A brief history of the City Football Group.
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When the Abu Dhabi United Group purchased 90% of Manchester City’s shareholdings in September 2008 for a princely sum of 210 million pounds it transformed the Blues overnight into the richest football club in the world. This video examines the subsequent creation on the City Football Group, and explores their plans for the future.
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With interest in almost every corner of the globe, are City slowly transforming into a super club? - bit.ly/CityPartners
uMAXit Football in time maybe
city already is a super club but they are on their way to become the biggest football club.
City is imitating Barcelona like how Barcelona imitated Ajax. Not sure if they will reach Barcelona's heights but they are on the right track
Earl Think they will be able to reach barcelona if they keep going like this for a few more years!
uMAXit Football they could be considered one already when it comes to off the pitch activities but they are still yet to dominate on the pitch like one but who knows what the future holds
It's 2AM here in America and this channel is pretty much part of my schedule. I clean and fix things around the house and when I'm all done I know I have a new video waiting for me and if not I just watch random ones from this channel. Definitely my new favs!
I like this routine - Danny
It’s exactly 2AM right now in South Africa 🌝 Just found your comment and thought, “this is so cool.”
breakfast and uMAXit as usual
That's what we like to hear! - Phil
uMAXit Football can you do tactics explained for bayerns treble winning side and/or bayern after guardiola?
Seriously!? I'm eating fucking breakfast right fucking now. Müsli with grain milk.
I'm about to eat dinner here... just stir-fried noodle with veggies.. :p
Qonstantin Braeburn Those slow-release cars mate. Great stuff.
the way khaldoon is visioning, city will be by far the biggest club from every angle very soon
Elias Khan unless he dies from a car bombing or found out that he supports isis or goes broke ...God forbid
Elias Khan It's a huge franchise now. Even if he dies, which I pray he doesn't, someone else would take over and City are already a self sustaining club.
Elias Khan nope, he got catfished by guardiola
We need to credit ambitious owners as such . they are pivotal.
Sathesh Kumar but this can be a liability for other teams there is no spending cap and no billionaire can match the spending of a club owned by a National Government
Great job with the video as always! Would love to see a video about EURO 2020 as it has been left with very little attention by the media.
The Confederations Cup and World Cup both happen before Euro 2020, I'd say it's normal it hasn't been receiving a lot of media attention.
Filipe Fernandes confederations cup is irrelevant
Like Skrrr for you maybe, not for me since my country will be there :) it's the least important title yes but important nonetheless
Pati Silver well if your country had won a continental trophy (euro, copa América etc) you'd know what it is
David JR wow you obviously don't know much about football, or you're just English and you've never experienced your country winning a trophy lol
Seriously Lads this channel is absolutely fantastic! Every video is interesting and brilliantly made! Keep up the good stuff!
Thanks Mike! - Danny
I've been waiting this for so long!!!
I appreciate how informative the videos are and in a small amount of time great video like always!
That's our aim. Glad you like them - Danny
A great video as always. I just know that City have partnership with Yokohama Marinos. This business model would surely copied in the coming years, especially in Asia.
After seeing the likes of arsenal get mugged off by there owners I'm so glad that we have mansour and khaldoon are the ones to take us forward 🔵
This is my favorite video by far!
Another great vid keep it up!
Thank you sir - Phil
Brilliant video as always
somewhere in the corner of a dark room you can hear the spirit of the game crying silently
No matter what haters may say, City really are going to be a global football powerhouse in these coming years.
