Abu Dhabi has the means to take City to the top
Gulf money has the potential to change England’s footballing order.
September 1, 2008 12:22 by kippreport
Abu Dhabi has never been shy in copying Dubai (international airline, check; European golf championship, check; film festival, check), now it can add ‘pursuit of Premier League Football Club’. As Dubai International Capital continues to chase a controlling stake in Liverpool, reports from the UK say Abu Dhabi has targeted Manchester City.
Though unlike Dubai, it appears Abu Dhabi has made a success of its bid.
Arabian Business says the deal is done. Abu Dhabi United Group for Development and Investment has bought the club from troubled former Prime Minister of Thailand, Dr Thaksin Shinawatra. ADUG says it will “solve all the club problems”, clear pending payments and buy “some of the best football players in the world”.
City fans, best described as ‘long suffering’, will be forgiven for thinking this is exactly what Shinawatra and every new club owner promises. But there is little doubt Abu Dhabi has the clout to back its investment. It has the means to make Roman Abramovich (and Chelsea) look tight.
Now, what price Qatar coming in with a bid for Everton?
More on Kipp's Blog
-
Taking on Abercrombie & Fitch
-
Fake pilot ‘on the run’
-
Sharjah Police ‘steal’ your car
-
Ink yourself for a pay rise?
-
Entrepreneur Diaries: From crib to playground
-
Bikinis aren’t outlawed, but use ‘common sense’
-
Treading the fine line between inclusion and exclusion on Dubai’s beaches
-
Yet another stunning time-lapse video of Dubai
-
Maradona: Dubai is “wonderful tranquillity”
-
Cookery website eats its words
-
Will this man’s unfinished message encourage you not to text and drive?
-
For whom the Salik gates toll
-
Zuckerberg . . . and a screaming goat
-
Five days left – and counting – for Etisalat users
-
Nutella thieves on the run – caught sticky-handed?
-
‘VoIP services through Skype are still unauthorized’ – TRA
-
Over a coffee: Canadians get their UAE visas back
-
Sharing the love: Smells like team spirit
-
Dubai back in the game?
-
Why the bi-annual GITEX shopper is a good idea
Lately on Kipp
-
Qatar Holding, Italy Fund Eying Versace – Paper
-
Tesco Clothing Brand Plans International Expansion
-
Here’s to Yahoo being ‘cool’ again
-
Kindi enters into strategic partnership with MadVillage
-
First UTM solution to deliver combined gateway, endpoint and cloud web protection
-
Saudi government websites targeted
1 Comment
“Now, what price Qatar coming in with a bid for Everton?”
Well, who would you have in mind?, who would want to now compete with Dhabi and Abramovich?
Bill Kenwright insists the club is up for sale but supporters are not convinced he wants to let go, the feeling is he wants “investment” with him remaining at the helm, supporters simply want him out as he fails at nearly every project he tries, but because he is a supporter of the club the other supporters are sympathetic.
If there was someone who wanted to buy Everton they need to go public and tell the supporters as Bill will likely say no and brush it under the carpet.