The release of the official accounts for the year to 31 May 2009 showed Sheikh Mansour has invested £395m in the club with £305m of loans now turned into shares. The £92.6m loss was the talk of the papers, but the real concern for the City project lies in UEFA’s upcoming financial rules.
Continue Reading →Following news of City’s interest in Patrick Vieira (age 33), comes the startling revelation we’ve been turned down in a bid for Juan Sebastian Veron (age 35!). Throw in Ivan Cordoba (age 33) and you get three players with a combined age of 101. How to make sense of this?
Continue Reading →No sooner had I published the preview, than the game gets postponed. It will now take place on Tuesday 19th January (the intended date of the second leg), with the return now put back a week to Wednesday 27 January. The home game against Stoke that was due for Tuesday 26 January will now be rearranged.
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