PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

tolmie's hairdoo said:
Bit selfish that!

What about my kids, they don't want the ride to end and eventually they will have their own kids being brought up on tales of this incredible period?

Plenty of us feel we have suffered for their future and has probably cost us many more years of life.
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I mentioned before, the interview I saw with @twosips on Talksport and did feel a similar thing. He talked about not really caring - take everything away from us, we know what we saw and we'll still be here if we're relegated. But I'm sure he had his reasons for commenting in that manner - probably just sick and tired of it (and the questions were fucking stupid so this is not a pop at him at all).

But we all do care really, or this thread would be a few pages long with people checking in for updates. This defines the period of success for the club. We've had moments I never dreamed of. I remember watching the odd CL game as a kid on ITV and I didn't ever even think about City being in it. A league cup or FA Cup I dreamed of - a trip to Wembley for a final. That was all I hoped for, and all I needed. If it's all been through financial irregularities and the records are wiped then yes, we'll have had those memories still but it would be fucking awful. They'd never be genuine achievements in the eyes of the sport, and that means something to me even if others might not care.

I want this buried and I want us to continue dominating.
 
pavelsrnicek said:
Sportswashing is definitely a strange one to throw at Abu Dhabi.

I’m all for highlighting issues like abuse of workers or lack of journalistic freedom or poor human rights but very few people seemed to care about human rights in Abu Dhabi or UAE’s involvement in Yemen until City started winning. There is a general acceptance of the UAE as a western ally in an uncertain Middle East. Dubai is advertised extensively, emirates sponsor arsenal and the FA Cup. That doesn’t seem to be a problem. Nor was Sheikh Mansour’s investment in Barclays. Human rights weren’t an issue then. They are now though.
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No one accuses F1, or particularly Ferrari, fans of being apologists for Abu Dhabi. Or golf, cricket, or fans of any of these other sporting events. https://yallaabudhabi.ae/sports-leisure/best-sporting-events-in-abu-dhabi-2023/

No one accuses Arsenal fans of being supportive of a repressive regime when they wear shirts with Emirates on the front and Rwanda on the sleeve. No one accuses Qatar of sportswashing over their ownership of BeIn Sports

It's just us (and now Newcastle fans) who are the only ones seemingly making excuses for the states we're associated with via our ownership. It's rank hypocrisy.
 
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Pablo ZZZ Peroni said:
Not sure if anyone has already posted this.
Khaldoon on a panel at the Global Investment Summit talking about Abu Dhabi investment in the UK.

Jeremy Hunt introduces the panel at about 2.18. Link in the bottom tweet.

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We're in safe hands..bring it on ya bent bastards
 
Pablo ZZZ Peroni said:
Not sure if anyone has already posted this.
Khaldoon on a panel at the Global Investment Summit talking about Abu Dhabi investment in the UK.

Jeremy Hunt introduces the panel at about 2.18. Link in the bottom tweet.

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I notice Hunt mistakenly calls Khaldoon "the owner of Manchester City Football Club", tsk.
 
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