Sugar daddy, bought success, fraud club. Pshh
Alex Rincon Sallltyyyyyy 😂😂 go cry
cablemaniation Why speak so soon about something like this. You sound so dumb now. 😂😂😂
Thanks to a corrupt prime minister who is doing this to cover up the Human Rights Violations going on in the UAE? Yeah, sure go ahead. It will come back to bite City IN THE ASS
I'm a staunch & loyal Manchester United Football Club supporter that was born in the mid 70s so I grew up watching Liverpool, Everton, Arsenal basically winning everything, I was happy with Utd winning the FA Cup every 3 or 5 years so I didn't jump on the Utd success bandwagon of the mid 90s, the teams that used to win everything earned their money the correct & honest way until Blackburn with their Uncle Jack Walker started to play unfair financially, Chelsea & Man City were the after effect of what will be the death of football. When City won the Premier League for the 1st time in 2011 I honestly believe that there is enough evidence to call fowl play, QPR were fighting for survival from being relegated & City were playing & fighting for the title on the last game of the season, there's no way that this game should have kicked off 16 minutes later then every other team as it gave both teams an unfair advantage of knowing if they needed to win, 3 QPR players that used to play for City & even more suspiciously even supported City were quoted in the newspapers beforehand stating that they wished that there was a way for QPR to stay up & for City to win the league title. QPR were winning 2-1 & fighting for their safety from relegation but due to the unfair & unethical late kick off they suddenly found out that they were safe from being relegated due to other results going in their favour, needless to say that after this news came through QPR basically stopped playing & trying ( watch West Ham United in their last game of the season in 94/95 trying their hardest to stop Utd from winning the match & league title, even Liverpool honourable beat their own King Kennys Blackburn because they have got real history & pedigree ) to win & before you knew it City had scored 2 goals due to bad defending by a team that had stopped playing, don't believe then watch it for yourselves from a team fighting for safety to a team that wanted to be part of this corrupt party, this destroyed Mark Hughes's Manchester United legacy & nobody wants his name on their retro shirts. Football karma is a bitch as QPR have been dropping divisions ever since. I can't believe the corruption that must have taken place for that Man Sheiky vs QPRtards to unfairly start later than every other team. Before you judge on this please watch the last 8 minutes of that deciding game that was a mockery to the history, honour & honesty of the English Premier league .Regards, David from Manchester, England, UK. Wythenshawe Red. 👹 UNITED 👺
Absolutely crazy you don't have well over 1M subs!!!
I'm filing a complaint - Danny
lol that background song though! Wal Habibi
it would be absolutely amazing to see you guys make a video regarding anything related to Johan Cruyff. Tactics, history, anything really. Keep up the amazing work
I'm sure we will cover this down the line! - Danny
Going to turn those notifications on now
Great video!
Great work! Any chance on an updated /v2!?
3 years ago I shared this in football groups, saying, "this is how City will never get face a transfer ban via FFP." And I was right. What a shrewd way to avoid that. Can't stress how clever that was.
Their videos are the best football KZhead videos on here.
do this type of video gor other clubs like bayern or real or barca etc and some othe premier league clubs who have this type expending system. You could create a whole playlist
Well know the onfield roles in a football club Could you do all the major off field roles at a football club? Btw love y'all at umaxit quality channel
Tactic explanation on city's title winning side in 2012 or 2014 ? Would like to see it !
KZhead recommendations on point.😂
best video in a while.
Thanks Mahape! - Danny
...so is no one going to talk about how Abu Dhabi was "considering" Newcastle and Everton? I would love to have been a fly on the wall during those conversations. Both those clubs brought far more to the table as far as history, organic support, etc. were concerned, than did City. Fascinating to think about how or why they were passed over...let alone how different English football would look if one of them had gotten that massive capital infusion instead of City.
How do Everton "bring more to the table" than city?
2 words , Mike Ashley
Rivalry with Man United is one of the biggest factor on why they chose Man City. At least you're going to get motivated to pass through your city rival.
One of my favourites
A brief history liga mx maybe???
Yo uMAXit, cool video. Quite an interesting setup the City Group have. Just a heads up for a future City video(depending on the topic): Man City get somewhere around £200m in sponsorship from Etihad airways, whose boss is a relation of either the chairman of Man City, or somebody within the City Football Group itself. :)
Fascinating, one of your better videos. While the City group's vision is extraordinary, I wonder how much corruption goes into this long-term project of theres.
Plenty of corruption, no different to Chelsea, Manchester United, Arsenal, Barcelona, Real Madrid, PSG, Bayern Munich. Feel free to add any teams I've omitted.
