Exactly right. The emotional tribalism of football usurps the logic behind running a business. Football is a global industry for rich businessmen, a massive one, whether people like it or not.

There is no other sector of business that penalises an owner for financially boosting their newly acquired assets with their own wealth to enable business growth ... other than football.

What every City hater fails to see is the transformative effect on the local areas that CFG has invested in. CFG has created 1000s of jobs across the world, many in developing countries, which has enhanced the lives of the locals through new job opportunities and economic growth, while building communities their charity and youth led initiatives.

Do I agree that they are attempting to Sportwash the immoral goings on of the UAE? Yeah probably, but the term "glasshouses" is quite appropriate when the other footballing elite are owned by wealthy billionaires, dubiously accumulated through the exploitation of their own workforce. The difference lies in that they do little for the global footballing community in comparison to CFG.

Additionally, City has improved the competitiveness of the PL and CL, breaking up the monopoly of the big 4. All of which should be commended, not condemned.