City Football Group: Globalisation and Conflicts of Interest

City Football Group: Globalisation and conflicts of interest.
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It seems that every week there is a new rumour concerning the City Football Group and who they will purchase next. One week it's a team in France, next it is China. What is for sure is that CFG, of which Manchester City is the biggest team, is quietly changing the way football is run.
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[@tosinoloke1]

I swear Man City have the best accountants in world football. They always find a loophole.😂

[@oceanwaves657]

Tosin Oloke Manchester city doing the right thing whereas UEFA is trying to protect club like United & Liverpool.

[@tommanners1116]

Watching this after City got kicked from the UCL...

[@owenwhittaker7544]

@@tommanners1116 watching this when they are back in

[@khotsodirane600]

Best accountants & lawyers 🤣

[@mattsavage9960]

Its literally a cheat code in football and should be illegal and now i cant wait until the 116 charges of rule breaking go against city hopefully at least a few of these serious charges and rule breaks gets them kicked out of the English top 3 or 5 divisions and a huge billion pound fine will be fair😊

[@manuelkiatoko]

Absolutely love these ownership videos, shows us who really owns these clubs and what's their real interest. Cheers for the great video, keep it up guys.

[@skypekai]

Mánuel Kiatoko You shouldn't take Tifo's word about 'their real interest' as holy, they're just guessing.

[@billkat1954]

Now let's see if they also do a video on how Real Madrid has been financed. Or is it just a hit job.

[@jamesormondroyd1009]

These videos are absolutely fantastic thank you

[@shivachetanulavi7345]

This channel is really great as it helps a common man to understand football totally i.e both on and off the pitch

[@pl3629]

UEFA is as dodgy as fifa, which is why so many things got approved, easier to do than actually solve these issues once and for all, just say yes to everything and get an under the table deal. GG humanity, this is why we wont progress past the way it currently is.

[@TheEDMification]

As always Great content. Keep up the good work!!

[@jtl31200]

I think the New York FC - Manchester City connection is really cool. It's like having your own personal scouting network across the world. New York FC can focus on training & developing young talent from the Americas up until a point where they are ready to make a move to Europe, which they can then transfer over to Manchester City. Makes the whole process streamlined. Way easier for Manchester City to evaluate players that way instead of sending scouts halfway across the world & make a decision on just a couple games they see.

[@Polo9794]

Thouroughly done and well-needed video. I'd like to see one of those on PSG's finances and ownership !

[@TemiToba]

Wow, another great analysis video from Tifo. Life is simple I see a Tifo video notification and I click.

[@LiamEshikari]

Clubs should be local. This is becoming far too corporate.

[@db5213]

JRM 4 PM completely agree ( city fan )

[@appiahallan]

JRM 4 PM A G R E E D

[@skypekai]

Local meaning moneyless, badly run and not helping talented kids develop properly? Sounds fucking amazing!

[@mattiles5811]

Db118 would you revert city back to pre-2008 then if you don't mind me asking? or would you prefer to have it how it is now

[@PsilentMusicUK]

It is possible to keep a club local and have rich/responsible non-local owners. Take OGC Nice and (my club) Barnsley. We have the same owners (give or take a few board members), but there has so far been no attempts to homogenize the culture of the two clubs. Indeed, our owners actually said that they wanted to maintain the grassroots culture of both clubs. They've greatly improved our services, basically ensured that Barnsley will continue to exist for many decades (which was a big concern of ours when our previous local owner died of cancer last year, RIP), and have provided us with better international connections for players without destroying the superb academy we've been well known for in the English football leagues.

[@bijum2086]

your fan since the first umaxit videos

[@MrMowky]

Same

[@marcusfenix5760]

The amount of work you put for these videos is really excellent. Thanks for providing such content. *You're very underrated*

[@padmanavadasgupta2211]

And now they own Mumbai City FC here in India.

[@kpmasters4857]

Love you videos... keep up the good work

[@TheCSC017]

Loving this channel, mate. Keep at it!!!

[@manjunathprasadcv3332]

pls make a video on Barcelona board and how they work without owning by specifically anyone...

[@goyonman9655]

Yes

[@chidubemezugwu]

It's good that the local people own Barcelona

[@ole170]

@@chidubemezugwu yeah but the board are ruining the club

[@Mbbbb92]

This is amazing! It's the very reason I studied business, I find this so fascinating

[@SaidMohamed91]

Great Video as usual: informative, simple and beautifully presented!

[@BannyV19]

Intuitive and informative with a dash of brilliant aesthetics: Tifo 🙂

[@alexuk2893]

This was really interesting, great video.

