Manchester City handed two years Champions League ban
Manchester City have been banned from European competitions for the next two seasons for “serious financial fair-play breaches”, UEFA announced on Friday, with the verdict immediately contested by Pep Guardiola’s English champions. City, who were also fined 30 million euros ($32.5 million), announced they were appealing the suspension to the Court of Arbitration for Sport […]
Manchester City’s owner is worth nearly $5 billion after Silver Lake deal
US private equity giant Silver Lake is investing $500 million in the owner of Manchester City, a deal that values the soccer group at nearly $5 billion and signals a concerted move by the veteran tech investors into sports. Under the agreement announced Wednesday, Silver Lake will buy just over 10% of City Football Group, […]
City want to keep Guardiola for years to come, says chairman
Guardiola Manchester City wants to keep Pep Guardiola at the helm for many years to come, says the English champions chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak. Guardiola — who stayed for four seasons with Barcelona and three terms with Bayern Munich — took over at City in 2016 and is under contract till 2021. The Spaniard — […]
UCL Preview: Manchester City eye top spot with Shakhtar’s visit to Etihad
A home win against Shakhtar Donetsk is all City need to confirm top spot in their group, and that’s something they’re well used to doing having won five games against the Ukrainians in the last two years. The last three wins for City have been an aggregate of 12-0 and there’s no reason to suggest […]
Manchester City’s revenue rises to £535 million
Manchester City Manchester City’s on-field success saw the club’s revenues swell to £535 million ($692 million) last season as the Premier League champions posted a profit for the fifth straight year. A 20 percent surge in broadcast revenue saw City’s income rise from £500.5 million in the 2017/18 season. Pep Guardiola’s men completed an unprecedented […]
Liverpool maintain firm grip at top of EPL with Manchester City win
Victor Ogunyinka Liverpool have opened an eight-point lead at the top of the English Premier League table, after seeing off defending champions, Manchester City, in a fiercely contested cracker at Anfield. Manchester City started on a high, hoping to break what is now becoming a traditional winning record at Anfield, but it wasn’t long before […]
