How Manchester City became the Disney of Football

This is the story of how Manchester City became the first truly global football organization.
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00:00 Football in Manchester
01:27 The Rise
03:40 The Strategy behind the Money
06:56 Ups & Downs
09:19 The Future?
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[@Vish19XX]

Make a video of Arsenal on how they have gone from Invincible to Invisible.

[@rishabprakash2541]

Damm that title!!

[@samuelmahesa8045]

that title alone can make me watch it lmao

[@akjdhajkdjhaghjkadh9804]

thats a dope title man

[@tylerdurden6060]

Stolen. Get something original bobs.

[@sherklokholmes-er4mw]

@@tylerdurden6060 someone may name their child as same of yours ! That does not mean the name is stolen !

[@jamilvints]

If it were Disney, this video is claimed by Man City now.

[@HenSt-gz7qj]

old trafford would be bought by City Group and changed into New City Trafford :v

[@rounak471]

@@HenSt-gz7qj i wonder how united fans will react to this. Happy for getting rid of glazers or getting acquired by oil money

[@zanegriffin3513]

🤣

[@gold9994]

@@rounak471 I'll just support man city then.

[@fodii6955]

666

[@totochannel7050]

Money is not everything but,everything needs money👍

[@jeremiahnsube372]

Exactly. I don't believe money buys trophies, but no one is gonna win trophies without money

[@Luka-pv2dt]

@@jeremiahnsube372 money wins you titles

[@ehyaus5501]

@@Luka-pv2dt it does not

[@ehyaus5501]

@Divenaldo Penaldo we have fans just because u think we dont have does not mean we do

[@robertbarack1827]

@@Luka-pv2dt no it doesn't, United are well into their 9th year without a league title and they spent hundreds of millions just like City

[@aloktigga7378]

City group in 2021 Manchester city fc champions of england Melbourne city fc champions of australia Mumbai city fc champions of india City group is unstoppable 3 league titles in same year

[@largechips]

Melbourne City haven't won the a-league yet, That was just the regular season, there's still the finals series which crowns the overall champion.

[@cristopher7019]

Beacause city groups invest big money other teams cant imagine thats why all city groups teams get a fantastic coach who can make the team win the leagues just take an example of manchester city they have pep guardiola the best coach they buy him thats man city reach this high level of susces but how city groups have this much money what are the business their sponsors have

[@ashunknown9728]

Dude buying ref you can do any thing in domestic. UEFA champions league city tried to but buy UEFA warned them off. FIFA n UEFA control champions league football they rich so cit eh bloody money wouldn't work

[@isaachernandez8370]

Nycfc in america

[@CoolNE]

nyc fc dont forget them to

[@perfectdark4209]

Now imagine Disney actually owning a club, what a nightmare that would be.

[@Vonneumann747]

Didnt they create an ice hockey club? The mighty/Anaheim Ducks?

[@brahma_the_daughter_eater]

owning a club why it would be be nightmare for football wtf😂😂 if you can't spend money in your club it's your loss and problem, other has anything to do with this

[@johann242]

I think they own the Orlando Magic basketball club, but I could be wrong

[@ric8594]

@@Vonneumann747 They did, but it was mostly a personal whim from then CEO Michael Eisner. They immediately sold the team once he stepped down.

[@therealpvc2541]

@@johann242 na I'm a magic fan and they are just sponsors of the magic we are owned by the DeVos family.

[@abbasdamda3502]

how do you guys not have millions of subscribers? the production quality is so good

[@ThreeMountainsStudio]

Probably because their channel is relativly new, don't upload to often ( they want quality over quantity) and such sport politics aren't interessing for the majority of football fans.

[@abbasdamda3502]

@@ThreeMountainsStudio i dont even like football but its still interesting

[@SebPZLDN]

They've done well for how new the channel is

[@GM-kj7sy]

@@abbasdamda3502 damn why dont u like football?Its cool rt?

[@ashishasari6943]

Nope i see this channel growth that 5-6 months ago not more subscribers as compared to now This is in rapid growth

[@apurvkumar1241]

Me on my way to buy athletic interest's patreon so that they will be able to buy a club just like Sheikh Mansoor did

[@HenSt-gz7qj]

any clubs with "Athletic" in their name. XD

[@Hassani_70]

@@HenSt-gz7qj Athletic bilbao

[@aarons745]

Now there are 4 current domestic champions in the City football group: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Manchester City 🇺🇸 New York City 🇮🇳 Mumbai City 🇦🇺 Melbourne City Ridiculously well run

[@MorganLeodeMenezes]

Mumbai City fc is worse than even man City , mumbai robs players from fc Goa and other clubs and buys titles with oil money

[@CertifiedAussiemoron2983iw]

But Melbourne city have no fans.

