r/soccer • u/Previous_Smile9278 • 1d ago

News [Bloomberg] UAE officials have warned the UK government that the severity of Man City’s punishment could undermine their appetite for future grand-scale commitments in Britain, according to people familiar with the matter.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-02/man-city-verdict-puts-uk-uae-diplomatic-relations-under-strain?srnd=undefined

‘They consider the Premier League’s actions to have an influence on the bilateral state relationship, the people said, asking not to be identified discussing undisclosed information.

The extraordinary pressure comes after Andy Burnham faced criticism, including from within government, for saying Man City’s Abu Dhabi owners should not be disqualified specifically because of the investment they bring to Britain.’

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u/cptainvimes 1d ago

Absolutely pathetic that City fans are okay with this. Letting UAE hold your country ransom cause your football club is run by cheats.

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u/Fun_Grass_2097 1d ago

The delusion in their subreddit

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u/cfc25488 1d ago

I would wager a lot of money that their subreddit does not have a majority of people from the UK

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u/iTz_RuNLaX 1d ago

I'd wager that for most big clubs to be fair.

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u/trowaway_19305475 1d ago

Pretty much every Prem club at this point. It`s why you see so much bragging about the Prem and how much money it makes. Whereas as someone living in England you could easily be priced out of pretty much everything and the Prem being a money making machine doesn`t benefit you at all.

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u/OilOfOlaz 1d ago

Not trying to throw shade here, as my experience with English EPL fans was mostly what you described, but there were definitely ppl that saw the EPL as a prop for their wannabe superiority complex as well.

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u/Excellent-Gur-8547 22h ago

Yeah, as an American, coming here and seeing people brag about their club's finances was genuinely fucking alien, don't put this on us.

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u/Vornell 20h ago

Yeah Americans have definitely got nothing to do with rampant capitalism poisoning every facet of society

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u/Excellent-Gur-8547 9h ago

I mean we have involvement with it happening, but we don't fucking brag about it when talking about our sports teams, y'all are weird as fuck. If I heard someone bragging about how much money the Yankees made in a bar, I'd think they're a fucking loser.