Is he Deputy Prime Minister in this scenario?
Don’t get me wrong, we are owned by an individual, not a state, but I’m showing why they’re saying the opposite.
Personally I don't subscribe to the idea that we were bought for "Sportswashing" reasons. Putting Abu Dhabi's name out there(which never used to be called sportswashing) may have been one of the reasons but it clearly wasn't the primary one. They'd have bailed years ago if that was the case, they were under far less scrutiny before they entered football, all it's done is intensified it, increasing the more success we have if anything.I know, and for the record you’re preaching to the converted. I’m just pointing out that - purely in my opinion - it’s not unreasonable for journalists to link City’s ownership to the UAE government, and I would base that opinion on ADUG having been motivated to buy an English football club for reasons other than altruism - again, purely in my opinion
I interpreted him and the other fella pedalling that direction as trying to portray the perspective from the journalist viewpoint. Maybe I am assuming must blues especially posting on a public forum understand our ownership structure as it’s pretty simplistic.But @Exeter Blue I am here is not a journalist, he’s a long standing City fan under the misapprehension that the United Arab Emirates owns, by proxy, Manchester City and then compounded his mistake by saying it was a country, showing all that he’s not a clue about it.
But @Exeter Blue I am here is not a journalist, he’s a long standing City fan under the misapprehension that the United Arab Emirates owns, by proxy, Manchester City and then compounded his mistake by saying it was a country, showing all that he’s not a clue about it.
It is unreasonable because they are supposed to research what they write,trouble is it just doesn't suit their agenda to write the facts
How come no fucker ever claimed AC Milan was owned by a country when that bent twat Berlusconi was Italian prime minister?
The issue is ownership is it not?Khaldoon sits on the Abu Dhabi Executive Council doesn’t he?
Quite a few did, to make it worse they were owned by that fucking countries pm, juve definitely felt the pressure from fiat when he agreed to increase Italian export fees on cars in exchange some Eu pr bollocks. Was a bonus for him face all over Brussels and biggest competitors backer lost about 10% of its valueHow come no fucker ever claimed AC Milan was owned by a country when that bent twat Berlusconi was Italian prime minister?
Sadly, for the sake of this particular argument, the US Government does not own any British football clubs. The UAE does, albeit by proxy. There are plenty of things we can criticise American club owners and sponsors for - Standard Chartered being a case in point - but holding them to account for US foreign policy isn’t really a starter IMO. It’d be like pinning illegal whaling operations by the Japanese government on Chelsea, because they’re sponsored by Yokohama Tyres
But he isn’t trying to represent the viewpoint of a journalist.I interpreted him and the other fella pedalling that direction as trying to portray the perspective from the journalist viewpoint. Maybe I am assuming must blues especially posting on a public forum understand our ownership structure as it’s pretty simplistic.