Congrats IGB! In saw 'city signs Robinho' on the scroll line during the TN/UCLA game and was positive the guys at ESPN just didn't know the difference between City and Chelski.
Can you imagine what it was like for Hughes yesterday? He comes in to work and finds out he has a blank check and 12 hours left in the transfer window. It reminds me of the Richard Pryor movie, Brewsters Millions. As I recall it didn't work out so well for Brewster, maybe Sparky will fare better....
Man, you should check this BBC article.
Sheikh Mansour, a member of Abu Dhabi royalty, is the purported real power behind ADUG. Money is nothing to this guy. The supposed 200m pounds to buy City is a drop in this guy's oil bucket. The article says if the price of oil goes up just $1, this guys gets an extra $500m (250m pounds) _that day_! And his family's combined wealth is estimated at US$1 TRILLION (yes, with a T, a thousand billion, 500 billion pounds). Abramovich can suck his balls!
Also, yeah, to salmacis's point, Liverpool looks to be playing catch-up now.
Per the article in my previous comment, ADUG had considered Arsenal (shareholders won't sell), Newcastle (400m valuation too high) and Liverpool (expenditure for new stadium scared them off), in addition to Man City.
I've been following City through three divisions of English football, with the nagging reminder that we haven't won a legitimate trophy since the 1976 League Cup and a major trophy since the 1969 FA Cup. It's been rough. Ten years ago we were in Division Two. Just ten years ago. Now look.
Sure, Liverpool and Man United supporters will say you can't buy history, but you know what? We just bought a future.
1976? Luxury! My lot haven't won anything since 1968. BTW, I was born in 1971.
