15 Years Patience by Petrodollar (but Not Saudi) Payoff: Historic Treble of Manchester City

I count several milestones in this note, try very detail.

İlkay Gündoğan (German - Turkish, but plays for German national team) wins with Manchester City, as a Captain, to lift the Champions League Cup tonight, “Most Precious Silverware” in Football, in Turkiye Atatürk Olympic Stadium (Turkish: Atatürk Olimpiyat Stadyumu). Just 29 hours ago Boris Johnson, who has a Turkish root, resigned from the MP seat.

There’s a new name on the trophy, Manchester City. (Very) Long time patience by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan KBE, maybe it has already reached US$5 billion investment by UAE after buying Manchester City from Thaksin (2008), payoff. 15yrs of planned & precise ownership, execution of ideas & superb recruitment. Things don't happen overnight round here but they HAPPEN. To compare: Manchester United, of course Sir Alex Ferguson managing Manchester United from 1986 and just can win the TREBLE in 1999, 13 years of patience. 

For the first time in history, a city, Manchester, has TWO CLUB who wins TREBLE (League Competition, National Cup, and Champions League), following Manchester United 1999. AC Milan NEARLY won the treble, but failed, so only INTER (in Milano City, a PRADA city), to win the TREBLE from Milan. In the world, very few cities who has at least TWO CLUBS with same level legendaries (*not try count Asia and Africa): Buenos Aires (River Plate and Boca Juniors) and in Europe only Milan (AC Milan and Inter), Madrid (Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid), London (14 clubs, with at least 3 highlights: Chelsea, Arsenal, and Tottenham Hotspurs), Glasgow (Glasgow Ranger and Glasgow Celtic), Athena (Panathinaikos and AEK Athens), and Manchester (Manchester City and Manchester United). 

Awkwardly, the United Arab Emirates actually “does not have a very good relationship” with Turkiye, but for the first time, a European Club owned by UAE wins the Champions League in Istanbul, in Turkiye soil. Hopefully relation between Turkiye and UAE better after this historic win.

Josep "Pep" Guardiola Sala (Catalan pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛb ɡwəɾðiˈɔlə] to be first ever coach who wins TREBLE in two clubs: Barcelona (season 2008-2009) and tonight with Manchester City (2022-2023). For the first time, Italian clubs really lost all three European finals in 2 weeks: Inter (Champions League), AS Roma (UEL), and Fiorentina (UECL).Argentinian Julián Álvarez is the 11st player who wins World Cup and Champions League in same Calendar Year competition (last year WC 2022 plus tonight UCL 2023), and Julián Álvarez to be first ever player to win (at least) 4 cups: World Cup, Champions League, Premier League, and FA Cup in same Calendar Year competition. 

Of course with (UAE, as owner of) Manchester City wins, and 4 days ago (Saudi) failed to seduce Messi to play in Saudi, not one that will slow momentum as Saudi chase the (other) biggest names they can get to make Saudi to be a new global player on Football business. If the selling process about Manchester United really stuck, it would not be surprising if PIF (Public Investment Fund) SWF Saudi, already owned Newcastle United, maybe with another Prince, would try to buy Manchester United. Another “petrodollar” may be more and more challenged to win the Champion League: PSG (owned by Qatar’s Oryx Qatar Sports Investments (QSi) which is chaired by Nasser Al Khelaïfi since 2011).

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