It would force the likes of Man City and Newcastle United to change ownership. Labour peer Lord Bassam of Brighton has proposed an amendment to the Football Governance Bill that would prevent state ownership of football clubs – which would directly impact Manchester City and Newcastle United. The proposal has been submitted in an amendment […]

1 year ago

Pinto released thousands of private emails surrounding Man City’s finances in 2018 The hacker who leaked thousands of emails concerning Manchester City’s finances in 2018 has threatened to release even more that will prove they are guilty of breaching FFP rules. Rui Pinto who is currently in a witness protection scheme for the 2018 leak, […]

1 year ago

Mansour has only seen Man City play once since buying them in 2008 Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour will be at tonight’s Champions League final in what will only be his second time watching the club. Since buying the club in 2008, the vice-president of the United Arab Emirates has only seen City once in […]

3 years ago

It was Al-Assad’s first visit to an Arab country since the Syrian civil war began Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour has been criticised by the UK government and MPs for meeting Syrian president and Vladimir Putin ally Bashar al-Assad. Mansour, who has owned City since 2008, is the deputy prime minister of the United Arab […]

4 years ago

Talks are believed to be ongoing over a possible takeover of Newcastle United Sheikh Khaled, the man whose investment group is in talks to buy Newcastle United from Mike Ashley, is reportedly not related to Manchester City’s owner, as it had earlier been claimed. Several reports say Ashley is in discussions with the Bin Zayed Group, […]

7 years ago

Sheikh Mansour has changed things at Man City Man City are now the best side in the Premier League and one of the top sides in Europe, but before the takeover of the club by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan things were a little bit different. The phrase “Typical City” is probably the best […]

8 years ago