[@NanobanaKinako]

It's kinda weird that City Football never made Mumbai and Melbourne be the best teams in Asia beating the likes of Al-Nassr, Al-Hilal and even the likes of Kaya FC Iloilo, Mumbai weren't even the last winner of ISL. It's like Manchester City is the favourite child of the family.

[@twotwolow2343]

​@@NanobanaKinako they created team for Manchester city to have more data on every region who's better player get and to develop young players

[@ans1496]

Underrated channel

[@bharatavarsha10k]

Underrated comment

[@dulcedeleche000]

@@bharatavarsha10k underrated reply

[@GM-kj7sy]

@@dulcedeleche000 underrated reply

[@allenthewizard7627]

@@GM-kj7sy underrated reply

[@cosmicklutz1675]

So true

[@fbgenius9195]

High-Quality videos as usual. You guys are so underrated, and your editing is incredible.

[@monkii5258]

I'd hardly call 329K subs and regular 300K+ views a video underrated but yes their content is well done.

[@minetlav5110]

Thanks

[@SebPZLDN]

It's a relatively new channel is all

[@fbgenius9195]

@@monkii5258 When it takes months to make a high-quality video and spending thousands of dollars on free content and having 329k subs when the work they produce is why multi-million subbed channels fail to produce, it does fall into the category of underrated, at least in my eyes. And on the spectrum of youtube in particular 329k subs is definitely not a high range subscriber youtube channel.

[@shakibulhasan7254]

try seeing bélon

[@pkingglazersout6665]

Just imagine telling a Man City fan in the early 2000s that in less than 2 decades they would be dominating the Prem and competing for the CL trophy while already having won 3 titles in 4 years. They would admit you to the nearest mental asylum.

[@pkingglazersout6665]

@@TheGOAT_ I mean they still had some fans back then innit? 🤣🤣

[@pkingglazersout6665]

@pirate of the horn Damn that’s deep

[@pkingglazersout6665]

@@TheGOAT_ Now I agree with you. City were literally conceding 8 against Middlesbrough in 07/08 season lool 😂😂

[@krp6680]

@@TheGOAT_ They always existed. Its just that they got rich. Lets say.. Tomorrow someone superrich buys Norwich City and they start dominating football decade later; are you gonna say they never existed and they dont have fans? Lol I never understand that joke n criticism of Man City. Why people say they dont have fans or thye never existed before 2008 Lol.

[@Toothless.shutter]

@@krp6680 when rivals are insecure of success of thier rivals, they had to counter with baseless and senseless things😂 CTID 💙🦈

[@robert2690]

Man city is the best example of how to invest your club wisely. Man utd is the example of how NOT to invest your club wisely.

[@kaushiksundaram2901]

Yes

[@bornanagaming3329]

lol

[@thebois2935]

You mean Liverpool

[@adriantepes342]

PSG*

[@punyani775]

Exactly. FFP exists, City aren't where they are today because of money. City are where they are because of good planning and smart investments.

[@FriendlyNeighborhoodCityzen]

PSG, Chelsea, United and even Barcelona are the living proof that money without brains won't take you too far. Glad to see that City are so focused in building an empire for the future, it really says a lot about the club's ambition and mentality. Masterclass.

[@eavyeavy2864]

And Love it when mu fan bring up the past 40 years but conveniently forget pre 1980 when City is bigger than them for over 50 years

[@MegrelMamba]

I mean Barca got la liga this year

[@al7abab]

oh i can prove you wrong barca are in trouble because of money city had same failed signing but they never suffered like barca did. they have endless money which barca dont so telling me it makes no different is weak argument

[@sagarmane8481]

Signing Pep Guardiola was their best investment this decade!

[@marwilbow]

Why? The previous managers have enjoyed similar success. I'm saying this before Saturday's Champions League Final ! Their best investment was arguably what they paid UEFA to escape punishment for breaking FFP rules.

[@kylewalkerr]

@@marwilbow No one paid the UEFA. Just some elite clubs putting pressure on UEFA to ban Man city which was rightly overturned by world court of sports. Only paid a small fine for not co operating at first with the falsely accused investigation. Before blurting out anything get your facts checked.

