More than just football: How scandal-tainted City led Manchester's rebirth
- Posted on October 9, 2026
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More than just football: How scandal-tainted City led Manchester's rebirth
Before City -- now embroiled in the biggest financial scandal to hit football's cash-rich Premier League -- moved to the area it was "very deprived" with high rates of unemployment, he said. Since the club's takeover by deep-pocketed Abu Dhabi investors in 2008, long-neglected districts between the stadium and the city centre have become symbols of the northern city's rebirth.
