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A 7-star hotel furnished with gold, a massive yacht worth over Rs 5,163 Crore — All about the riches of Man City owner Sheikh Mansour

By Gaurav Sonavane

Manchester City F.C. created history on Saturday evening (May 20, 2023) when they won their third consecutive Premier League title after rivals Arsenal lost at Nottingham Forest. The Pep Guardiola -managed side lifted their fifth Premier League title in six years after registering 11 back-to-back wins after their game against Chelsea on Sunday.

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Sharing his excitement, Man City captain Ilkay Gundogan told BBC , " The Premier League is, without doubt, the most demanding and competitive league in the world, so that tells you everything about what an achievement this is. To have won this trophy three times in a row and five times in six years is incredible. That quality and consistency helps sum up what Manchester City stand for and ensures the club will continue to strive for success going forward. "

The English football club edged out its competition and won the coveted titles seven times since Vice-President and Deputy Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mansour's company City Football Group took over Manchester City in 2008. The English club has undergone a massive transformation under the Emirati royal's ownership, and the exceptional Manchester City side is just two wins away from landing the treble (if they defeat Manchester United and Inter Milan in FA Cup and Champions League finals, respectively).

Given City's dominance in the football leagues, Sheikh Mansour has undoubtedly secured his position as one of the most successful owners of all time.

All you need to know about Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour who has a net worth of Rs 24,866 Crore

A member of the ruling family of UAE (House of Nahyan), Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, also known as Sheikh Mansour is estimated to have a net worth of $30 billion (approximately Rs 24,866 crore), according to Celebrity Net Worth . The billionaire royal is also the Vice-President and Deputy Prime Minister of the UAE. He is also the owner of Abu Dhabi United Group (ADUG) - an investment company that took over Manchester City F.C. in September 2008.

Sheikh Mansour is a member of the House of Nahyan which has a collective net worth estimated to be around £560 billion (approximately Rs 5,78,198 crore). According to Mirror , Sheikh Mansour splurged around £42 million (approximately Rs 433 crore) to buy a luxurious Spanish estate spread over 20,000 acres of land in 2016.

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According to The Sun , Sheikh Mansour and his family own the super-luxurious Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi as well. Billed as one of the world's only seven-star hotel - the property which comes with 394 rooms that includes 22 residential suits is reportedly furnished with gold. The same report also suggests that the Hollywood movie Fast and Furious 7 was shot at this ultra-premium hotel.

Sheikh Mansour splashed a whopping £500 million (approximately Rs 5,163 crore) on a 525 feet mega-yacht in 2022 and named it Blue as a tribute to his Premier League team - Manchester City F.C. According to The Sun, the yacht owned by Sheikh Mansour has 40 cabins, entertaining decks, swimming pool, two helipads and a club. The report also suggests that the Man City owner had loaned his mega-yacht (fourth largest in the world) to his Oscar-winning friend and actor Leonardo DiCaprio to host a party for his close friends in 2014.

The royal billionaire loves swanky wheels. From owning five Bugatti Veyron to Porsche 911 GT1 worth around £3 million (approximately Rs 30 crore), the long list of super-expensive and luxurious wheels parked in Sheikh Mansour's garage would leave you stunned.

According to The Sun , Sheikh Mansour, who has a staggering net worth of $30 billion (approximately Rs 24,866 crore), has invested in nearly 50 companies worldwide, including Richard Branson's space tourism firm Virgin Galactic, Ferrari and Daimler AG (Mercedes).

Apart from Manchester City F.C, Sheikh Mansour company City Football Group has invested in multiple football clubs around the globe. The list includes New York City FC, Melbourne City FC, Yokohama F. Marinos, Girona FC and Club Athletico Torque.

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Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan arrives in Bodrum aboard $600-million mega yacht

One of these yachts is valued at an astounding $600 million, while the other holds a value of $200 million.while guards and an ambulance are kept on standby on land for sheikh mansour , the coast guard spent the entire day patrolling around the yachts. this grand spectacle underscores the opulence of the occasion..

UAE Vice President Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan arrives in Bodrum by his newly acquired mega yacht.

UAE Vice President Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan has made a grand entrance in Bodrum with his mega yacht, which he acquired last year. Unable to fit in the marina due to its massive size, Sheikh Mansour's yacht, measuring 160 meters in length and valued at $600 million, anchored off the coast of Yalıkavak .