[@marwilbow]

@@kylewalkerr That's a naive statement.

[@kylewalkerr]

@@marwilbow and what makes you say that

[@tobitt_6028]

@@kylewalkerr don’t mind him, he’s just jealous of city’s success and has found an unfair, biased, and untrue way to discount all their accomplishments.

[@herald9]

genius business model and it totally makes sense. Soriano is a mastermind.

[@tonyblakemore3843]

Do not forget the importance of Khaldoon, Tkixi, Brian Marwood, and Pep’s coaching team. As well as the one off manager of all time, Pep

[@stuehl8607]

CFG is like Perfect Inc. from that Nike commercial where clones take over football

[@M.M0709]

CFG is a football betting rackets wet dream. You should look into how CFG clubs affect global football betting markets, something's amiss.

[@gusp6612]

yeah, only its not actual good players that's threatened. Its corrupt, mismanaged old "elite clubs".

[@brahma_the_daughter_eater]

@@M.M0709 huh?? you okay?

[@brahma_the_daughter_eater]

@@gusp6612 lol

[@siddharthbose3277]

Risk Everything right

[@jayfritz1638]

There's a lot of bitterness from fans of rival clubs, but there's no other fans that can honestly say they don't wish this had happened to their club.

[@user-yo7br5wb2z]

Excuse me? Any real football fan knows that trophies and success isn't all there is. Many would abandon their fanship

[@alannahfidler3418]

@@user-yo7br5wb2z no real football fan would abandon their club if they got took over, Newcastle fans were dying and still are for their takeover to happen

[@henrynolan9516]

@@user-yo7br5wb2z city had a massive fanbase before the takeover though, and you will say they didnt but they did so

[@bornanagaming3329]

Dreams cannot be buy

[@MasonGreenWeed]

@@user-yo7br5wb2z lot of fans come because success of club

[@michaelthapa4913]

My body gets full of goosebumps Whenever i hear Aaaagggguuueeerrooooo Thank you legend for the Memories

[@imgoingtocountdownfromthir4580]

Meanwhile at Old Trafford, they have Micky Mouse owners! 😂

[@arabian1730]

Lamo 😂

[@siphemanana2551]

I'd say Stan Kroenke is worse.... Or the Venkys

[@arabian1730]

@Trevor Rosen 8 yeras no Premier League 🤡

[@x_gamestrong3454]

#Glazersout

[@x_gamestrong3454]

Everyone needs the 50 + 1 group please

[@Akash-jz2vf]

After Soriano left, only bad transfer decisions followed in Barcelona. We didn't made any good transfers other than some exceptions like David Villa, Frenkie de Jong, Suarez etc. Even letting Suarez go was a bad decision.

[@047lolo]

CFG might have clubs all around the world. YOU have fans all over the globe! Cheers from a French Patreon! 👌🏻

[@rasmusb.3551]

It is really nice that you have german subtitles 👍

[@diranvr4465]

He's German.

[@DwarvesGotAxes]

German accent as well haha (I love it btw DW)

[@philcoffi8876]

I was going to mention RedBull and you went and mentioned it. But there’s also Ajax that started way before City and RedBull having youth center all over the world

[@RenegadeShepard69]

With Ajax is a but different. Red Bull has different clubs around many countries, Ajax doesn't have a club at the first division of another european league, of a north american, two south american clubs, and a feeder club in it's own country too, while trying to create more feeders and main clubs. In Red Bull's case it's more than just youth center. In Ajax case with Ajax Cape Town or others it doesn't really aim to make a system like RBs does, you don't see players and managers being thrown around those places like with the usual "promotion" route of RB Brasil > RB Bragantino > Liefering > RB Salzburg > RB Leipzig. And I say promotion that's really what it is. Red Bull has a corporate model, it's a factory, whereas Ajax is closer to the Nordic models of farming for young talents in the developing countries.

[@gwkiv1458]

@@RenegadeShepard69 which do you think is better?

[@aryanawasthi6556]

My eyes are shedding a tear while watching every second of this video.

[@fadilsp3]

i feel ur pain as an arsenal fan every second chelsea is closer and closer to taking over us in london

[@elyenesaphir8297]

@@fadilsp3 they already did,no ?

[@mxhdd_6]

@@fadilsp3 lol chelsea>assnal

[@fadilsp3]

@@elyenesaphir8297 in terms of performance rit now yes but historical wise not yet but if they win the ucl there is no doubt chelsea will be above us for at least 10 years cause we aren't winning a ucl anytime soon...

