Al Mubarak insists Sheikh Mansour will not sell Man City amid 115 charges

Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak has publicly pledged that owner Sheikh Mansour will not sell the club, despite the ongoing Premier League investigation into 115 alleged rule breaches and the recent departure of manager Pep Guardiola after a decade in charge. Speaking candidly about the club’s ownership structure, Al Mubarak framed City as a prized long-term asset that the Abu Dhabi hierarchy has no desire to relinquish.

“There’s no intention to sell. There’s only intention to keep growing this because the view here is this will only grow and this is a beautiful business to own,” Al Mubarak said. “These sorts of jewels, you don’t sell.”

The chairman traced the club’s financial trajectory since Mansour’s 2008 takeover, when the purchase price stood at approximately $100–120 million. He outlined a series of valuation milestones — $1 billion, $2 billion, $3 billion, and eventually $5 billion — each accompanied by new investors buying into the club’s growth strategy. Crucially, Al Mubarak stressed that profits and revenue have consistently been reinvested into the business rather than extracted.

“When Sheikh Mansour looks at this club, he sees it as a long-term investment,” Al Mubarak added. “His Highness has no intention of selling this business, but over time, new shareholders come in at different value points that show how that value is really growing.”

The remarks come at a turbulent moment for City. The club faces the most serious disciplinary proceedings in English football history, with the Premier League charging them over alleged financial rule violations spanning more than a decade. An independent commission is hearing the case, and a verdict is not expected imminently.

On the pitch, Guardiola’s exit after nine league titles, two Champions League finals, and a historic treble in 2023 marks the end of an era. Yet Al Mubarak’s comments suggest the ownership group views the current period as a transition rather than a crisis, pointing to the ongoing £300 million redevelopment of the Etihad’s North Stand as evidence of continued commitment to the club’s infrastructure and long-term ambitions.