Politics
UAE threatens to halt UK investments after Manchester City guilty verdict
October 3, 2026 at 04:03 PM · Updated 13d ago
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4 reports · 3 in Arabic, 1 in English · over 6 hours
AJAl Jazeera Arabic
الإمارات تحذر رئيس وزراء بريطانيا بسبب السيتي.. استثمارات بمليارات ومشروعات كبرى في خطر
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KOKooora
لندن أمام اختبار صعب: تحرك إماراتي "خطير" بسبب أزمة مانشستر سيتي
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AJAl Jazeera Arabic
قبل إعلان إدانة النادي.. رئيس مانشستر سيتي التقى وزير الأعمال البريطاني
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TGThe Guardian
UAE may halt UK investments after Manchester City guilty verdict
(opens the publisher’s site)The UAE has warned the UK government it could cancel major investments after an independent commission found Manchester City guilty of 114 financial rule breaches.
- An independent Premier League commission upheld 114 of 115 charges over commercial deals that inflated revenues and cut costs by over $1.15 billion.
- Emirati officials warned the Premier League's actions would influence the bilateral relationship, with the UAE threatening to withdraw billions from an Oxford–Cambridge tech hub project.
- Manchester City chair Khaldoon Al Mubarak met business secretary Jonathan Reynolds at Downing Street on September 14, two weeks before the verdict was announced.
- Manchester City lodged an appeal, and Prime Minister Andy Burnham said he would be "really concerned" to see the current owners sell the club.
- British media reported that Emirati investments in key UK sectors surpassed £30 billion over the past five years.
- Downing Street clarified the verdict's seriousness after Prime Minister Andy Burnham drew criticism over his comment on City's owners.