[@mahmoudeissa7267]

Amazing work 👏👏

[@HotChilliePa]

This is quality content 👌

[@103swagg]

Quality content keep up the good work

[@blitzentil2010]

Would love to see a similar video about Red Bull’s structure within football Love your content since day one! Keep up the hussle 👊

[@NiallQuinn21]

Thought this video was going be shaming City but I found this very unbiased and informative, well done Tifo Football!

[@a.m1046]

There’s no difference between city Football group, Russian oligarch club owners or current AC Milan owners, what people don’t get is that this is a business for them. They’re here to make money

[@DirkAndDestroy]

A lot of owner lose money with these clubs. For many it's just a plaything, a dick swinging hobby for status. Either way, it's all very hollow.

[@aleksjeff3088]

There is a big difference, Roman loves Chelsea and he never earned anything from it he lost money and only cared to win titles and the Champions League.

[@kaihavertzlover29]

I feel like u left out Stan korenke

[@Ramil535]

There is not connection between Russian oligarchs and they operate in interests of their own. City Group owns several clubs and therefore they have loopholes to bypass some rules with them.

[@HAFIX361]

stickboi13 u can’t say this about city group look what they have done for Manchester as a city, the barren land renovation alone costed more then £300m

[@khanhuz]

Thanks for this video. Great insight. It is disappointing to see that how these big football clubs are taking advantage of the loopholes but what's more disappointing is the fact that UEFA going against the rules set by them. They are the enablers. Nevertheless, you guys (Tifo) are awesome!

[@FootballSupportersAssociation]

Another great video guys.

[@romanichalnomad6316]

Football used to be local fans supporting local teams, and the players of those teams being loyal to their team. Now football clubs are businesses and corporations. Owners only care about money making, and most players are mercenaries. Feeder teams are bad, and club groupings like this are even worse.

[@eavyeavy2864]

Used to be? As in when your grandfather alive? Still is at local Stop being so since epl formed, not just in 2000.

[@stephenmason9527]

Nothing makes people so mad as good business, especially when they aren't the ones profiting from it.

[@B3Band]

UEFA approved Man City's sponsorship deal but fines them 49M pounds. Translation: Your sponsorship should only be for 351M pounds, but instead of re-negotiating it, just pay us the difference and we're good.

[@dhairyashah982]

Fining 49 million transfers money from Etihad to UEFA . Renegotiations won't bring any revenue to UEFA nor expense for Etihad

[@edwinlopez30]

Que buen vídeo! Gracias!

[@edwintriprasetyo]

Great information... never knew man city is such a large group football group

[@Mo-xb8fc]

These videos are mad. I always found how people create a business out of football and these videos help

[@chiragrawat1020]

Here after CFG has bought 60% stakes of Mumbai City FC in Indian Super League. And yeah the club already had that name for five years

[@AdmiredLemon]

It's important to recognise with the introduction of sister clubs players have opportunities they mightn't have had otherwise, examples of this are players such as Mooy and Arzani who's international recognition became much greater once their name was attached to the city group, and had an easier passage to bigger league's and clubs due to city's aid

[@abdelwahabbabiker2552]

Great video guys! I think it would be really cool to talk about the rebranding happening in La Liga in the past few years. Their expansion to the USA, other TV deals etc. I think it would be really cool! Cheers :)

[@Christopher_TG]

They're barely visible in the US. Only three leagues get significant TV traction in the US: MLS, Liga MX, and the Premier League.

[@JohnThomas-yo1no]

Wonderful video.

[@yannisleroux9942]

Very interesting video I liked it!! Can you please do one about Red Bull, how they’re operating in football

[@TOTN17]

Since this Video CFG have acquired a 28% stake in Sichuan Jiuniu F.C in China who have since been promoted to the Chinese 2nd Division, a 65% stake in Mumbai City, 100% Percent of Lommel S.K. who are in Belgiums 2nd Division and have changed the name of Club Atletico Torque to Montevideo City Torque

[@RandyMarshSP]

I don't see a problem with mega clubs setting up feeder clubs in other countries, it'll improve football as a whole, coaches can grit their teeth in lesser leagues before taking on big clubs, this will help the feeder clubs players develop and in so doing increase the quality of the national sides. If man city bought my local pro team cork city it would offer cork city academy players the opportunity to be noticed and go to play in a better league making our national side stronger..

[@ryanjohn6690]

You boys should be at 1 Mil already. I recommend working with Jimmy Conrad or COPA US

[@dannydelacruz3]

So what you're saying is CFG are basically SPECTRE?