The yacht, named "Blue," the fifth-largest superyacht in the world owned by the Sheikh, was specially constructed in Germany. This eight-deck vessel boasts two helicopter pads, three swimming pools, a gym, a jacuzzi, and even a cinema.

Given the attention drawn by the colossal yacht, special police protection and an ambulance were placed on standby in Yalıkavak for Sheikh Mansour . Throughout the day, the Coast Guard patrolled around the yacht.

Furthermore, the renowned billionaire brought another mega yacht named "Mar" alongside the massive yacht. Constant activity was observed between the two vessels. It's reported that Mar, with an estimated value of $200 million, has an annual operational cost of around $20 million. The weekly charter fee for the yacht is purportedly $1.8 million.

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Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan took advantage of the summer break in European football to treat himself to a small gift.

It is an impressive yacht, valued at 600 million dollars, and considered as one of the most expensive in the world.

At 160 meters long, his yacht is 55 metres longer than Manchester City 's stadium, the Etihad.

Its interior has 40 cabins, which can accommodate up to 48 people.

It also has a swimming pool, gyms, massage room, restaurants and two helipads and a sun deck for each cabin, regardless of its location on the ship.

It takes more than half a million dollars to run this luxury vessel, just to fill up the fuel tank.

A project the size of Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed's ego

According to The Sun, in the future there will only be only two mega yachts in the world that are bigger than his.

This is not the first mega-yacht the sheikh has owned. A few years ago, he owned one costing more than 3.50 billion dollars, at 150 metres long.

He even lent it to Leonardo DiCaprio to enjoy his stay in Brazil while he watched the World Cup in 2014.

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David Beckham | Inter Miami

British football superstar David Beckham is the newest member of this exclusive club of owners after taking delivery of a brand new Riva at the end of 2021. The Inter Miami FC owner was spotted at the Ferretti shipyard in Forli earlier in the year, sending rumours swirling, before eventually placing an order for a Riva 90 Argo . Named Seven - his shirt number and the middle name of his daughter - the 28.55 metre superyacht spent its maiden season in Miami with the Beckham family in tow.

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Mohammad bin salman | newcastle.

Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman has led the Saudi Arabian takeover of Newcastle FC. But bin Salman is also understood to own the 134 metre Fincantieri superyacht Serene . The yacht features exterior design by Espen Øino and interiors from Reymond Langton Design and was the ninth-largest superyacht in the world when it hit the water in 2011. Elsewhere, the yacht boasts 4,000 square meters of interior space across seven decks, plus two helipads and a hangar. Standout features include a sauna and adjacent snow room for a true Nordic experience.

Joe Lewis | Tottenham Hotspur

British businessman and owner of the Tavistock Group, Joe Lewis is the majority owner of Premier League football team Tottenham Hotspur and counts the 98.4m Abeking & Rasmussen superyacht Aviva among his possessions. When delivered, Aviva was the third yacht of its name to be owned by Lewis, who also owned a 62m Feadship and 68m also built at Abeking & Rasmussen. One key standout feature on board Aviva is the huge padel tennis court , which is 20 metres long by ten metres wide.

Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan | Manchester City

Middle Eastern royal and politician Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, owner of Manchester City football club, is understood to have previously owned 147 metre Lürssen superyacht A+ , formerly named Topaz . First delivered in 2012, A+ was designed by Tim Heywood and is listed among the largest superyachts in the world . The superyacht features a helicopter landing pad at its bow and has been previously chartered by Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio .

Shahid Khan | Fulham

Sports tycoon Shahid Khan has been the owner of Fulham football club since 2013, after buying the NFL team Jacksonville Jaguars three years earlier. His superyacht, the 95 metre Lürssen Kismet , was first launched in 2014 and went on to win a 2015 World Superyacht Award. As one of the world’s most expensive yachts for charter , Kismet has a weekly charter rate starting from €1,200,000 and has been previously chartered by celebrities including Beyoncé and Jay-Z. Kismet features exterior design by legendary superyacht designer Espen Øino and an interior by Reymond Langton Design .

John Henry | Liverpool

American businessman and investor John Henry counts the Boston Red Sox and Liverpool football club among his sporting properties, but he is also understood to be the owner of the 65.9m Lürssen superyacht Elysian . First delivered in 2014, Elysian was designed by legendary superyacht designer Espen Øino and features accommodation for a total of 12 guests and 17 crew members.

