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Not only how much is being spent, but why?

The UAE’s enormous investment in Manchester City is one of football’s most brazen attempts to ‘sportswash’ a country’s deeply tarnished image through the glamour of the game,” Amnesty International’s Gulf researcher Devin Kenney said..


One of those sponsorship deals was struck with Arabtec, the largest construction company in the United Arab Emirates but a firm that has been repeatedly criticised by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch for its poor treatment of migrant workers.

I pointed this out years ago when people on here were patting City on the back for paying a living wage to their employees in this country!!!

The documents allege the owners made cash payments to friendly corporations who then funneled that money directly to City in the form of sponsorships. They also set up a dummy corporation traceable back to the owners then bought player image rights from the club.

Been saying it for years that they sponsor themselves through the back door!