Manchester City Verdict Strains UK-UAE Diplomatic Relations

[PakAl]

Who is Rui Pinto? The Man City whistleblower abandoned by Portuguese authorities

Pinto, the hacker who first revealed Man City’s financial cheating, has discovered he will lose his witness protection

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Krampery]

The PSG point is fair as well. If we're going to seriously look at how state-backed money has influenced football, it shouldn't stop with City just because they're the current case everyone is talking about. PSG's spending over the years deserves the same scrutiny, especially when you look at some of the fees involved. The wider issue is whether football actually has consistent rules for everyone, or whether the biggest clubs can simply find different ways around them.

 

[K2RULEZ]

Manchester council gave City owners ‘sweetheart’ property deal

The ten-year contract offered Sheikh Mansour’s firm first refusal on developments

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The corruption is mind boggling.

 

[K2RULEZ]

There we have it... The first resignation comes in.

Senior official quit over UAE deal in Burnham’s Manchester

Council paid £35m for run-down retail park – millions more than rival bidder offered – with plans to reserve land for Abu Dhabi

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10/04/top-official-quit-over-uae-deal-in-burnhams-manchester/

 

[PakAl]

Manchester council gave City owners ‘sweetheart’ property deal

The ten-year contract offered Sheikh Mansour’s firm first refusal on developments

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The corruption is mind boggling.

Sheikh Mansour has diplomacy immunity. He will just pack his bag and go back to UAE.

 

[K2RULEZ]

Sheikh Mansour has diplomacy immunity. He will just pack his bag and go back to UAE.

Absolutely. This corrupt stooge is gone.

 

[Master Chief]

Sheikh Mansour has diplomacy immunity. He will just pack his bag and go back to UAE.

Mansour is not at direct risk himself from any punitive measures. Brand UAE definitely is.

I really want to see this clown take the football lobby on now.

 

[Aryan_B]

Mansour is not at direct risk himself from any punitive measures. Brand UAE definitely is.

I really want to see this clown take the football lobby on now.

What brand UAE? tax evaders and corrupts comes to mind when Emirates come to teh fore

 

[Krampery]

It’s pretty crazy how a football case has grown into a diplomatic issue. Whatever happens with Manchester City’s appeal, the football authorities need to be able to deal with the case independently, while the UK and UAE should keep their wider relationship separate from one club. Mixing the two just makes the whole situation even more complicated.

 

[Master Chief]

It’s pretty crazy how a football case has grown into a diplomatic issue. Whatever happens with Manchester City’s appeal, the football authorities need to be able to deal with the case independently, while the UK and UAE should keep their wider relationship separate from one club. Mixing the two just makes the whole situation even more complicated.

Except when the VP of the most powerful Gulf monarchy ever is the owner of the football club, both things do very much become conflated. Hence the very reasonable advice to not mix sports with politics at all in the first place.

 

[K2RULEZ]

 

[K2RULEZ]

Except when the VP of the most powerful Gulf monarchy ever is the owner of the football club, both things do very much become conflated. Hence the very reasonable advice to not mix sports with politics at all in the first place.

This incident has damaged UAE Britain relationship badly.

 

[maxpane]

This incident has damaged UAE Britain relationship badly.

Ulta choor kutuwal ko danty. They were involved yet they are showing arrogance