The only connection Martin Samuel has to the club go back to our former chairman David Bernstein, certain links to the Jewish community and the Arab Spring rising of 2010. Samuel used to pen articles for the Jewish Chronical and was vocal on Middle Eastern money coming into the Premier League.
Linked is a very interesting article from a fair few years ago, which gives an interesting insight into the business mindset in the Arab world and goes a long way into explaining how City are dealing with the current attack on our club and its ownership. It also shines a light on Arsenal's courting of Middle Eastern investment and the clamour from their hypocritical fanbase to take the "dirty oil money" and return the club to its former glories.
What to make of the speculation around Arsenal? A Middle East consortium from Qatar and the United Arab Emirates want to bid £1.5billion for the club, apparently. So why didn't they just do it? Why involve the national newspapers?
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