Football Leaks points to Manchester City again

Documents of Football Leaks published by the German magazine Der Spiegel, which is part of the European Investigative Collaborations (EIC), reveal that Manchester City was funded directly by an Abu Dhabi government agency, according to Info Libre, a medium that is also part of the EIC.

According to these papers, City’s parent company would have paid million in commissions to soccer agents, contravening current legislation. This medium also points out that the financial operation would have used as intermediary to camouflage your payments to Mediapro.

UEFA already punished City in 2020 with two year suspension in European competitions for irregular financing, a sanction that the TAS annulled after the appeal presented by the English club.

Football Leaks documents would reveal that payments from the company that officially owned the club from 2008 until last year, ADUG, to the club were cleared at a government agency in Abu Dhabi, chaired by Jaldún Al Mubarak, president in turn of City.

The information indicates that the City could have pressured underage players to sign a contract in exchange for certain amounts, against international standards. It is the case of Brahim Dayz, which he signed in 2013 at the age of 14 after preparing a contract with the agency that represented the player, owned by Pere Guardiola. This company was going to receive from ADUG £420,000 in the case of convincing the player to sign a professional contract with City, which he did when he was 17 years old. The Málagathe player’s club of origin, would have received other 360.000 euros through the company Mediapro.

This information also points out that the club’s sponsoring companies based in Abu Dhabi covered only part of the club’s payments, most of which led by Sheikh Mansur. And finally it is pointed out that Roberto Manciniformer coach of the club, would have received part of his salary through a fictitious contract.

ADUG would have also paid, between 2010 and 2015, four millions euros and four million pounds to a company managed by Yaya Toure, former Citi player between 2020 and 2018.

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