[@GM-kj7sy]

well,ur not alone

[@funisanartform]

My favourite channel on KZbin. Keep doing what you do. Your content is magnificent.

[@ando4227]

I felt like watching a documentary in national geographic

[@thehotchannel2449]

Step by Step. Manchester City football club were one of the biggest and most successful English football clubs. Until early 80's. The specific period economical issues begun and success was a past term. Even after the Purchase of Players such Steve Daley , Steve MacKenzie, Trevor Fransis with more than 3 million pennies (huge amount at that time) and even with the return of the legendary Dennis Tueart City would still fail to win possible fa cup and league (injuries occurred too) and they even got relegated after 20 years. Then many young lads were produced. Such us David White and...Ryan Giggs. Yes. You heard it right.( Of course he was developed by united) But the best City would do is getting promoted and even finishing 5th with no silverware too. Then big singings happened during the 90's. Niall Quinn , Georgi Kinkladze ,Paul Dickov.. And City were happy ...to survive. But why? It's simple. Debt. The visionary but lacture in cash Peter Swales (R.I.P) couldn't do many for the club. Then a legend Fransis Lee would lead the club. And unfortunately reaching the lowest ever point getting the club relegated in 2nd Division (today's sky bet league one/ he stayed close to the club when City were promoted to the first division - todays Championship). City got promoted back to the Premier League with two successive promotions under the guidance of two club legends Joe Royle and Willie Donachie. Then got relegated again. For the last time. Then Kevin Keegan - Liverpool and HSV legend - arrived. He took the club and from the second tier he led City to Europe after 24 years. At that time City said goodbye to Maine Road (old Wembley of North) and moved to Eastlands and City of Manchester Stadium ( today's Etihad stadium) which had almost double the capacity of Maine Road. All of those with David Bernstein as chairman(by the way the movement to the new Stadium was arranged by Fransis Lee too).Then City begun to earn economic stability and although failing to achieve a quick return to Europe they were of the richest clubs in the world but still not in the top 10. Then the first takeover took place. From John Wardle to Thaksin Shinawatra. City achieved a league double over Man United and first win at old Trafford in 34 years. Still City only secured a healthy 9th place , which secured 2nd Uefa cup qualification in 5 years. However a severe loss to Middlesbrough (8-1, yes this was after oil money but not arab money.. you feel me XD?) and other problems led Shinawatra to leave the club. However someone with vision had to purchase the club. Someone to stop the 32 year absence of a major trophy. And there was the Abu Dhabi group. And although finishing 10th in the First season and reaching Uefa Cup quarter Finals City would finish at least top 5 in the next 12 seasons. Legends such us David Silva, Pablo Zabaleta ,Yaya Toure ,and Sergio Aguero would make proud old school fellas such us Bell(R.I.P) ,Lee, Summerbee, Goater, Kinkladze Dickov and many more (previously mentioned too) of how City changes but for the better. And all these under the guidance of Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan and one of the most innovative chairmen in English and world football Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak. PS; You are not obligated to read it but i just want to inform you🙂🤝🇧🇼.

[@maskedgenius9862]

I didn't read a single thing fr it's so long

[@thehotchannel2449]

@@maskedgenius9862 i know and you don't have to.it's bacically a long way prior to today's disneyland as reffered to the video...

[@antmangaming08]

People say city only did well cos of oil money, but the fact is every major club spends a crap ton of money, except city spent theirs wisely. I agree that city has a higher budget because of the takeover, but if you see United, they spent so much money on players like pogba and maguire. Except the difference between city and United is how they spend their money, and the results are obvious Btw yes I read your whole comment 😀

[@Laako]

@@antmangaming08 City have their success from oil money, united for example earned there money to be successful. As said in the video, until 2008, City was a mid table club

[@Laako]

@@labdhijain957 No one is gonna forget ;D Citys success will always be build on oil money, that will never be changed :)

[@hetthakkar810]

It is finally here! Athletic Interest × Manchester City💙 One of the best, if not THE BEST, content channel

[@edwardleon21]

Best You Tube channel for Sports Content

[@mccalln96]

Kompany & Zabaleta signed before the Abu Dhabi takeover, 22nd August and 31st August 2008, but still an excellent video, it is so true that on field success is not guaranteed by having money, it needs to be smartly spend and invested in the right characters and assets

[@oremstefan]

This is probably the best KZbin channel I have ever seen. Keep up the good work, thanks! 👏🏼

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The channel content is so good... Keep up the good work 💞💞

[@whitebread5070]

holy moly!! I can't wait for your next project. keep up the good work. loving the content.

