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[Huddersfield Preservation Society @HuddsPrsrvtnSoc]

Andy Burnham in 2023 saying he wouldn’t feel comfortable with the UAE’s regional rivals Qatar owning Manchester United because of issues like state ownership of football clubs and how clean the finances would be 🤷‍♂️

[𝓢𝓱𝓾 @Shu7e]

1. This bullshit narrative that Abu Dhabi “invested in Manchester” out of some extraordinary civic generosity needs binning.

Manchester Life for Mansour & Co was a commercial property venture. It was NOT charity or their “love” of Manchester.

[Toe In The Water @ToeInTheWater1]

City fans talking about Abu Dhabi's regeneration of east Manchester as a mitigating factor is nonsense

Univ. Of Sheffield report says they got vast tracts of central Manchester on the cheap from the council and then funnelled the rents offshore.
https://t.co/q55E2rZdyR

[Henry Winter @henrywinter]

“I would be really concerned to lose them.” Prime Minister Andy Burnham on the possibility of Manchester City’s owners selling up. What?! These are owners found guilty of serial breaches of the Premier League rule-book by three judges on an independent commission after a lengthy investigation. Owners who outraged other clubs and countless fans by flouting the rules and inflating sponsorship income with the Disguised Funding Scheme.

Owners who misled auditors and regulators, who threaten to bring this Premier League season – and, potentially, future seasons - to a standstill by their appeal, deny, delay tactics. Owners who are patently not proper custodians of a famous, historic club. Owners who many hope will sell up and ship out after bringing such shame and sham contracts to the game.

So these are astonishing, alarming comments from the PM. “I do actually thank the City Football Group and the wider ownership for the money that they didn't just put into the Etihad and the campus around it but also into the city," Burnham told the BBC’s Chris Mason.

Come on, PM. Read the room. Read the commission’s report. Read the belligerent statements from the Abu Dhabi owners and their chief executive like Ferran Soriano. Rather than thank CFG, perhaps thank the diligence of the Premier League in seeking to enforce its rules and protect the national sport. Perhaps thank the three judges for their pain-staking work in sifting through reams of evidence and coming to their considered conclusion.

Burnham spoke as a politician seemingly with one eye on diplomatic and trade links. He spoke as a former mayor whose city benefited from investment in east Manchester by Abu Dhabi. “They've been such a huge partner in the building of modern Manchester and obviously the building of Manchester City into the global force that it is.” And how was that building financed?

Burnham spoke as a politician and not the football fan that he truly is. The lifelong Evertonian is usually pretty sound on football matters. He misread the mood of many fans not wanting the possible return of drinking in Premier League stands but that was a rare misstep. This is far worse. This makes him look out of touch with the prevailing mood. He was speaking at Hill Dickinson Stadium. Maybe he should head to Anfield on Sunday week and witness the anger felt towards City.

Burnham did add that he wasn’t getting involved in the process and that City had a right to appeal if they felt harshly treated. But how does the PM’s sympathetic words for controversial owners help the independent football regulator charged by Government with leading the fight against those who risk the credibility of their club, who play fast and loose with the rules and who damage the integrity of the national sport?

How frustrating if Burnham’s words embolden City's owners and Soriano further. Bit of an own goal by No 10.

[itzlilmiles @UTDitzmiles]

We were fighting against corruption btw
My GAFFERS ❤️❤️

[mol⛷️ @mol_holden]

The greatest there ever was and ever will be

[hd @H_OFF23]

Doesn’t look like a transfer ban and fine to me @liamgallagher

[AA⚽️ @AATalksBall]

Nah this is peak journalism I can’t breathe 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[utdreport @utdreport]

Sir Alex Ferguson.

The greatest there is, the greatest there was, and the greatest there ever will be. 🐐❤️

[Mr. Doorman Davis @AliquamScripto]

LOOK AT THIS FUCKING SHIT HAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHABAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH 90% OF THE SPONSORSHIP MONEY WAS COMING FROM THE OWNER! KICK THEM OUT

[ًً @muxsin2003]

Guys talking about footballing sanctions, some of these lot got to go jail 🤣

[Sam Homewood @SamHomewood]

It doesn’t matter what the punishment is now. The truth is out. They cheated. It’s recorded history now.

[mol⛷️ @mol_holden]

Sound 👍

[Simon Stone @sistoney67]

Confirmed. Man City goal WAS a mistake. Pro Ref spokesperson said: “Following the incident in the 60th minute of Sunday's Premier League fixture between Manchester United and Manchester City at Old Trafford, we can provide clarification regarding Erling Haaland’s awarded goal.
“The on-field decision was offside against Erling Haaland – that was checked by VAR and he was found to be in an onside position.
“In the same attack, it was established that Enzo Fernandez did not play the ball and therefore that makes any offside offence subjective, however, on this occasion, the VAR did not recognise the likely impact of his position and should have recommended an on-field review.
“Contact has been made with Manchester United this evening to acknowledge what we deem is an error of judgement. A review of the incident will take place.”

[Hoddy @redhod99]

It's funny how every time United get absolutely fucked by a decision this narrative takes over and it just gets brushed under the carpet until the next time we get a remotely iffy one and there's a national meltdown

[utdreport @utdreport]

Kobbie ❤️

[👨🏻‍🦯 @hwksyy]

I’ve never seen someone say we need to scrap work life balance 🤣🤣 can’t believe people think he’s the man of the working class

[Ben Kentish @BenKentish]

If the British media covered issues affecting different generations equally and fairly, the student loan scandal, which will see young people robbed of many thousands of pounds, would be top of every single news bulletin and on the front of every single newspaper - just like when wealthier pensioners faced losing £200 a year in Winter Fuel Payments. But it doesn’t and so it won’t be.

[mol⛷️ @mol_holden]

manchester united

[mol⛷️ @mol_holden]

Fairs 😭

[utdreport @utdreport]

Ruben Amorim has been pictured with a huge smile just hours after being sacked by #mufc [@StevenRailston]