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@StanisElsborg
Jun 21 • 5 tweets • 4 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
🧵It seems many overlook some of the problems and conflict of interest when football clubs transform into state-owned prestige projects, possibly due to their emotional attachment to the sport and specific clubs. Here, I provide three clear examples: #ManCity, #PSG & #NUFC. 1/5
#ManCity and the ownership from #AbuDhabi👇2/5
More on #ManCity and its ownership from #AbuDhabi 👇 3/5
#PSG, #Qatar and Nasser Al-Khelaifi 4/5
#NUFC and its owners from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia👇5/5

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Jun 5
Next level multi-club-ownership by #NUFC owners - the State of Saudi Arabia.
Expect state-owned Saudi Aramco, Diriyah Gate Development Authority, Royal Commission for AlUla and NEOM to become club owners as well.
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Jun 4
🧵The sponsors of Manchester City

Okay, so I tried to look into some of the sponsors of #ManCity – the state-run project from #AbuDhabi.

It’s long but I hope it is worth it. mancity.com
First and foremost, it is worth mentioning that #ManCity is part of City Football Group (CFG), established in 2013. From 2008-2015, CFG was wholly owned by ADUG, a private investment and development company belonging to Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan. cityfootballgroup.com
Today, CFG is majority owned by Newton Investment and Development LLC, which is owned by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and with a significant minority shareholding held by global technology investment firm, Sliver Lake (18.16%).cityfootballgroup.com
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Jun 3
#ManCity won the #PremierLeague. Now aiming for the FA Cup!

Here’s a thread about the club that has won five PL titles in six years - a state-owned project from #AbuDhabi and a club that's charged with 115 instances of rule breaches❗️ Might be worth for the media to tell today❓
I highly recommend @sportingintel’s brilliant recap at #ptg2022 on a decade of #ManCity's skullduggery and succes👇Also @james_corbett, @katpijetlovic. @PhilippeAuclair ends with a shocking view on football and unregulated/illegal sources of financing vimeo.com/721879685
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Dec 20, 2022
🧵Has #Qatar2022 been a success for the State of Qatar🇶🇦? It might be too early to determine, but looking at the success of Qatar’s sports political strategy in the last 15 years might give some answers. Long thread! This article is by @MiguelDelaney 1/23
independent.co.uk/sport/football…
Shortly after🇶🇦was awarded the hosting rights of the 2022 World Cup, Qatar Foundation reached a five-year, £125m deal with the #Barcelona as shirt sponsor. The agreement marked the first time that Barca were to be paid to advertise on their jerseys. theguardian.com/football/2010/…
Qatar Foundation is a state-led organization, founded in 1995 by then-emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani and his second wife Moza bint Nasser.
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Dec 18, 2022
🧵🇩🇰@DanishMFA and @thetradecouncil encourages companies to participate in the 🇸🇦Saudi Arabian prestige project #NEOM. Story by investigative journalists @SandraBlenner & @FlorianElabdi from @DanWatchDK❗️I contribute with the part on sport and politics👉danwatch.dk/undersoegelse/… /1 Image
#NEOM is a $500-billion mega-city and one of the Public Investment Fund’s most ambitious projects. NEOM is set to become “the future of sport” and “a top destination for major sporting events”. /2
The latest addition is the 2029 Asian Winter Games. Sport and the hosting of sporting mega events has a key role in the Kingdom's 'Vision 2030' and their pursuit of becoming the Middle East sports hub. It's about #NEOM /3
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Oct 3, 2022
🧵To understand Qatar’s political use of sport, we have to widen our understanding of the mechanism they use. Here, we see the Aspire Academy Global Summit. One piece in their sports strategy and PR mechanism. 1/7
Aspire Academy was established by an Emiri Decree, No. 16 of 2004 as an independent government-funded agency that reported directly to the Emir. In 2008, Aspire Zone Foundation was established by Emiri decree to compromise 3 org.: Aspire Academy, Aspetar and Aspire Logistic. 2/7
Soon the whole world will experience the #Qatar2022 World Cup - a huge part of the very ambitious development plan 'Qatar National Vision 2030'. A central part of Qatar’s soft power strategy. 3/7 gco.gov.qa/en/about-qatar…
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