[@thequest7017]

wow...u remind me of austin powers...yes that austin powers

[@denver5093]

I love the accent & pronunciation. Makes the video 10× better

[@BenjiBanks98]

Been a City fan since before Sheikh Mansour . But he definitely has done so much for this club i couldnt thank him enough.

[@Laako]

so a plastic fan

[@zoeysiddiqi1532]

@@Laako the opposite i believe

[@Laako]

@@zoeysiddiqi1532 explain

[@EliasRoy]

@@Laako Cry more

[@Laako]

@@EliasRoy plastic fan :)

[@taha5h494]

Fantastic video. The content you put out never fails to interest me👍🏾

[@akbeastvijayfan]

The quality of your videos are getting better & better! Keep up the amazing work!

[@MrBestofGaming]

Quality content as always!

[@hhallsson]

I'm a follower of ManCity since 1967 ... Sorriano brought the EPL trophy to Iceland in 2022 and I had the pleaure of talking to that amazing man. ManCity comes out of St. Mark's Church in Gorton England in 19th Century. It's a Club owned by Muslims in AbuDhabi; Sheik Mansour and Chairman Kaldoon. It is run by Sorriano, Txiki and Pep, Catholics out of Barcelona. I asked Sorriano about this, saying that I found it beautiful how the Club's Christian History, Women's Rights and Liberty are being respected. I must say, this is the way I would like to see that World Develop ...

[@Northwest360]

Great video as always! Still 🤞for an MLS focused video 🙏

[@timmyfung01]

I hated Man City when I was younger, called them "money team" and various degrading names back then. but as I grow older and wiser, I started to realize that most sports worth watching by the public are built on heavy financial investments. UFC, NBA, Boxing, Rugby and football... all these athletes need the financial motivation so they can focus on their training, athletes need to pay the bills and live a decently materialistic life too. the problem is not spending the big money, the problem is if the money is spent in the right direction to enhance the sport, and Man City has spent the money correctly in the last 5-7 years.

[@SportsFan-vq9kk]

Yeah but was money always the number 1 priority in sports? No

[@Herbalattraction3000]

​@@SportsFan-vq9kk How do you determine that? In proffesionel sport I would argue there's always investors wich primary reason to invest is in hope they'll make more money. When was pro football just for the fun of it?

[@shaikaftab1199]

Good video. Appreciate the detailed rise of the City Football Group.

[@karate_kid_7771]

such a great video again keep up the work

[@mhmohammed7535]

Hidden gem on KZbin glad I found at the beginning itself 😍😍😍

[@amanansari5567]

This channel is unreal, truly sensational

[@bestyoueverhad.2408]

Great vid, detailing what most critics like to overlook.

[@KaioFreitas-hl6ns]

This is THE best channel of sports, i truly believe that!!

[@Flowingriver]

Would you make a video talking about MLS? Is MLS growing? Why did they make a contract with Adidas and how much? Really like your insight on sports and business.

[@RichBurrell]

Kompany and Zabaleta were signed pre-Mansour era. Aside from that, top video 👍

[@yannick245]

Just right before. It was clear at that moment that the Sheikh money is coming! Kompany played Champions League with HSV...

[@Metali-tin]

​@@yannick245 No it wasn't clear at all, atleast not for Kompany. He was signed on the 22nd of August, while Thaksin was still owner(assets frozen though). Zabaleta was signed on the 31st of August when the deal was being done, so he may have had a better idea but he wasn't a highly sought after player. Neither was Kompany either, neither player was bought for a high fee or placed on high wages, if a big club was truly interested in either of them that would not have been the case. Kompany playing in the CL is overstated because Kompany only signed for HSV in 2006. They qualified for the CL without him and they came bottom of the group. They lost all but 1 game, conceding 15 goals(10 more than 3rd place in that group). It was a bad showing for HSV, especially the defence, they ended up playing City in the UEFA cup the next season(presumably where City took an interest) and Kompany's market Value actually went down while at HSV(see for yourself on transfermrkt). City paid less for Kompany in 2008(7.65m pounds) than HSV did in 2006(9.45m pounds) he cost less than Zabaleta did(7.83m). The takeover deal happened quickly by all accounts. Kompany literally said “There was no information,” about the takeover when asked if he knew before he signed and I don't think Zaba signed because of any takeover either. They really were just good signings, that rose to the challenge when the more expensive players started coming in. Micha Richards came from the academy and Joe Hart came from Shrewsbury two years earlier and they did the same to different degrees, it's what can happen with increased competition.

