Manchester City

[Assassin]

Financial doping continues unabated

[Mark79]

I can't read that article. Who are Silver Lake Group?

US private equity firm who invest in tech and entertainment.

[Shaggy]

[ame]https://twitter.com/TelegraphDucker/status/1199604323426197504[/ame]

[dom9]

US private equity firm who invest in tech and entertainment.

That doesn't make much sense at all. It's the opposite of what most private equity groups would do.

They're all about maximising value after they have taken over, not before.

[Buzzo]

Investing in Oil and Gas however...

[Mark79]

That doesn't make much sense at all. It's the opposite of what most private equity groups would do.

They're all about maximising value after they have taken over, not before.

Oh I'm sure it's all above board

[gratziani]

How the **** can they be worth 5 billion dollars , surely Dr Evil is at work in this.

[Fosterbloke]

Again, I can't read the article, but is it a cash investment?

Right click on the image and open in a new tab, click on the image to magnify.

[dom9]

Right click on the image and open in a new tab, click on the image to magnify.

Zoomed in on my phone and it's too blurry to read.

[baitman]

Open image in a new tab

[dom9]

Open image in a new tab

Twitter app

[baitman]

I managed it so even you should.
No twitter app, just open it and click image, then open in a new tab.

[dom9]

I managed it so even you should.
No twitter app, just open it and click image, then open in a new tab.

At risk of boring everyone to death, links to tweets open in the twitter app by default on my phone, not a browser. There is a limit to the image resolution in the app, it would seem.

I could do something convoluted and open the tweet in a browser, then open the image in a new browser tab, but I'm really not *that* bothered.

Apologies everyone for this tremendously boring post...

[Scratch]

So it's not a 10% stake in City, it's in CFG..."CFG has a stake in seven football clubs across the world, including in the US, Australia, Japan and China." That makes the figure a bit more palatable.

[Irishnev]

So it's not a 10% stake in City, it's in CFG..."CFG has a stake in seven football clubs across the world, including in the US, Australia, Japan and China." That makes the figure a bit more palatable.

Now you sound like 'them'

We'll soon get to the days when NYC buy a player and loan them to City as another way to get around the rules. This just stinks of financial doping but it is all above board - City will continue to grow and grow which will create the impression that they can buy whom ever they want within the FFP rules

Depressing from an integrity perspective