Dmitry Rybolovlev | Monaco FC

Owner of Monaco FC and Russian businessman Dmitry Rybolovlev is understood to be the owner of the 110 metre Feadship superyacht Anna , which was first delivered in 2018. Anna’s exterior design, which is penned by Michael Leach , is characterised by a dramatic architectural curve that links the main deck with the upper deck. The interior meanwhile was also designed by leach in collaboration with the owner’s personal New York decorator Brian McCarthy Inc.

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A+ Yacht – Exclusive Haven $450 Million Superyacht

A+ yacht measures a length of 147.25m(483.1ft) and is one of the longest yachts in the world today.

Terence Disdale Design masterminded the interior of the A+ Yacht, with Tim Heywood Designs designing the exterior.

Lürssen built her in their shipyard based in Germany.

A+ yacht interior

The A+ was designed by U.K.-based design company Terence Disdale Design. She can accommodate 52 guests in 26 luxurious staterooms, with 79 crew members in 40 cabins.

She has a fully equipped gym with the latest in sports technology, two Jacuzzi, a movie theatre, and a conference room. There are several dining areas inside and out.

She has an oversized tender garage that offers a wide choice of water toys such as jet skis, a catamaran, inflatable boats, and a mini-submarine. The tender can be accessed from both sides of the yacht.

There is not much known about the decor style, likely because a member of the Royal Family owns her, but Terence Disdale Design did release that they were briefed with an informal “beach house” decor style.

Tim Heywood Designs designed the impressive A+ Yacht. The A+ Yacht was built with a teak deck, a steel hull, and an aluminum superstructure. She was built by the German shipyard Lürssen in 2012.

Her exterior is bedecked in an impressive light display that magnificently illuminates the A+ Yacht at night.

Two elevators connect all eight decks, giving access to the two helipads and the swimming platforms.

Specification

She has a length of 147.25m(483.1ft) and is the 8th longest yacht globally. She is one of 58 motor yachts longer than 100m(328.1ft), with a cruising speed 3kn above the average of other boats her size.

She reaches a top speed of 25.5kn, and a cruising speed of 22.9kn with her specially designed twin Peilstick diesel engines.

She has a tonnage of 12500GT, which sets her apart as one of the largest yachts in the world.

The A+ has a 21.6m(70.9ft) beam and a draft of 5.6m(18.4ft). At the end of 2018, she underwent a refit at Lürssen yard. It took four years to build and has a running cost of $50 million per year.

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Rising Sun superyacht is valued at $200 million and was purchased by Oracle CEO Larry Ellison in 2004, according to Robb Report .

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Aviva, valued at $250 million

Aviva, valued at $250 million is 323 feet long and was built in 2017, according to Robb Report . The boat is so large that it has a paddle tennis court that doubles as an indoor soccer field in its interior, according to the outlet.

Andreas Hering, the project manager of the shipyard where the boat was constructed, told Boat International that "in three years" to "build a big yacht around a padel tennis court was the main brief, I guess."

Octopus, valued at $200 million

Octopus, a 414-foot superyacht owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, is valued at $200 million, according to Robb Report.

The boat can accommodate 12 guests in 13 different cabins, according to Yacht Charter Fleet . The boat also has a dance floor and a movie theatre, according to the outlet.

Radiant, valued at $300 million

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Dubai, valued at $400 million

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Topaz, valued at $527 million

Topaz was built in Germany for the deputy prime minister of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, according to Dubai realtor LuxuryProperty.  

The nearly 500-foot yacht has a helicopter pad, gym, pool, and cinema hall, according to the realtor. Mansour owns Abu Dhabi United Group, which acquired Manchester United FC in 2008. 

Eclipse, valued at $600 million

The 533-foot Eclipse superyacht is valued at $600 million, according to the luxury magazine Robb Report .

The Eclipse is owned by Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, one of 16 yachts and vessels that he owns, according to Forbes .

Azzam, valued at $600 million

Azzam is the largest and one of the fastest yachts in the world, according to Architectural Digest.

The boat took around three years to build and sits at 590 feet long and can travel at a speed of 35 miles per hour, according to the outlet.

Azzam is owned by the family of Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, who was the Second President of the United Arab Emirates before his death in May 2022.

Al Said, valued at $600 million

The 508-foot Al Said sits in the Lürssen shipyard in Germany and was purchased by the former Sultan of Oman, Sultan Qaboos bin Said in 2008 for $600 million, according to Robb Report.

