Man City chairman Khaldoon blasts back at FFP critics: Get your facts straight

Football
19 Jun 2023 • 6:03 PM MYT
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Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak has rejected critics of their Treble amid Financial Fair Play investigations.

It's been claimed the 115 charges being made by the Premier League has tarnished the achievement.

But Al Mubarak said: "It's very frustrating because it takes so much from the great work that's happening at the club and it's happening not just on the football pitch.

"The football pitch - we talked about that, what these players have achieved this year, the Treble, is incredible.

"I hope people focus and judge them for their football and what they're achieving on the pitch and what they're achieving in every competition they're in. That's the reality.

"The club as a whole is well run, is very well run. Today, the value of this group is over six billion dollar We've created so much value - we've brought in world class investors.

"Why? Because we have a commercial machine here that is one of the best in the world.

"Our executives are being targeted by the best teams in the world always. By the way it's a credit to us. I respect that.

"People appreciate that we are producing not just the best talent on the pitch, not just the best talent in the academy, not just the best talent in the group, but we're producing some of the best executives in the world, some of the best scouts in the world, some of the best sporting staff in the world.

"And that's a testament to the great work that this group is doing. We're the No 1 football brand in the world. These are the facts; these are the facts.

"The club generates a tremendous revenue. You look at our sales in terms of what we produce, in terms of from our academy, from our first team.

"Look at last year, I mean look at our net spend figures. We can go on for half an hour right now with me just giving you data in terms of net spend over the last season, net spend over the last three years, over the last five years, over the last ten years look at every single one of them and just look at these as the facts and compare us to our competition and then people will throw at us 'the biggest spenders', 'you have the biggest squad'.

"I wish people can just pause and ask the question and get the facts and then comment."