Sheikh Mansour to sell Manchester City? Club Chairman issues update on ownership stance | OneFootball

Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak has issued an update on the possibility of Sheikh Mansour selling the football club.

The update comes at a defining transitional moment after the emotional departure of manager Pep Guardiola following a historic 10-year tenure, with questions naturally surfacing regarding long-term direction, leadership stability, and financial roadmap.

Compounding the managerial shift, speculation has also lingered against the backdrop of the club’s ongoing regulatory challenges with the Premier League’s 115 charges for alleged financial rule breaches.

Concurrently, major investments continue at the Etihad Campus, including the landmark £300 million North Stand expansion – recently renamed in Guardiola’s honour – which will push the stadium’s capacity past 60,000 ahead of the 2026/27 campaign.

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Speaking during his latest address to Manchester City supporters during his annual end-of-season interview on the club’s website, Khaldoon Al Mubarak issued an update on the stance currently being taken by Sheikh Mansour and the ownership group.

“There’s no intention to sell. There’s only intention to keep growing this because the view here is this will only grow and this is a beautiful business to own. It’s football and it’s entertainment,” Al Mubarak insisted.

He continued, “And in the world we’re in today, while the world changes and people’s attention goes to different things, sport stays. And football within sports is the pinnacle.

“And Manchester City and this Group within the football world is a pinnacle. And these sorts of jewels, you don’t sell.”

Offering some insight into the internal valuation of Manchester City, Khaldoon Al Mubarak revealed, “If you’re going to sell all this today in the market, you wouldn’t sell it for less than $10 billion, minimum! [But] There’s no intention to sell.”

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“Investment generates revenue, generates return,” he went on to explain. “Cost is just a negative on your balance sheet. Everything we do here is we invest, we invest and maybe the profit and loss for that particular year it can be a negative but that’s just a time element.

“Ultimately, it’s about revenue generation. Ultimately, it’s about profit generation. And ultimately it stays in the Club because that’s what we’ve done. In 18 years, we’ve not taken a pound of profit outside of the Club.

“What we’ve done for 18 years is invest and invest and invest and grow this Club and grow this Group and grow the assets of this Group to continue to generate value, generate revenue and generate sustainable profit for this operation and add value to the community.

“That’s been our mission, that’s what I think we continue to accomplish.”

The post-Pep Guardiola era

Khaldoon Al Mubarak’s public declaration provides definitive clarity as Director of Football Hugo Viana prepares to steer the club through its most crucial summer transfer window in a generation.

The staggering $10 billion valuation places Manchester City comfortably at the apex of global sports franchises, solidifying their corporate status even as they navigate a rare two-season spell without a Premier League trophy.

Moving forward into the summer of 2026, the club’s commercial strategy is shifting from pure squad investment to fully integrated global entertainment.

The imminent opening of Medlock Square – a year-round fan destination linking the Etihad Stadium to the Co-op Live arena – proves that the Abu Dhabi ownership views Manchester City not merely as a sports team, but as a commercial asset that intends to dominate.