Manchester City fan and music legend Noel Gallagher has revealed what he believes would have happened to the Etihad Stadium club, its current owner.
Mansour first acquired City from former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in September 2008, before Mansour-backed Abu Dhabi United Group finished its takeover negotiations and transferred ownership to them at the end of the month.
The 53-year-old also owns City Football Group, which was founded in 2014 and now includes not only the Premier League champions, but also Melbourne City FC, New York City FC, Mumbai City FC and several other clubs around the world. World game.
Despite his heavy investment and close monitoring of proceedings at the Etihad Stadium, Sheikh Mansour has appeared in two Manchester City games since taking over ownership, in 2010 against Liverpool and in 2023 for the UEFA Champions League final against Inter in Istanbul.
In an exclusive interview with Daniel Taylor of The Athletic, Oasis legend Noel Gallagher admitted that without Sheikh Mansour’s acquisition of the club, Manchester City would be in a similar situation to Everton, if not worse.
“When I say that to Sonny, my youngest son, I think the best analogy is, ‘If you need to know what it was like, take a look at Everton,'” Gallagher admitted. “If (Manchester) City hadn’t been bought through Sheikh Mansour, it would have been one purchase after another, all sorts of mistakes and broken promises. “
He continued: “I see Everton at the back of the league, the deductions, and I think: ‘There, by the grace of God, let’s go’. Because it would have been us, or maybe even worse.
“I have two boys who are fans of the older City. Al likes women more. But the little boy, thirteen years old, is aware of how lucky he is. His first memory is the moment of Sergio Agüero. Je tells him: “You were born safely. “
“He hasn’t noticed any glory. But I tell him: ‘You’re going to have to suffer one day when Pep Guardiola leaves’.
Mansour’s investment in Manchester City goes beyond the star-studded playing team and club control team that has taken the club to exceptional heights and shattered the elite of European football.
City have since moved from their former educational base at Carrington to facilities adjacent to the club’s Etihad Stadium, known as the City’s Football Academy, and the wider Etihad campus.
The expansion of club amenities in East Manchester has not only reshaped a desolate domain of the wider region, but has also created a huge number of employment opportunities for the rest of Greater Manchester.
This investment has continued, with Manchester City recently in the process of further expanding the capacity and amenities within the Etihad Stadium, adding the structure of an on-site hotel.
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