[@mytake8191]

I love the way you make videos the music everything is awesome. Nice video keep them up. Edit: i subbed.

[@kale2231]

Loved watching Robinho play back then.

[@zesley101]

Another great video!

[@banzai994]

This channel always surprises us with unique and great content💯❣️

[@csafu]

United fan but clicked on this immediately. Can't miss this severely underrated content

[@davidlittman7194]

United are the universal to city’s Disney

[@assasink1686]

@@davidlittman7194 disney clear

[@mosopiagamedev7309]

@@assasink1686 Mickey Mouse oil Team Clear of course. Your team might be the richest team in the world and the most successful club in the world but you guys will never have the number of fans Manchester United have, despite United been had terrible season for the last decade they still have More than 650 Million fans all over the world which is the same fan base as LaLiga itself LOL

[@assasink1686]

@@mosopiagamedev7309 lol i am not a man city fan. Infact i support mu but i do watch them coz they have a very high level of coaching and great players compared to mu. But actually i am a barca fan.

[@malharkshirsagar2638]

And we are back to be informed and entertained. 👌😘 athletic interest❤️

[@ryanrothon5843]

What an amazing video! Consistent quality from AI

[@mahmoudsamir4881]

Wonderful as usual, what about start a serial of other sports revenue like formula 1, Grand slam . I think we want to learn more about this kind of businesses with your great analytics ...keep going :)

[@Fabian-bv2dz]

Another well put together video👏

[@dude99844]

Money doesnt buy you success, but money does buy you the best people and things that can create success for you

[@brahma_the_daughter_eater]

yes so?

[@nicholasleow6692]

@@brahma_the_daughter_eater In Modern football, where investors across the world take over clubs, they put in funds to prepare his club of the future. That's what CFG did and every single club in that group has a league title

[@ziyou2063]

@@nicholasleow6692 I think CFG haven't works its main function until now. Maybe a 40-50 years later.

[@MoroccanNationalDebateTeam]

We love this channel!

[@azpi4975]

At the end of day, Sheikh Mansour deserves more credit. Because he is the one who brought Ferran Soriano and gave him full freedom and provide financial support. He is very smart. You said money is not enough but how can Soriano be able to pursue his ideas without the support of Sheikh Mansour. There are more wealthy owners than Sheikh Mansour but they are not smart enough.

[@mg6240]

Come on arabs just throw money and he got lucky it stuck here.

[@sahipkran9447]

@@mg6240 you mean jews, like abramovich and glazer

[@yoyoabhishek777]

Brain and money is equivalent to success which Shekh Mansour has .

[@nothingcalledoff7852]

Sheikh Mansour has a expert team to give him advice. Do you think he knows football when he brought the club? At the end you have to give credit to the experts and money.

[@sahipkran9447]

@@nothingcalledoff7852 Unlike that glazer, who just sucked off the club's revenues like a parasite

[@Vish19XX]

Back with another banger of a video that too for free!

[@GauravKumar-kh8bh]

🤫

[@beckyzwhite]

4:27 My God, they’re even investing in a team from Greenland!

[@harsharao8377]

We might mock them for not having a decent history before the Sheikh took over but in 20 or 30 years they gonna have a much better future and history than most of the clubs in Europe. Same goes for Chelsea. It's time for clubs like Real, Man Utd, Barcelona relying on their past and focus on future.

[@blackpinkforlife9620]

faxxxxxxxxxxx then we will be laughing

[@JoshMarshain]

@@blackpinkforlife9620 they'll still continue to be mocked for being oil money clubs and they'll deserve it, at the very least Real, Barca and UTD can't be called oil money teams

[@itsyoboiasu1441]

@@JoshMarshain well united is being called a dead club which is even worse…Barca is doing bad financially but I’d say real is doing good I am a barça fan btw

[@gamelab9177]

Liverpool hasn't won a title for 30 years....yet City get mocked even though they have won trophies in the past

[@s.2350]

@@gamelab9177 but they had a 34yr trophy drought 🤔🤔

[@vladimpaler3498]

Proud supporter of Man City since 2010, when I first discovered this 'other' form of football. Yes, it is money fueled I cannot deny it. But they play beautifully.