The yacht can travel up to 25 miles per hour and has a concert hall that can accommodate a 50-person orchestra, according to the outlet.

Dilbar, valued at $735 million

Dilbar, owned by Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov, is the largest superyacht in the world and it's valued at $735 million.

In April 2022, the yacht was impounded in Germany . German federal police said they seized the yacht after an investigation into "offshore concealment" and determined that Usmanov's sister is the owner of the yacht. The boat remains at a shipyard in Hamburg, Germany.

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Man City owner Sheikh Mansour splurges £500m on 525ft megayacht which would only just squeeze inside the Etihad stadium

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MAN City owner Sheikh Mansour has splashed out £500million on a megayacht so big that it would only just fit in the club’s 55,000-capacity stadium.

He will take delivery of the 525ft vessel before the start of the season — and has named it Blue in tribute to his Premier League champions .

The yacht, the fourth largest in the world, has 40 cabins for 48 guests and four entertaining decks including a large alfresco area connected with a swimming platform and club.

Stateroom balconies were designed by London stylist Terence Disdale.

There are also two helipads to ferry passengers to and from shore.

With a crew of 80, the 15,320-tonne vessel can do 19 knots, or 21.8mph.

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And in a bid to be eco-friendly, the engine is part diesel, part electric, while a waste water treatment plant produces drinking water.

But the sheikh could face a headache filling up, with a full tank of fuel costing an estimated £500,000.

A source said: “Blue is the top of the league when it comes to yachts.

“One or two might be bigger, but nothing is better on the high seas.

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“It is state of the art and has been built to the exacting standards of Sheikh Mansour.

"Everything he has asked for has been provided, and he has the wealth to ensure it happened exactly how he has planned it.

“Hopefully he can use a discount card whenever it needs filling up too.”

Sheikh Mansour, 51, already owns the 483ft A+ which houses 62 guests in 26 cabins and has its own dancefloor, beach club, gym, wellness centre, spa, jacuzzi room and salon.

The football fanatic has amassed a £17billion fortune courtesy of his International Petroleum Investment Company.

He is deputy PM of his native United Arab Emirates and a member of Abu Dhabi’s ruling family.

He bought City for £210million in 2008 through his Abu Dhabi United Group , with the club going on to win six Premier League titles.

Sheikh Mansour also owns a five per cent stake in Ferrari and 9.1 per cent in Daimler AG, which owns Mercedes.

Earlier this year, The Sun told how David Beckham had bought a 93ft boat from Italian maker Ferretti.

The world’s largest yacht , the 590ft Azzam, belonged to late UAE president Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan .

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It costs a whopping $640,000 just to fuel up Abu Dhabi royal family member Sheikh Mansour’s $600 million megayacht, which is enough to buy a 2-bed apartment in Manhattan and two Tesla Model S cars. At 525 feet long ‘Blue’ is the fourth largest yacht in the world.

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​​​​His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan   UAE Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister, and Chairman of the Presidential Court

His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan was born in Abu Dhabi in 1970. After receiving his high school diploma through the Abu Dhabi school system, His Highness continued his studies in the United States, where, in 1993, he was awarded his Bachelor's degree in International Relations. In 1997, HH Sheikh Mansour was appointed as Chairman of the Office of his late father, HH Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, a post he held until Sheikh Zayed's sad demise in November 2004.

In that same month, HH Sheikh Mansour was appointed as the Minister of Presidential Affairs, a ministerial portfolio created following the amalgamation of The Office of HH the President and The Presidential Court to form the Ministry of Presidential Affairs. In May 2009, with the formation of the new Cabinet, HH Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed was appointed Deputy Prime Minister, a position he holds to date. In July 2022, HH Sheikh Mansour was named Minister of the Presidential Court, following the Federal Decree issued by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates.

