Would love to get a comment from @etihad on this. You are one of the biggest airlines in the world who annually carry 22 million passengers.
Two days ago you threatened to sue the Premier League. You disputed the IC’s finding that you has entered into sham contracts to help defraud football. We were told that it was Abu Dhabi, not City’s owner, that had paid the sponsorships on your behalf.
Two days later, @Telegraph publish information from you sent to the US government in 2015 — where you claim:
“The assertion that the Abu Dhabi government paid for Etihad's sponsorship of English Premier League football club Manchester City is equally false”
This comes across as problematic to me. The world is not always a beautiful place. Football is an amazing game that kids love to play. When we get older, football becomes the ‘opium for the people’. An escape from reality. Something beautiful. The game of football is actually called the beautiful game.
When we look at the track-record of @UAE, @InAbuDhabi, and @etihad in football — it’s horrible.
It might be beneficial for the ego of some sheikh — but is it worth it? Can’t you leave it alone?