The title was won at the Etihad Stadium. The players wore shirts emblazoned with the Etihad Airways logo - the Abu Dhabi-based airline. And the match was watched by an estimated TV audience of 4.7 billion people. It was, in short, the brightest indicator yet of the Middle East's growing influence within European football. So how much did Manchester City's dramatic victory on Sunday, that snatched the English Premier League championship from bitter rivals Mancester United, pay back the hundreds of millions of dollars invested by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan? Caroline Cheese examines the numbers and looks at the Gulf's growing influence in "the beautiful game". |
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"And the match was watched by an estimated TV audience of 4.7 billion people." This is either an error or an outright lie!
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