{"id":423460,"date":"2011-05-13T13:26:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-13T13:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/13\/manchester-city-owner-sheikh-mansour-will-not-be-at-wembley-for-fa-cup-final-against-stoke\/"},"modified":"2011-05-13T13:26:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-13T13:26:00","slug":"manchester-city-owner-sheikh-mansour-will-not-be-at-wembley-for-fa-cup-final-against-stoke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/13\/manchester-city-owner-sheikh-mansour-will-not-be-at-wembley-for-fa-cup-final-against-stoke\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour will not be at Wembley for FA Cup final against Stoke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h4>13 May 2011 14:26:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"70.0863382428\">\n<div readability=\"16.7301587302\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\" Sheik Mansour ,Manchester City vs Liverpool,EPL(Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/107400\/107407_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sheik Mansour ,Manchester City vs Liverpool,EPL(Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"35.2795633717\"><strong>EXCLUSIVE<\/strong><br \/>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/3447\/greg-stobart\/archive\/1\">Greg Stobart<\/a> | Northern Correspondent<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/109\/man-city\">Manchester City<\/a> owner Sheikh Mansour will not be at Wembley on Saturday to watch the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2900\/fa-cup\">FA Cup<\/a> final, <strong>Goal.com UK<\/strong> has learned.<\/p>\n<p>City take on Stoke and are desperate to win their first trophy in 35 years after securing Champions League qualification with a 1-0 win over Tottenham on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Sheikh Mansour had hoped to fly to London for the match but will instead be on important international business for Abu Dhabi and will have to watch the final in person.<\/p>\n<p>He will be represented at Wembley by City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak, who also attended the semi-final triumph against rivals Manchester United. The rest of the club&#8217;s board will also be in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>Despite transforming City with \uffe1750 million investment since taking over the club in August 2009, Shiekh Mansour has only been to Eastlands once \u2013 to watch Roberto Mancini&#8217;s side beat Liverpool 3-0 in August.<\/p>\n<p>The Sheikh bought City from Thaksin Shinawatra for \uffe1210m and has pumped more than \uffe1350m into the club for player acquisitions while spending another \uffe1200m on off-field improvements.<\/p>\n<p>City believe it is vital to lift the FA Cup on Saturday as a starting point to win further silverware in the future, with the Premier League title and Champions League glory both in their sights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have created history already by getting into the Champions League, but it is time City won a trophy,\u201d said manager Mancini ahead of the game.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian will make a late decision over whether to start captain Carlos Tevez, who returned from a hamstring injury to play 12 minutes against Tottenham and is fighting to prove his fitness.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Go here to see the original:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2900\/fa-cup\/2011\/05\/13\/2484517\/manchester-city-owner-sheikh-mansour-will-not-be-at-wembley\" title=\"Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour will not be at Wembley for FA Cup final against Stoke\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour will not be at Wembley for FA Cup final against Stoke<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 13 May 2011 14:26:00 Sheik Mansour ,Manchester City vs Liverpool,EPL(Getty Images) Related Links Teams EXCLUSIVE By Greg Stobart | Northern Correspondent Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour will not be at Wembley on Saturday to watch the FA Cup final, Goal.com UK has learned. City take on Stoke and are desperate to win their first trophy in 35 years after securing Champions League qualification with a 1-0 win over Tottenham on Tuesday night. Sheikh Mansour had hoped to fly to London for the match but will instead be on important international business for Abu Dhabi and will have to watch the final in person. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-423460","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-politics"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour will not be at Wembley for FA Cup final against Stoke - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/13\/manchester-city-owner-sheikh-mansour-will-not-be-at-wembley-for-fa-cup-final-against-stoke\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour will not be at Wembley for FA Cup final against Stoke - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"13 May 2011 14:26:00 Sheik Mansour ,Manchester City vs Liverpool,EPL(Getty Images) Related Links Teams EXCLUSIVE By Greg Stobart | Northern Correspondent Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour will not be at Wembley on Saturday to watch the FA Cup final, Goal.com UK has learned. 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