Chairman's interview Thursday at noon!

[Mark (Blue Army)]

Top interview, the man is just class. The club is in good hands and we really have exciting times ahead of us.

[ronk]

A guy in work who's taken more of an interest in football since seeing me play City's match highlights every Monday morning asked me why the Sheikh picked City in the first place. I couldn't tell him, so why did he choose to transform MCFC and not a Newcastle or Sheffield Wednesday or Aston Villa? Has this ever been made clear?

There was a good business case with us in terms of being an investment rather than paying a premium for a ready made team, some of this has been mentioned earlier. There was the contact with Thaksin and the fact that he'd be taking over what Thaksin wanted to go. The other benefit of that has be that we have accepted the takeover completely and quickly. There were no protests, there's been no grumbling, no mistrust. Even when fans haven't been happy, it hasn't been directed at the ownership.

Look at the other clubs, Newcastle very quickly went sour and things very quickly got personal and bitter. The scum fans have never accepted the Glaziers. The Liverpool situation has calmed down for the moment with the new owners keeping a low profile but it got really bad there for a while.

We're in this together. Manchester City are in an experiment to be transformed into the club of the future, and we're doing things that no one else is doing, e.g. the family stand, City Square and all the massive investment in the area. We're aiming to be more than a club, even if we don't fully understand what that means yet.

[Original Dub]

A guy in work who's taken more of an interest in football since seeing me play City's match highlights every Monday morning asked me why the Sheikh picked City in the first place. I couldn't tell him, so why did he choose to transform MCFC and not a Newcastle or Sheffield Wednesday or Aston Villa? Has this ever been made clear?

There was a good business case with us in terms of being an investment rather than paying a premium for a ready made team, some of this has been mentioned earlier. There was the contact with Thaksin and the fact that he'd be taking over what Thaksin wanted to go. The other benefit of that has be that we have accepted the takeover completely and quickly. There were no protests, there's been no grumbling, no mistrust. Even when fans haven't been happy, it hasn't been directed at the ownership.

Look at the other clubs, Newcastle very quickly went sour and things very quickly got personal and bitter. The scum fans have never accepted the Glaziers. The Liverpool situation has calmed down for the moment with the new owners keeping a low profile but it got really bad there for a while.

We're in this together. Manchester City are in an experiment to be transformed into the club of the future, and we're doing things that no one else is doing, e.g. the family stand, City Square and all the massive investment in the area. We're aiming to be more than a club, even if we don't fully understand what that means yet.

Cracking post and spot on.

Blue and proud of it.

[michaelcityfan]

Surely we have a really good Chairman, he is totally in the know about the club, he talks sense too. We are lucky to have him. I am starting to believe we will win the league!!

[ant london]

Someone missed a trick on the thread title

"High Khaldoon"

"Khaldoon at Noon"

[craigmcfc]

Someone missed a trick on the thread title

"High Khaldoon"

"Khaldoon at Noon"

Hmmmm.....or not

[ant london]

Someone missed a trick on the thread title

"High Khaldoon"

"Khaldoon at Noon"

Hmmmm.....or not

Hmmmm, I know how to shut you up...

[craigmcfc]

Someone missed a trick on the thread title

"High Khaldoon"

"Khaldoon at Noon"

Hmmmm.....or not

Hmmmm, I know how to shut you up...

Don't think you can shu

[Bluedj]

I can only say; Utter utter CLASS!

[Chinners]

I can only say; Utter utter CLASS!

Totally agree .... our chairman's quality as well

[HeyMark]

Liked the bit where he mentioned the Sheik felt year 4 was going to be the big one. Nice to see he realised that trying for instant success was not an option

[failsworthblue]

Absolutely cements what I have always thought.

We are dealing with very special people here who have a plan to make us the biggest football club on the planet and make no mistake it will be delivered.

Buckle your seats and get ready for lift off!

[JonnyAsh]

Quality interview.

Khaldoon really does give the impression that he's a bloke who knows what's needed & has it all under control.

Agreed. I was amazed though that he virtually never mentioned Mancini! A passing mention of Roberto at 7 or 8 minutes in and maybe the word manager a few times. I found that weird.

At least he did mention him in context of having the final say on signings so we can rule out any nasty, surprise managerial shenanigans!

I thought that strange too, although a direct question regarding Mancini was never asked. I'm sure the interview was 'choreographed', and by saying that, that Khaldoon knew the questions more or less beforehand.
However, nothing sinister of course, although it would have been a bloody obvious question in the conext of a season review.