Blue Days » Sheikh Mansour

Why Michel Platini and not a Ã‚Â£92.6m loss is the cause for concern at City

Blue Days — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:02:39 +0000

The release of the official accounts for the year to 31 May 2009 showed Sheikh Mansour has invested Ã‚Â£395m in the club with Ã‚Â£305m of loans now turned into shares. The Ã‚Â£92.6m loss was the talk of the papers, but the real concern for the City project lies in UEFA's upcoming financial rules.

Why Sheikh Mansour’s gamble on Mancini makes sense

Blue Days — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:43:07 +0000

Sympathy abounds for Mark Hughes, along with criticism of his sacking, so let's have a look at why City have decided to make a change now and bring in Roberto Mancini.

Is Mark Hughes the man to make City a top four team and win trophies? (part three)

Blue Days — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:28:15 +0000

Where has Mark Hughes and the best part of a couple of hundred million in transfers got us? Currently we have 20 points after 11 matches. At the same stage two seasons ago under Sven we had 22 points. Ouch!

Sheikh Mansour buys final 10% of City shares

Blue Days — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:15:44 +0000

The club have announced that Sheikh Mansour has purchased the 10% of the club’s shares that were owned by Worldwide Investments Limited. This was a company indirectly owned by Thaksin Shinawatra and his family. The 10% had previously gone to Worldwide Investments Limited at the time Sheikh Mansour took over.

David Conn writes in The Guardian:

After the takeover Thaksin was widely reported to have retained his interest in the remaining 10% of shares, and appointed as his nominees his long-term associate ...