepa's current value at £49.5m (£21.5m less than Chelsea paid for him), Alisson's at £58.5m (£8.1m less than Liverpool paid for him) and Ederson's at £54m (£19m more than City paid for him).

 

[Tricky_Trev]

Rabin makes an appearance in part 2. With his identity protected.

He made an appearance in part 1, and he isn’t Chris Bailey ;)

 

[ancoats]

maybe ?? just maybe ?? uefa will have to step back and offer manchester city a olive branch, because manchester city and the owners have had enough

looks like from the first interview from khaldoon its now war ?? enough of hiding and taking cover MANCHESTER CITY have come of age and our balls have dropped, the media and uefa will this morning taking stock and this interview is so powerful and shots have been fired back, and they have messed with the wrong people ?? and if they think its just cheap shots ?? they thought they was smart when they took us on ? but they didn't take a peep in our artillery room thanks to ( thejam) eton rifles, for that line

love khaldoon and our owners but you would be daft to mess with them ?? and the media and uefa and other clubs in europe will be running for the hills this morning, we have played it right and just sat back taking it all in, they have for the last 10 years let the media/tv and ruling bodies of football to self promote on the back of manchester city they thought manchester city was a soft touch ?? but it was a tac-tik to bank all the hate from them and when we was ready give them full barrels back

step up our shut up is the message from manchester city and khaldoon, manchester city must walk tall and be proud of the investment and partnership and what we have achieved, not just in football but manchester itself, take a look around its now fresh and a up and coming city PEOPLE want to live in manchester again, this did not just happen over night and our own government or the local council did not invite investment in the city, it was abu dhabi sheikh mansour bin zayed al-nahyan and his vision and ideas

manchester city and sheikh mansour bin zayed al-nahyan, have single handed rebuilt east manchester and manchester city football club and never once ask for anything back, its was clearly heart felt and the love for manchester city and the fans and people of manchester, yes it was a investment and not just throwing money away they are not daft and their investment will show growth year after year, and the football side of it will take care of itself, all we and them are asking for is to stop this media witch hunt and start to report the facts and not print crap made up by somebody with hate

 

[JASR]

And sat with a white cat on his lap

Just needs to have a furry white cat on his lap during the interview

I think we're both disappointed it didn't happen. Maybe in part 2.

or maybe it's @City_rabin who has the cat