Mansour is not just a businessman, he is also a politician, a member of the UAE Cabinet and the Minister of Heads of Affairs of the UAE. Under his ownership, he owns aircraft carrier-level assets such as First Gulf Bank and International Petroleum Investment Company.

Ferguson accused Manchester City of spending money like a madman, but Mansour was considered a pragmatic, astute and wise man. He has many investments in the UK. For example, just seven months after acquiring shares in Barclays Bank, he decided to sell his 11% stake, which netted him 1.4 billion pounds. On the same day that Mansour sold his stake in Barclays, Manchester City signed Barry from Villa for ￡12 million. 12 million pounds compared to 1.4 billion pounds is really not crazy. What was 100 pounds in Ferguson's eyes may be just 1 shilling in Mansour's eyes.

Mansour is also the chairman of Al Jazeera Sports Club and the Emirates Elite Horse Racing Association. If he is short of money and needs some pounds, he can ask his wife Manal for help, because Manal is the daughter of the Ruler of Dubai, Al Maktoum. Mansoor and Manal have two children, a 4-year-old daughter and a 3-year-old son. But he also has a wife and an older child.

The question is, why did Manchester City become the lucky one? Why did Mansour choose Manchester City? "The Sun" said that the most important thing is that Mansour is also a football fan. He hopes to make Abu Dhabi more globally famous like Dubai through football.

Beside Mansour is his friend Mubarak, who is also the current chairman of Manchester City Club. Mubarak currently oversees the royal family's investments and runs the two-year-old Mubadala Development Company. Mubadala currently invests in more than 50 well-known companies around the world, including Italian Ferrari, in which they own a 5% stake.