‘We don’t stand still,’ says Manchester City Chairman Khaldoon Al-Mubarak

In the second part of his end-of-season interview with Manchester City’s official website, club Chairman Khaldoon Al-Mubarak talks about the development of Etihad Stadium, the success of the academy and the importance of the women’s team.

Here are some highlights from the interview that touch on several City Group projects.

On expanding the North Stand at Etihad Stadium and growing the group…

“It’s very exciting. It’s very exciting. We’ve released and unveiled our plans for the development. Every year there’s always something new. Every year. Because there’s always a need to improve and evolve and grow. We don’t stand still. We never stood still. The Etihad, we started somewhere, and every couple of years we will do something, whether it’s the Tunnel Club, whether it’s the new stands, whether it’s the seating. And now we’re going to have a wonderful, wonderful development around it that’s going to just enhance the whole area, it’s going to be great for the fans and it’s going to bring, I think, positive revenue for the club.”

On the pre-season tour to Korea and Japan…

“Of course, it’s great for the club and it’s great for the brand of this club and our fan base that is now global. We are Mancunian at heart, but now we are global also. And if you look at the club when we did our tour last summer and we were in the United States, and I remember, I think we were playing a game in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and if you look at the number of fans, of Manchester City fans in that stadium, it was 80,000 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. It just showed us where Manchester City is today in the world of sports, not just the world of football, the world of sports. This summer, we’re going to go to Japan. We’re going to go to Korea.