[@zararubaid9479]

i dont know how you view this but this is an excellent model and serves example to other club owners in my opinnion. I just see City ahead of the curve. They really know what to do even in ethical grounds of the game. It actually also kind of give hopes to midtable clubs like city were before the famous purchase and now can be see as a perfect answer to rectify ueafa and other football governing bodies that only made rich more richer and poor more poorer. It can be a different interpetation but from this what i see is a Group excellently run from Top to bottom.

[@zararubaid9479]

@രതീഷ് it pleases you, not me particularly, so good for you.

[@josephkiboi9924]

Great video. What software do you use?

[@eddmyzt]

More videos like this please.

[@Driftking859]

very worrying cos this group would obviously love to have champions in every league they invest in and with the growing money it could potentially wipe out competition in a few decades

[@mateuszzimon8216]

IRC they already make mini tournament between clubs in pre-session

[@matteopace5880]

The thing is, Football is passion/identity moved... There can be great teams linked to big owners... but no one can sweep our love for our team.

[@Efeverscente]

All of these videos make so much more sense now...

[@rooneye]

There's an annoying sound in the audio/music that sounds like someone clicking a mouse every two seconds. Grinds on me lol But as usual, you guys are the best at what you do and another top notch video.

[@ericb3422]

Great videos- can you do a West Ham video next?

[@1evanc]

Considering how the CFG have made great steps regarding grassroots football in every city they are in, its simply unfounded to think that they would buy a club in a new makret and ruin the grassroots football there. You mentioned a "Manchester City Beijing FC", surely if CIty have name each of their other clubs after teh city they are in, there would be no reason to deviate from this in China. The movement of players loophole is where the real controversy is, stick to that.

[@unfig3034]

Reading the comments section, it's funny how it seems well English speaking presumably westerners are against this, but there are also people from presumably weaker football countries asking them to buy a club/invest in their league.

[@directmessage912]

Great video, thank you. However, Tony Pignata is now the former CEO of Sydney FC

[@GSicKz]

Hey Tifo Football, I have a video recommendation: The Aspire Academy, how it works and so on, I think that would be very interesting! amazing content, keep up the good work!

[@atylicki]

citing this for my research paper thanks guys

[@aaquib90]

Well next stop could possibly be India as well, recently both Melbourne and Girona was in India to play a Pre Season Friendly (under the name of La Liga World or something on those lines) India, China, UK, Spain, Australia, US, they can create their own league (or a pre season tournament with just these teams potentially replacing ICC)

[@Daniel-zm5fc]

Great video. The world cup was a blast but these domestic seasons are a snooze fest now. Rich dudes are excellent at ruining things.

[@gamingvloggerjosh829]

I think it's a positive tbh, has gave plenty of players opportunity however don't agree on the whole "man city Beijing" but clubs with good links is positive Imo

[@henry-luke7541]

So whats the problem?? Barca Beijing vs City Beijing would be a great game. The teams would have a Beijing following and personality and its not like theres a 50 year old Beijing club thats being buried by these new clubs-China doesn’t have any legacy football teams. What is created though are high end quality football clubs, competing against each other instead of minnow team A vs minnow team B. The quality of football worldwide will rise with more EPL and La Liga level leagues. Competition in the World Cup will be even fiercer when countries are fielding players from these heavily competitive leagues. Sure, money will chase the best players into the best clubs - but thats been happening in English football as far back as the 30’s. Arsenal broke the transfer fee record in 1928 when they paid the first ever £10k fee to acquire David Jack of Bolton Wanderers. The numbers are smaller but essentially its the same thing because other clubs didn’t have £10k to blow on a player at that time. The trick is smart scouting and smart accounting. Scout the best talent before the player is a known commodity. Just think, Chelsea let KDB go for £20mil! ...he’s now the beating heart of his champion winning team ...City bought him for £68mil from Wolfsburg. His market value is now £135mil! Conversely, Utd got Pogba for £94mil and Lukaku for £76mil, each of whom have had a meager impact; 13 and 18 goals respectively. (Very expensive goals!) Its not City’s fault other teams make daft financial decisions. In fact, if City weren’t there, United would have won the league last year and rewarded for bad behavior by doing exactly what everyone is complaining about-throwing stupid money at a problem until they’ve won. As we saw with Sanchez, City have shown, even though they have the money, they will not overpay for players...United on the other hand will apparently pay £53mil for Fred from Shakhtar Donetsk. Ridiculous.

[@miloleonard945]

In the video, when it says that Man City are making profits, partly due to to shifting a chunk of their wage bill to City Football Group, does that mean that they're making a profit in pure business accounting terms as well as in FFP rules? I'm asking because I thought that FFP rules wouldn't allow that type of shift of wages to the City Football group to affect the FFP accounting style.

