How Manchester City's Concealed Funding Model Reshaped English Football
When Sheikh Mansour took control of Manchester City in September 2008, the club’s profile was modest at best. The takeover was highlighted by a headline‑grabbing, then‑record fee for Brazilian forward Robinho from Real Madrid, but the Blues had only two top‑flight league titles in their 114‑year history, the most recent of which had been won forty years earlier. In the 2007/08 campaign City finis…
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