I actually wish City Group will invest in far lower leagues as well. That way countries that could not properly develop footballing academies now have a chance to shine.
I want a video of the best players from each of the teams CDG own to create a mixed starting 11 in FIFA please
Melbourne city had the most expensive squad in a-league history but then were knocked out by a team that barely made it into the finals
true, but to be fair, nobody really cares a jot about the A League outside of Australia. I should know, I've been living in Melbourne for fourteen years, and been a regular at Victory matches. The A League peaked a decade ago after the national team qualified for World Cup Germany 2006. Since then, the MLS and China have burnt the A League off.
I live in Townsville and support brisbane so I don't get to go to many games since fury folded and i would say the a-league is no longer an attractive league for players to join at the end of their career. There used to be ex-superstars like fowler and del piero but now hardly anyone who isnt an a-league fan would know any of the marquee players
Agree, Hayden. The most high profile player in our league now is past - it supersub Tim Cahill. Almost world class in his prime, but not anymore. Still capable of some outrageous headed finishes from his cameos off the bench, of course, but that's about it. Speaking of Brisbane and marquee players, I consider Thomas Broich to be possibly the greatest overseas player in A League history. Del Piero has been the biggest "name" so far, but in terms of output and influence, game by game, season by season, I'd be hard pressed to think of another player that surpasses Broich.
Agree that Broich is the best player in a-league history, probably Berisha second, but neither of them would be well known internationally. for the a-league to increase its prestige it needs some players who've already made names for themselves in the top European leagues. At the moment they're all going to USA or China, and you can see how much bigger soccer in the USA is getting as a result of it
Hayden Arratoon god that season was awful, made me wanna roll up into a ball and cry (apart from the FFA cup final) but it was such an embarrassment. Well I’m really enjoying this season so far, 4 wins from 4, top of the league, I’m really hoping for something special
This is actually quite terrifying, the way they've set things up in ten years time I could see Man City dominating
And here we are 😅
Can you do a Video about Luka Modric Role in Real Madrid and Crotia National Team?
Can you do Ajax tactics video?
A brief history of Maradona or maybe something like Maradona and his best years in Napoli.
fantastic video well as we can see football is not about the love of it it's a business now all about money and profits not the love of the game. But once again thank you for your informative video keep up the good work
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for commenting :) - Danny
Make a video on Anzhi and their failure to become another Manchester City or Chelsea!
Now cfg is Good work
As a MUFC fan it's very interesting what city is doing around the world with these football clubs curious if this brings them a champions league trophy in the next 5 to 10 years
I remember seeing a rumor that they are looking at Shanghai for the next team. Which makes little sense with SIPG and Shenhua already existing
love the materials on this channel. keep it up
Thanks buddy - Danny
C'mon CITY 💙
Do one on AC Milan's new owners and purchases
I never liked the strategy/concept of City Football Group to begin with, but forcing Shunsuke Nakamura out of Yokohama F. Marinos really crossed the line for me. I'd be pretty upset if City Football Group or similar such entities took over a club I was a fan of.
Can cfg will continue for next 10 year
Can you explain the role of azpilicueta?
Dayum City's network is sick
First they should try to conquer Manchester and win 18 more league titles and 3 more european cups.Everton is bigger than them.
they were also interested in Leeds United at the time I believe.
I love your channel! However, please fix the "Andreo Pirlo" mistake. It's Andrea Pirlo, thanks and best of luck.
Do Barcelona please
Any chance of a video on the decline of Coventry City under owners SISU, same with Blackburn, Charlton and Blackpool?
Finance ISIS , PSG and City as well.WOW what a franchise.Wanted to do more than conquer Europe,In what way,by the sword or through football.
depends on where their attention/priority is: expansion by acquisition or developing youth/investing in academies.
I'd like to see the formation of the Abou Diaby United Group of Injured Players.