[@billkat1954]

I don't get it. How it's a conflict of interests if these clubs are on different continents and don't play in same tournaments? What am I missing?

[@izzojunior]

Nice to see a script from Montague, it’s been a minute ✅

[@clartigue10]

I personally think there’s a lot of good that comes from this sort of network; if you’re a player that gets in, they’re gonna find you a career somewhere where you can fit in, and if you’re young and develop well they’ll sell you on to brighter pastures while helping themselves meet the ridiculous FFP regulations the old elite lobbied for. It also is a chance to bring attention and money to places that may need it and otherwise may not have gotten it, and you can’t tell me Girona aren’t appreciating the players city have loaned over- especially after beating Madrid this morning.

[@103swagg]

As long as we live in a capitalist world, these things will continue to happen. City are just operating within a gray area and this is coming from a united fan

[@goyonman9655]

As far as we live in a globalist society

[@Ese96Agoaye]

1.) Wasn't Melbourne City FC formed in partnership with MCFC and NRL side Melbourne Storm? 2.) That thing you mentioned about "Barcelona Beijing" already happens in South Africa. There's a team which goes by the name of "Ajax Capetown", the sister club of Ajax in the Eredivisie.

[@tins5650]

Should get a share in a football league team so young players who sit in the reserves can experience English football. Also if they got a team near Manchester the lower league club could use the training facilities

[@tom4md123]

Fantastic vid but makes It so depressing that this is modern football

[@pezushka]

What's the tune in background?

[@MrMooemoney]

so uefa accepted the deal after getting paid (the fine) first

[@Greko-grb]

Good stuff for a club that 20 years ago where relegation favorites

[@samuel96860]

Hey comment section scrollers, are there any other channels you subscribe to because they provide really informative videos about the financial aspects of football like this channel? This type of content is very interesting to me.

[@ghostfacevillah]

i'll start worrying about who owns man city when city stops playing mesmerising football

[@samos4924]

How noble of you.

[@oyaml1211]

Good thing in MLS there is such a thing as salary cap otherwise with all the money they have NYCFC could always be Champions. Maybe other competitors would be RBNY. It would be like La Liga with only 2 teams existing that you know it is either or and who's turn it is to be champions.

[@aleksjeff3088]

Well that is very true. At least in the US sports are at least on paper more fair.

[@MrHan14]

Can you make a comparison between City group and Red Bull? They both almost have a similar business pitch of having a uniformed football team across the globe

[@daddyrock2425]

Good

[@santiagoneville7048]

question, why such a long gap in the years between the start of the Red Bulls project and the City Football Group project? I'm curious as to why years went by before anyone tried to follow in the footsteps of the Red Bulls business model of buying clubs in different countries.... they've been doing it for years. Was the RB project deemed a failure/not profitable enough?

[@Christopher_TG]

The big differences are that City Football Group 1) is the owner of one of the giant super clubs of European football and 2) is connected to the United Arab Emirates' royal family and essentially has unlimited state financing at its disposal. Meanwhile, for a long time Red Bull's biggest clubs were Red Bull Salzburg and Red Bull New York. Both respectable clubs, but minnows compared to Manchester City under CFB. Red Bull is also a public company that is based in Europe and subject to European regulation and monitoring.

[@Tholrek]

We need a similar video on Qatar Sports Investments.

[@lostcause2005]

Any chance of ye doing a video about the FIFA corruption scandal?

[@Sui2807]

Another thing that's happened very recently too. Daniel Arzani, who was signed directly to Melbourne City, has signed over to Manchester City, and has now gone on loan to Celtic. Surely it's got something to do with financial fair play for Manchester City. Otherwise, why not just send him out on loan from Melbourne City directly to Celtic?

[@Geokinkladze]

It was probably something to do with limits on how many players clubs could loan.

[@depekthegreat359]

A fantastic video which makes us to know how Manchester City has been spoiling the sport for the past 10 years!!!Until a men's football authority would inspect and charge them for their overspending amounts and bribing the officials to win and draw a game and to buy a trophy,the Premier League in common would be the most boring league in the world together with some of the Asian leagues!!!

[@lukepowell1988]

Will all end in tears

[@BattleKid619]

Whats the music used in this?

[@yeppumm1192]

City football group is ruining a lot of the integrity (or what's left of it) of the A-league and the transfer/salary cap policy. Making a meal of the salary cap isn't hard but what they're doing just typifies it

[@therealjoshcollier561]

Trent Manucho cry me a river

[@jbo4547]

Wahhhh wahhhh.

