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After the Premier League club effectively annulled its ban on European football, President Khaldoon Al Mubarak insists that ”life is too short to hold a grudge”
Manchester City President Khaldoon Al Mubarak said his club was looking to identify a “constructive relationship” with European football’s governing body, UEFA.
UEFA had excluded the City from European festivals for two years after deciding that it had violated the rules of fair money (FFP), but the club won an appeal last month before the Court of Arbitration for Sport Arbitration to overturn the verdict and sanction.
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The City had its initial fine of 30 million euros (124.6 million dirhams) reduced to 10 million euros.
The club had strongly condemned the investigation, but in an interview with the club’s online page on Monday, Al Mubarak took a different tone by focusing on the UEFA Champions League competition, in which Pep Guardiola’s team eliminated the quarter-finals across Lyon.
“Life is too short to hold a grudge. It’s a vital festival. It’s one of the most prestigious festivals in the game world and it’s a festival we have to win and it’s a festival that we have to respect to win,” he said. .
“And it was a challenge, it’s us, end of story as far as I’m concerned, I focus on one thing. How can I help this club compete in this festival and win it and how to have a constructive courtship? with UEFAArray I think this is the only way forward.”
The City has already been busy in the movement market, bringing the defense of Bournemouth Nathan Ake for 40 million pounds and the 20-year Spanish winger Ferran Torres of Valencia for a deal of around 20 million pounds.
Al Mubarak said the club had moved temporarily to conclude the agreements, but added that new faces may come.
“We’re adopting a year-long vision, we’re adopting a vision of three, five, ten years, and when we look at the adjustments or innovations we want to make in this team, we’ll do them and we’re going to be practical and pragmatic about it, but we’re going to do the right thing,” he said.
“There are other players we’re going to bring in and stick to the plan, obviously in the realities of the market we’re in today.
“If you look at the acquisitions made in recent years, there is consistency in the type of player they aim for in terms of age and quality. So let’s continue down that path.
“The age group, we consider it a precedent for the first team, in this category of 20-25 years, is the type of spot that we like.
“At the same time, the explanation of why I do not like to limit myself to this answer is that opportunities arise that correspond to what the technician needs and with what we want for the team that may be out of this box and if that is the case, we are pragmatic enough to take that step.
“Nothing is written in stone. Obviously, we have a way of doing business in terms of well-defined goals, but at the same time we are pragmatic enough to seize the opportunity if this opportunity arises.”
Al Mubarak also praised Kevin De Bruyne as “the long term of the club” and expressed his joy at seeing the Belgian midfielder awarded the premier league season player name.
“I am very satisfied, very satisfied because I deserved it,” Al Mubarak said. “It’s a mixture of being satisfied but also a little relieved. I was concerned because we had noticed it before with the City players, they were overlooked for this vital award and I am afraid that Kevin will be overlooked this year because in my opinion it is indisputable.
“My vote is clear, it’s obviously subjective by who’s playing, but Kevin is the most productive player in the league this year. He deserved it, he proved it, and I’m glad he earned this recognition and respect from the world of football. .
“He has become a vital leader in this group. It’s the long term of Manchester City Football Club and all I can say is well deserved and well deserved.”
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