[@chi4611]

Glory hunter

[@kylewalkerr]

@@chi4611 cry

[@MorganLeodeMenezes]

@@kylewalkerrwhat to cry about you just expected that your club has no fans only glory hunters and plastic fans

[@kylewalkerr]

@@MorganLeodeMenezes Let's say our fans are glory hunters. Even then they would nt leave cuz this club ain't going anywhere less than glory and besides we are not glory hunters. I fell in love with football by man city. It's the ppl who invest in football we need not those who milk the brand's out cuz they have history and gives fuck all abt the game

[@deepakpandey8240]

@@MorganLeodeMenezes That’s fine. We are glory hunters. Enough? Just answer me somethings, weren’t your big club people saying city will never be successful? And when you followed your club, did it had any glory? If it had then how come city fans are glory hunters when it was so widely acclaimed that they won’t be successful? Eh?

[@justiceforviolas3879]

So glad I found this channel so I could give it a sub.

[@clipped6963]

This is GOAT Level of Production, Favourite Football KZbin channel 🙏🙏

[@PESkyMaestro]

Fantastic productions!!!!!!

[@srijith8317]

As die hard City fan, I enjoyed this video a lot👍

[@Mansare94]

oh, are you from Manchester?

[@MorganLeodeMenezes]

Plastic fan / glory hunter, go and support your local indian club

[@dannydevito6472]

Great as always. Quick question did you ever work as an executive for a company since you know so much every detail that requires for a company to succeed? or are u like an ex-journalist?

[@TheEvilCheesecake]

They employ good researchers

[@numairx6034]

This channel should easily have 5mil+ subs.

[@PaddyMcMe]

I don't know. I think Chelsea were the first to really transform a club by big money. People forget what Mourinho accomplished at Chelsea these days. They were basically unbeatable. It was nuts. And they've consistently managed to challenge and win the the EPL in 3-4 year cycles as well as CL finals. They're currently on another up-cycle with another CL final this year and next year it'll be Man City, Liverpool & Chelsea challenging for the EPL.

[@myutube5050]

Big fan of your channel....even bigger fan of your narration 👍🏼

[@miloss5419]

This channel has great videos!

[@saifaman8569]

As ManU fan, im glad city has its own history now. Football is a business anyway, money is part of the game. At the moment, city group has better strategy than united. But united had been thru worse than city, we've been hit by numerous dark history, the munich disaster, the bombing in manchester. We still strive to glory without much investment. It was SAF that helped us durinh these dark moment, guiding us when we were financially troubled before the take over if the glazers. Relying on academy players and a few international, we rise as the better side of manchester

[@aryan-yi7nc]

you aint a united fan stfu imagine being glad for your city rivals ik you aint a manc and neither am i but come on i still hate them while people like you ruin the game and are why foreign fans get a bad rep

[@michaelcorleone2729]

I think man city doesn't ruin football, it's just some big club owner ruin their own club and their fans say that man city ruin football.

[@BeaverOne]

Spot on. Sponsorships and crazy valuations of players ruin football. But people and executives always want to place blame on teams like City, who have brought another level of playing to football.. It's much more enjoyable and competitive. Isn't that what the sport is about?

[@reivaldoaurelio4895]

What truly ruins football is Neymar transfer fee.

[@thecrazypianist8243]

Absolutely right my man! Let the hatets hate. Some salt on Pie of success is really tasty.

[@cristopher7019]

@@reivaldoaurelio4895 what are u talking man

[@teezus2036]

@@cristopher7019 after that transfer, the overall transfer fees of players have skyrocketed to the point that Big rich clubs are the only ones that can compete for titles whereas smaller clubs now have to accept that everytime they find a new rising star, the bigger clubs will just take them with ease

[@zamanimvukela4573]

Underrated channel, I live watching your vids🙏🏿🔥💙

[@16crackunknowingly68]

Such good quality and information

[@cebokhumalo602]

This is an incredibly ambitious and fruitful endeavour

[@khotsodirane600]

Athletic Interest is the best thing since sliced bread ❤

[@jainalmiraz5409]

what about French fries

[@khotsodirane600]

@@jainalmiraz5409 they are in 3rd place

[@HumanBeingsRThinkingBeings]

Man City fans grab Popcorn and just enjoy the Salt 😂

[@Aishas_daughter_]

Lmao 😂 true

[@Aldo-fj7ep]

👍👍

[@arcade1548]

😂😂

[@zx5584]

How is it?