Yazza Yap Super Saiyan L smh
do one about the red bull football group
Guys, where were you guys last week? I just applied for a job with them, could have done with this 🙄😂😂
Doh! Let us know ahead of time, next time, Sam ;-) - Joe
Financial fair play was designed to maintain status quo of Madrid, Barca and United
The role of mandzukic
wow cool
NYFC hasn't signed any 'superstars'. Pirlo is a legend but he was past his prime when he signed. United, Madrid, Arsenal etc. were not fighting for his signature, same with Villa - great player in his prime but he has not been missed in Europe!
In name alone I think they are "superstars". They bring a lot of commercial value to the club because they are legends of the game - Danny
They should build another elite European club from another big league and in 10 years Man City plays them in the champions league final, they should also build clubs to one day have all City Group clubs compete in the Club World Cup
Africa surely has to be considered next , football mad continent with limitless commercial opportunity. maybe a south African team a bit like ajax have done or somewhere in the west such as Nigeria or the ivory coast.
Well the history has to be brief when it comes to ManCity
Football in minutes european cup winners cup premier league One of the 10 oldest club in the United kingdom 2nd highest attendance in English club history (record that was held in Maine road until spurs acquired Wembley recently) Stop talking shit when you know essentially nothing
the fact that you have to list attendance records and being one of the oldest clubs in history, as your history, your club is shit.
"One of 10 oldest clubs in the United Kingdom" pffft. So is Notts county but you don't see them bigging themselves up. also wow the European cup winners cup.... what an achievement!
Hey the video says itself "Mediocrity before the oil money flew in".
We won the fa cup way before any of the other top clubs except everton! We dominated in england way before united were a big club!
Liking the new outro music guys
It's not permanent, it's just the background music for this video continuing on. - Danny
Haha so you did finally change the outro music?
Prawny2601 Whiskey every night, Im smoking every day.. XD
Track so dope they kept the music going instead of cutting to the outro music.
Do a video to show if Chelsea have history or not...
Andreo Pirlo?
so after city succeed will they leave them for another underachieving team and build it?
Ronaldo Owino Did you watch the video?
so for pogba (one player!) you have to pay 100 million while for a man city (a whole club!) in premier league you only need to pay 210 million ? that seems strange to me
That was 10 years ago. "Pogba" was a few years ago.
This is insane. Respect tho. Well... as long as they aren't doing some crazy shady shit with all that cash.
you bought your success you bought you success Manchester city you bought your success
Investment breeds success, ask an Arsenal fan if they would rather have their current owners or city's hahaha
cry more. It might help your team get some points 😂😂😂
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cool
"he wanted to do more than just conquer europe" makes him sound like a super villin
Well he's a football super villain.
History started in 2008?
FIFA really should step into this
The City Football Group is yet to expand to Africa. I think Cape Town City, a club in South Africa would be the perfect choice if they decide to expand in Africa.
already mumbai city fc sold out to them
City are just sustainable
Why do they own football teams everywhere else in the world but not the middle east or is that not the case
I don't know about Melbourne City but NYCFC is certainly not a feeder club. CFG is in it tor future profit.