In addition, HH Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed assumes many key local and federal posts. Amongst these are:

§ ​ UAE Vice President

§  Deputy Prime Minister

§ The  Chairman of the Presidential Court​ ​

§  Chairman of the Ministerial Council for Development

§  Chairman of the Board of the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE)

§  Chairman of the Emirates Investment Authority (EIA)

§  Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department (ADJD)

§  Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA)

§  Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD)

§  Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Khalifa Award for Education

§  Chairman of the Khalifa bin Zayed Charity Foundation (KBZF)

§  Deputy Chairman of the General Budget Committee (Federal)

§  Member of the Abu Dhabi Supreme Petroleum Council (SPC)

§  Member of the Board of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA)

§  Member of the Board of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC)

§  Member of the Abu Dhabi Supreme Council for Financial and Economic Affairs

§  Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mubadala Investment Company

A first-class equestrian and athlete, His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed participates and supports a variety of sporting pursuits, many of which are traditional while others are more modern. His Highness serves as:

§  Chairman of Al Jazira Club

§  Chairman of the Emirates Racing Authority (ERA)

§  Chairman of the Emirates Arabian Horse Society (EAHS)

§ ​ Chairman of the Board of the Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club.​

Sheikh Mansour is attending the Champions League final. But does that show how much he cares?

The setting was opulent, marble columns, high ceilings, lots of impossibly large settees and bookcases. Someone opened the door — because when you are a sheikh there is always someone to open the door — and Pep Guardiola went in for a hug with the man who has changed the landscape of English football.

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The rest of us have never been allowed to get so close. After nearly 15 years as the owner of Manchester City , it has become absolutely clear that Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan prefers to keep his distance.

Some people, usually non-City fans, view that absence through suspicious eyes. The sheikh, they say, cannot be emotionally invested if he has restricted himself to only one game in Manchester since buying the club. And, yes, it is not an ordinary arrangement.

That, however, was not Guardiola’s impression, visiting Abu Dhabi in 2018 and spending time with a man who is estimated to have a personal fortune of £16.8billion ($20.9bn).

Behind one glass-encased cabinet, the sheikh keeps a replica of the Premier League trophy. In the next cabinet, it is the FA Cup , adorned in City’s light-blue ribbons.

If everything goes according to plan, the Presidential Affairs office will soon display the one they want most of all: the Champions League trophy. That was always the masterplan, since buying the club in 2008 from Thaksin Shinawatra, the former Thailand prime minister who had fled his country on corruption charges.

The sheikh will be at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul when Guardiola’s team will try to round off another year of freewheeling superiority by clinching the treble, and his attendance is breaking a well-established pattern.

He has, after all, never been to any of City’s previous finals, in any competitions. He has never watched them at Wembley, never been to a Manchester derby and never attended any of the title showdowns that have defined the club’s modern history. It just isn’t his thing.

Does it matter that he hasn’t been coming and now is? Should a club owner be present at these occasions? Is it a poor show that a man with his resources chooses not to be there, year after year, when he could fly anywhere in the world by private jet (or even take the super-yacht, Blue, that he bought for a reputed £500million last year and apparently named after his team)?

Many people will answer those questions by saying, yes, why get into the sport if you have no desire to experience, in person, the joys it can bring?

Others will nod cynically and see it as hard evidence that, however it is dressed up, the sheikh’s reasons for buying his way into the Premier League were not about him having the football bug.

Anybody who has followed City’s story since September 1, 2008, will be aware of the argument that, at the heart of everything, the ambition for City’s owners was to use the power of football to enhance what Amnesty International has described as Abu Dhabi’s “deeply tarnished image”.

Those views are so entrenched it is difficult to imagine the sheikh’s presence, or non-presence, would really make any difference at this point.

Nor will it change the fact that, for all the brilliance of Guardiola’s teams, many people find it hard to be overly enthused by City’s success. On the contrary, it might work against City, PR-wise, if the sheikh, or other members of Abu Dhabi’s royal family, started popping up in the directors’ box.

All that can really be said for certain is that, for reasons never officially explained, the sheikh has not attended a City game for nearly 13 years until now.

The last one was a Monday-night fixture — August 23, 2010 — for City’s first home match of a season that finished with them winning the FA Cup to end a 35-year wait for a trophy.

It was a 3-0 defeat of Roy Hodgson’s Liverpool and, to put it into context, it was so long ago that all but two of the players from Roberto Mancini’s starting XI have retired from playing. James Milner was making his debut for City. Gareth Barry scored the opener, Carlos Tevez got the other two and the BBC’s match report describes Adam Johnson’s contribution as “outstanding”.

That apart, Mansour’s only live experience of watching City in a competitive match came in November 2009, from the royal box at Zayed Sports City, as his team, then managed by Mark Hughes, lost 1-0 in a tour match against the United Arab Emirates national side.