[@matthewburke3013]

However the city group have been able to expose Australian talent. Mooy, Arzani etc all went through Melbourne city before moving the man city and now play in strong leagues. This has improved Australia’s talent pool and exposure

[@Sui2807]

I disagree. Australia has had talent here for ages before CFG were even a thing. Kewell and Viduka, to name just a couple, have had nothing to do with them. But it's just that now CFG have a 'branch' out here, so they're able to get them into the family easier, so to speak. They'll spot a local player they like, sign them to Melb City, and if it works out well, sign them to Manchester City, then offload to a foreign club for a decent profit. Aaron Mooy, Luke Brattan and Anthony Caceres were never going to play for Manchester City. And I'm pretty sure the same goes for Arzani(after his loan spell at Celtic, of course). I heard a while back that the profit they made from the Aaron Mooy transfer alone was worth them setting up shop out here. I'm not sure if it was enough to cover their entire business out here in Australia, or just the purchase of Heart, but it was one of those things. I'm not sure what their motives are, whether it's in regards to Financial Fair Play, or whether it's just as simple as making a profit. They signed Arzani from Melb City to Manchester City, then sent him out on loan to Celtic. Why not just send him from Melb City out on loan? It's the same people involved in both clubs. And none of this is a criticism either, as much as I can't stand Melbourne City. As far as I can tell, no laws are being broken, and loopholes will be closed if they're found out(just like the Caceres one was).

[@stevenhaas9622]

the problem with CFG is not that they own multiple clubs per se. It's the fact that they use those multiple clubs to engage in all manner of financial chicanery to cook their books. Also they are dramatically overstating the actual value of those sponsorship deals to be able keep spending absurd amounts of money and not run afoul of FFP. No one in their right mind and no honest accountant really thinks city made a profit the past 3 years. As a business model the owners are playing the long game building the value of the brand and are not concerned in the least with short term profits/losses. they are perfectly capable of losing a few million a year in order to build an asset worth billions, which is exactly what they've done. You build a global brand by winning big and you win big by buying the top talent.

[@DarthQueefious]

The idea that a large PL club could use the books of a MLS, Australien League and 2nd tier Spanish club's accounts to cook the books is clearly absurd to anyone with any idea about the financial disparity between them. It's very easy to see how City made a profit, they get 100s of millions from PL + CL prize and TV money. A club like WHU can spend 100m for the same reason (minus CL)

[@alexanderrobson9408]

How are players signed between clubs in the A league if cash transfers are banned?

[@lucaslach6783]

anyone know wich academy is linked to denmark?

[@jrtamil7072]

It also major stacks in mumbai city fc

[@MultiChris63]

What happened to the podcast?

[@aloktripathi27]

Regardless of the club we support we all can agree that Liverpool schooling City last season was so satisfying. It was glorious

[@khaledsalem988]

Alok Tripathi won you nothing 😂😂😂 well done finally you won we beat City trophy. Typicall pathetic loserfool fan

[@realABN]

💙

[@thegreatcalvinio]

Well good luck to clubs like Charlton Athletic, Bournemouth, and Leyton Orient when Man Sheiky buy half the globe...

[@nirajsah1300]

If yr platform is legal then why it should not be run

[@makcity7850]

As long as the titles keep coming and those records keep breaking. Who cares, not the blessed Manchester fans.

[@sethparker3381]

Can you do one on how Red Bull does operations with their football clubs? RBNY, RB Leipzig, and RB Salzburg are notable, though not quite as big.

[@Tifo]

Thanks for the suggestion, Seth. We have a RB video in the planning, keep an eye out in the new year. - Joe

[@vuyoreggiendebele8639]

Has anything changed within the group since this video dropped, like their stakes in the New York team or the Yokohama team

[@MeazurAli]

can anyone confirm? does Celtic Fc in SFL apart of City football group? it seem they keep loaning their player there ie Patrick Roberts and now Arzani who they bought from Melbourne City Fc. That look a lot like what they did with their Girona Fc sister club, sign players and loaning it to those clubs

[@Christopher_TG]

No. Celtic FC is not part of CFG.

[@Regista_06]

Exposing the flaws is the first step! Well done lads!

[@jbo4547]

Aadarsh A first step to what?

[@Regista_06]

J Bo First step for us viewers to know the depth of corruption in the beautiful game.

[@KDBMCFC17]

Chelsea should be the first team we should know about

[@maxor339]

lmao man city just got banned from ucl for 2 seasons

[@charlesphilips2045]

There will always come a time when an incorruptible administration (FIFA) will arise, and put a stop to this absurd monopoly. Its just terrible for the game.

[@loganspidey]

this is a great video highlighting the perils of a global football group