Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan

...- and were greeted - like royalty. They are not, of course, but the club's owner Sheik Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan most definitely is. It is the Sheik's money on which sky blue dreams are now built. He has not been to a City game yet...

In this article: Mark Hughes, Abu Dhabi, Robinho, Khaldoon Al Mubarak, Manchester City, Craig Bellamy, and Mike Summerbee

...in Manchester City's clash against United Arab Emirates on Thursday. UAE is the home of club owner Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan. A spokesman said: "The Football Association of Wales was made aware by the Manchester City medical...

In this article: Wales, Swansea City, Craig Bellamy, John Toshack, James Collins, Rob Earnshaw, Andy Dorman, Simon Davies, Joe Allen, and Cardiff City

...Brazilian superstar Robinho next Wednesday. Barca chiefs are claiming that they have set up a meeting with Sheik Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi and put forward three proposals to try and broker a deal for Robinho. The reigning...

In this article: Robinho, Barcelona, Mark Hughes, Manchester City, Real Madrid, Daily Mirror, Stress fracture, and Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan is set to attend his first Manchester City game next week since completing his GBP210 million takeover of the club in September last year. Watching brief: City owner Sheikh Mansour, who has bankrolled...

In this article: Manchester City, Mark Hughes, Abu Dhabi, Khaldoon al-Mubarak, World Cup, United Arab Emirates, and Emirates Palace

...City. The last time City won a major trophy was in fact the League Cup in 1976, a time when club owner Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan was a 6-year-old boy who probably wasn't dreaming in his Abu Dhabi palace of City players Joe...

In this article: David Beckham, Fabio Capello, World Cup, Ricky Villa, Arsenal, Premier League, Spurs, Mark Hughes, and Ashley Young

...of Chelsea by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich in 2003 and Manchester City by Abu Dhabi royalty Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan in 2008, wages have become more and more inflated. Players losing out on seven percent of income to La...

In this article: Premier League, Chelsea, La Liga, Tax, Manchester City, Real Madrid, Arsenal, and Spain

...at the time as too expensive and exclusionary, enabled Barclays to forgo direct government support. In June, Sheik Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi sold 1.3 billion in Barclays shares he obtained through convertible notes, reaping a...

In this article: Barclays, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, London Stock Exchange, Barclays Capital, John Varley, Credit Suisse Group, and Persian Gulf states

...governance protocol by saying it would gain access to valuable "strategic and commercial relationships". Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who heads up the Abu Dhabi-based International Petroleum Investment Company, was first out the...

In this article: Barclays, Corporate governance, International Petroleum Investment Company, J Sainsbury, Lloyds, and RBS

...Villa midfielder Gareth Barry. The club's significant financial resources, which come from Abu Dhabi owner Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, mean expectations have soared and before the campaign kicked off City were talked about as...

In this article: Mark Hughes, Manchester City, Emmanuel Adebayor, Gareth Barry, Manchester United, Premier League, and Robinho

...previously owned by Worldwide Investments Limited, has now been transferred to ADUG, the wholly owned company of Sheik Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, for an undisclosed sum. 'As a result of the transaction, Manchester City Football Club is...

In this article: Manchester City, Khaldoon Al Mubarak, Champions League, Mark Hughes, Premier League, and Thaksin Shinawatra