How Abu Dhabi bought Andy Burnham’s Manchester

阿布扎比如何购得安迪·伯纳姆的曼彻斯特

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2026-10-26

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After the prime minister recently intervened to defend Manchester City’s beleaguered ownership, many began to ask: just how deep are the ties between Andy Burnham and the UAE? With North of England editor Josh Halliday. Send your comments and questions to tif.questions@theguardian.com. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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  • So it is match day in Manchester, the city where I have lived for the past 13 years.

  • We are about to go to the Waldorf pub, which is a famous city pub.

  • It's a couple of hours before kick-off, but it'll probably already be quite full of fans.

  • Hear me calling, how's your name?

  • We're Man City and we're on the piss again.

  • The Waldorf is a historic Manchester pub, serving pints since the Victorian times.

  • On its gable end, there's a huge mural saying, on the sixth day, God created Manchester.

  • I guess we want to see how they're feeling after these past few weeks.