"How would you feel if the owner of the football club you support was implicated, even as those implications are repeatedly denied, in famine, ethnic cleansing and the deaths of 1,500 men, women and children? Compare this with the more familiar list of bad things football club owners do, the real sacktheboard stuff. Failure to buy a striker. Inadequate Showing Of Ambition. The hiring and/or firing of David Moyes."
"Let us be clear on our terms here. Manchester City are owned by the state-run offices of Abu Dhabi. There have been tedious attempts to deny this is the case. This is a waste of air. The United Arab Emirates is a centralised inherited monarchy, a place where no power is non-state power. The vice-president of the UAE, Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, is also the owner of Manchester City football club."
Fans of a major English football club face allegations that the club's owner is implicated in famine, ethnic cleansing and the deaths of 1,500 people. Club ownership traces to the state-run offices of Abu Dhabi and to Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, vice-president of the United Arab Emirates. The UN and the US Department of State have reached conclusions linking the UAE to such abuses. Supporters experience cognitive dissonance between everyday grievances about transfers and the gravity of alleged state crimes. Options for response include boycotting matches, protesting, investigating, or indifference. Two recent matches demonstrated contrasting public concern and media attention.
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