They've spent a LOT more than they've earned so far. They are investing the right way though. Not buying a club to make it a business like the American Jews buying the other clubs (United, Arsenal, etc) ;)
Where next? Girona spain, I just hope that one is legal
I was brought here by the 'Why do you hate man city?" article on Tifo's website. They try to explain away the complaints about Man City by trivializing and normalizing the nature of their source of wealth. It is complete BS to say, "oh other clubs were rich in the past and were successful because of that." That is like saying someone who became rich on their own merit and earned is the same thing as someone who just had it all handed to them via inheritance. That is the first part of the problem with Man City's wealth; they shouldn't have it and talking about other clubs who got their money fairly and earned it as actual clubs from their fans doesn't change the nature of that. The second part is WHERE the money comes from. Other than taking Chinese money you couldn't get a more evil source of cash in the world other than Shiekh Arab oil money. So it is basically financial colonization of a beloved national past time by the most evil people possible. The only other groups I can even imagine you could sell a football club to anywhere near as evil as Arab oil money shiekhs who want to turn European football fans into their serfs as much as everyone born in their feudal oil countries are their serfs. At the end of the day they are just here to either make money off our love of our national sports or they are here to launder their image because they are completely evil. Also it isn't a coincidence PSG is the other most hated club in the world for all of the same reasons. Man City is just worse. And no amount of success will ever count or be recognized. I basically think of it as Nazi oil money FC and any success they have is just a loss for the entire sport. It is funny becuase I would say Pep is the best coach of the day but nothing he does will ever matter and I will hate him forever for being the ultimate souless sell out. Anyone who ever works or plays for Man City is too low level of trash to ever want on my team. If Messi played for Man City I would still never want him to be on any team I root for ever after the fact. Man City is ultimate evil and everything they touch is corrupted. Down with evil arab oil money and financial colonization. You can support any club anywhere and be less of a pathetic shit stain than you would be for supporting man city. You could start your own imaignary club and support that it would still be miles less pathetic than being a Man City fan; because then you are more like a fan of being an serf to an oil money evil Shiekh than you are actually a fan of real football.
2 premier league trophies in almost 10 years is very disappointing considering the amount of money spent
Newcastle fans must be gutted. Id rather they bought Newcastle or arsenal. I think city inheriting that new stadium was about as perfectly timed as anything in history. But people won't respect city the same way for decades because the success was bought
Now they also have, Mumbai city fc
they should focus on winning more trophies rather than buying more clubs
Master minded sheikh Mansoor and khldoon al Mubarak
they have not had as much success as chelsea in the premier league, they started about 5-6 years after chelsea but are really lacking in trophies to show their global reach
Can any City fans rexplain why you don't fill your ground? I know they've expanded, but I remember you used to get 25/30,000 in league 1 some weeks, so presumably another 20,000 now you're challenging on all front wouldn't seem like such a stretch...
Most games get sold out, most of the empty seats are from tickets that've been sold to foreign fans, corporate groups, or some are just ST holders unable to make it. It's more annoying as a fan when you go to buy a ticket, find the game's sold out only to see roughly the same seats that are empty week in, week out. I don't get the obsession around it tbh, clubs like Barcelona, Madrid etc. don't fill their ground for every game, and even as you said the fact we got such huge numbers through the gates when we were shit speaks volumes about the support.
Jesus is coming "Well the tickets are overpriced" "Well it's cuz of the traffic" I hear those excuses everyday.
Yazzan Elhajji the price one is fair IMO, City still have a predominantly working class, local fanbase. Whilst the global fanbase has ofcourse increased we don't have anywhere near the numbers that United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, and tbh even Spurs have. So the price of modern football can be a problem. Annoys me when you look at Germany, Bayern, massive club, seasonal CL contenders, and you could probably end up paying more to watch Stoke vs West Brom, than Bayern vs Frankfurt or whoever. The traffic is just bullshit, see people leaving early to 'avoid the traffic', you would've thought City fans of all fans would be the last ones to leave early after THAT comeback vs QPR. I wish we did have a packed, bustling stadium week in week out, but lets be honest the atmosphere in England isn't great anyway. Even the traditionally atmospheric stands like the Kop at 'pool and Stretford end at OT is nothing in comparison to what they once were. Not only that but i think some City fans enjoyed it more when we were shit, (in b4 some smart arse says "you still are") because it was almost the thrill of chasing it, now even though it's great football, and some of the best players in the world, i think for some that soul and personality is no longer there. For me it'll always be there, typical City, whether it be Paul Dickov scoring late equalizers against Gillingham in the League 1 playoffs in '99, or whatever happens 20 years from now.
So in other words your owner buys all the tickets you don't sell? That's fucking pathetic.
Jesus is coming I sometimes watch videos of matches played at Maine Road back in the day. The atmosphere then was fantastic.
I would prefer a game where I can buy and sell clubs over football manager to be honest
cmon city
City Football Group vs Red Bull
BH_Malik nycfc vs New York red bulls WORLDSTAR!!!!!