{"id":5486,"date":"2026-05-08T12:44:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T12:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=5486"},"modified":"2026-05-08T12:44:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T12:44:49","slug":"british-government-could-force-sheikh-mansour-to-sell-man-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=5486","title":{"rendered":"British government could \u2018force Sheikh Mansour to sell\u2019 Man City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><!--$--><\/p>\n<p><h2>Mansour has owned Man City since 2008 <\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose drop-cap \">\n<p>Manchester City&#8217;s UAE-based owners could be &#8216;forced to sell the club&#8217; if sanctions are imposed on owner Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al-Nahyanr, according to a new report in The Athletic. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>The report comes amidst calls from human rights organisation FairSquare on the UK government to consider sanctions against Mansour. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>FairSquare have argued that: \u201cIf the UK government is serious about disrupting this horrendous conflict\u201d, then Sheikh Mansour provides \u201ca very obvious point of leverage,\u201d as quoted in The Athletic&#8217;s report.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:0\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>The Manchester City owner is also deputy prime minister of the United Arab Emirates, a nation that has been accused of alleged support for &#8220;a paramilitary group accused of committing war crimes in Sudan,&#8221; per the Athletic&#8217;s report.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>The UAE have been accused of arming paramilitary force the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), one of the groups deeply involved within the Sudanese civil war.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>The Middle Eastern country have always denied any connection or support with either side within the conflict.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:1\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>FairSquare&#8217;s calls on the government to impose sanctions are far from the first, nor the most prominent to have occurred this year. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Previous statements on Sheikh Mansour&#8217;s and the UAE&#8217;s alleged involvement in the conflict have been made by some of the biggest names in British politics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>In January, while sitting in parliament, former Conservative leader Ian Duncan Smith said:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:2\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:3\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:4\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><\/div>\n<p>#British #government #force #Sheikh #Mansour #sell #Man #City<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mansour has owned Man City since 2008 Manchester City&#8217;s UAE-based owners could be &#8216;forced to sell the club&#8217; if sanctions are imposed on owner Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al-Nahyanr, according to a new report in The Athletic. 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