More than just football: How scandal-tainted City led Manchester's rebirth
The club and its Abu Dhabi owners invested more than £700 million, helping deliver 1,500 homes, new transport links and major venues.
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Despite being in trouble for alleged breaches of financial fair play, Manchester City has had a major impact on the city.
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More than just football: How scandal-tainted City led Manchester's rebirth
Manchester City "has not only just been a football club for the area. It's a bit of a saviour, to be honest," he told AFP. 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 centr…
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