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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
Sport
Dan Marsh

Inside the City Football Group and how billion-pound business operates behind the scenes

Since its inception in 2013, the City Football Group has become synonymous with success.

While Manchester City are, without doubt, the jewel in the crown of the group, the network owns 11 different football clubs located all in major cities all across the globe, including Melbourne and New York. Up until recently, the group collectively had won 31 major trophies since the CFG vision became a reality. And while many in the group would have, perhaps, earmarked the reigning Premier League champions to claim that 32nd piece of silverware in Sunday's Carabao Cup final prior to their elimination from the tournament, Pep Guardiola's irrepressible side have, in fact, been pipped to that accolade by the youngest head coach in the entire collective.

Des Buckingham may just be 38 years of age, but his pedigree is indisputable. He's already into his 22nd year of coaching - and he's marked it in style with a record-breaking season in the Indian Super League as the head coach of Mumbai City.

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