[@George-eu6hk]

They have fans?😂

[@theotherside8919]

Incredible 💜🔥

[@robertobarasa4095]

This channel makes such good content

[@adarsh1184]

so basically city group appointed txiki bergstain(former barca sporting director), ferran soriano(former barca finance director), pep guardiola(former barca manager).. and now they are one of the top clubs!!!..

[@spa2damax]

Most of the credit goes to the president Khaldoon. He has brokered most of the deals, saw the vision of city as a group etc. They definitely hired very well though. Barca are still the most valuable brand in football so it only makes sense to emulate them in some way

[@adarsh1184]

@@spa2damax yeah. this city growth is enormous. recently they've been investing heavily on young talents. players like kayky,sarmiento,Diego Rosa. and many other young prospects.looks like this decade we are going to see revolution!! also their recent success is admired and many young players doesn't hesitate to chose city over other elite clubs.

[@stevenicol1]

@@spa2damax everything is easy if you have unlimited money

[@adarsh1184]

@@stevenicol1 i think you should watch the video fully.

[@faizsk864]

Quality Content 👍 worthy of being on OTT platforms.

[@martin8123]

Sublime content as always

[@enescebesoy5593]

quality content as always

[@Hajimesrivastava0007]

Bye I'm going for a basketball match I will see this in an hour or two Btw great content

[@User-wl9lr]

Good luck.

[@arsalan5507]

Good luck bro. Hope you have a great game👍🏻

[@akashdeb5201]

GLHF

[@tawanadendere6051]

Good luck

[@Hajimesrivastava0007]

Aww thank you all guys should have have seen it before the game Btw those who are wondering the results we actually lost but it was the free practice before the actual game which is on Sunday . I hope we win and also I have one tiny little request for you guys can you also tell me the country from which you guys are I just wanted to know the reach of this great channel . And I am from India . Thanks

[@saranshsharma4005]

Hate all you want, but you cant deny thay Man city is playing some remarkable football with an excellent manager at the top

[@eavyeavy2864]

@Breen Mahon saransh post was about pitch play. City's most expensive purchase 62m£ MU's annual interest 62m£ Imagine spending 62m at nothing every year and still complaining about your rival money

[@eavyeavy2864]

@Breen Mahon i guess thats all hater can do when they are playing shit and can only brag about team from decades ago

[@saranshsharma4005]

@Breen Mahon hahahah, lol, this makes me laugh, you are gonna repeat this until your last breath. Keep hating city, they are a successful club and will remain so in near future. 🤣🤣🤣

[@saranshsharma4005]

@@eavyeavy2864 😄

[@ADITYA-fc5pm]

Favorite sports channel❤️

[@nUEbel423]

Love this easter eggs in the maps: Speaker: "Franchise Clubs in other Countries." Map 4:26: ... Greenland.

[@aradher2459]

The contents here are too good to be free.

[@nikhilendramithanthaya9873]

Hello Athletic Interest. I've been following your channel for quite sometime and I really love the way make your content. I especially loved the video you made on Virat Kohli. Just a suggestion, can you guys make few more videos on cricket, especially on Indian Premier League (IPL)? It's one of the biggest sporting leagues in the world and watching the video on that topic by the athletic interest would be a dream come true. Thank you.

[@mz9898]

Best sports channel to date

[@saifchowdhury3581]

Mastermind! I love it :3

[@mashapimatimba8063]

Kompany arrived at City before the takeover. Good video though 👍👍

[@muhammadhafizullah9725]

Yeay correct. Should done better on that.

[@Greninjia]

@Ayaz and joe hart was already at the club too

[@lauralassan325]

They also signed Sacary Bagna from Arsenal

[@PegimampooS]

Who's Sacary?

[@lauralassan325]

@@PegimampooS youtube "sacary Bagna"

[@PegimampooS]

@@lauralassan325 Forgive me for being ignorant of the meme world..

[@lauralassan325]

@@PegimampooS np mate

[@aryasharma1662]

Please, make one video for cricket fans. Your presentation is very awsome.

[@owenlarue3435]

I LOVE YOUR VIDEO :) Code you do one about the big model agency like IMG, Elite, Next ... thank you

[@tommysolaceYT]

Mancity is a well ran club unlike United and other clubs. Malaga take over is a clear proof that money does not necessarily means success will come at the club