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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Joe Bray

Sheikh Mansour statement on Man City league victory should worry Liverpool and rivals

As Manchester City celebrated on the Etihad pitch following another dramatic final day Premier League title win, their owner was watching on from afar.

Sheikh Mansour is rarely spotted in Manchester, instead leaving chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak as the public face of the ownership, with an efficient group of directors including Ferran Soriano, Txiki Begiristain and Omar Berrada working alongside him to run the club. Those directors took the chance to pose with the Premier League trophy yet again, and it's clear that Sheikh Mansour was equally as delighted in his latest triumph.

Taking to Twitter, on an account mainly used for diplomatic updates in his role as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mansour described City as a 'distinguished' team after their latest trophy under his ownership.

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