Khaldoon Al Mubarak, City’s chairman, tends to be the face of Abu Dhabi to fans in Manchester, flying in for around a third of their home games. The sheikh does get involved in some of the bigger decisions. Mostly, though, he delegates other Abu Dhabi-based operators such as Simon Pearce, a City director, to oversee the operation.

Speak to people at City and they will say it has never been a problem. The sheikh, they say, watches almost every match at his family residence. City are sensitive to any suggestions that his absence shows a lack of commitment or interest.

Plus, let us not just assume that somebody in his position spends his days congratulating himself on being so extraordinarily rich and never having to work again.

The Gulf News published a profile of the sheikh in March, after his appointment as the UAE’s vice-president, and it was fairly jaw-dropping to see the number of corporations, law authorities, wealth funds, banks, charities and political organisations in which he was the chairman or a leading board member.

Even putting aside, for one moment, his investments in another 50-plus companies — Ferrari, Daimler and Richard Branson’s space tourism programme, Virgin Galactic, among many others — it doesn’t require a LinkedIn page to realise City Football Group (CFG) is a smallish part of a vast portfolio of political and economic responsibilities.

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Mansour studied English at Santa Barbara College, California, and obtained a bachelor’s degree in international affairs from the United Arab Emirates University.

He is 52, the same age as Guardiola, and was appointed as Abu Dhabi’s deputy prime minister eight months after City’s takeover. Life is hectic. It can be hard to get to Brentford at home when your day-to-day work involves overseeing an oil company and your country’s sovereign wealth fund, estimated at £799billion.

It would still have been an unusual set of circumstances, though, if a football club won the European Cup and the man who made it possible was not in UEFA’s VVIP seats (yes, UEFA does call them VVIPs, rather than just your ordinary VIPs).

The sheikh has never seen the vast training complex that his money bought across the road from the Etihad Stadium, or what City’s home looks like since its expansion in 2015. He has never seen the 7,000-capacity ‘mini-Etihad’, where the youth and women’s teams play.

He has never heard the reassuring thwack when Kevin de Bruyne strikes the ball with the sweetest contact you could imagine. Or felt the surge of electricity coursing through the stadium whenever Erling Haaland bears down on the opposition penalty area.

Nor has the sheikh ventured to a single match involving New York City, Melbourne City, Mumbai City, Yokohama F Marinos or any of the other clubs in the CFG umbrella. Somehow, it is difficult to think that will change soon.

To go back to the earlier question, however, does it really matter?

Talk to people in Manchester and it does not seem to be of great consequence to the vast majority of City fans, most of whom have come to realise that it is just the way it is.

The owner’s name is still emblazoned across the back of many fans’ shirts. The chant of “Sheikh Mansour my Lord” increased in volume when, in their Champions League quarter-final, Bayern Munich’s supporters held up a banner — “Autocrats Out” — that denounced him.

City’s fans have their own banner permanently in place at the Etihad. “Sheikh Mansour,” it says, “Manchester Thanks You”.

They will be grateful again, no doubt, if the Champions League final against Inter Milan goes their way. If so, City will have emulated Manchester United ’s treble from 1999, and you still get the feeling they want to keep growing, strengthening the dynasty, making this the norm rather than the exception.

There is already a solid case that, in absentia, the sheikh will end up being the most successful owner, trophies-wise, there has been in the Premier League era.

Yes, none of us can be sure what will happen with the litany of disciplinary charges against City, who are accused by the Premier League of breaking its financial rules . City are determined to defend themselves against the allegations and are confident of doing so. But the punishments, if the case is proven, would presumably be severe.

Even then, however, you have to expect City would still be challenging for titles after any punishment.

Their trophy count under the sheikh stands at seven Premier League titles, three FA Cups, six League Cups, and counting.

Younger fans must think it will always be this way and, in any other circumstances, you could be forgiven for thinking the man who is bankrolling this football juggernaut would like to experience some of the glory for himself.

Not this one, though. That is the way Sheikh Mansour likes it and there is only a small group of people, namely his inner circle, who can say for certain what exactly all this success means to him.

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(Main image: Guardiola with Sheikh Mansour in 2018. Photo: Victoria Haydn/Manchester City FC via Getty Images)

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Daniel Taylor is a senior writer for The Athletic and a four-time Football Journalist of the Year, as well as being named Sports Feature Writer of the Year in 2022. He was previously the chief football writer for The Guardian and The Observer and spent nearly 20 years working for the two titles. Daniel has written five books on the sport. Follow Daniel on Twitter @ DTathletic