Burnham and the entire City story crystallise why states shouldn't be allowed own clubs
Miguel Delaney's Inside Football
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It isn’t the first time that figures in the Premier League and other areas of football have been aggravated at Andy Burnham’s comments.
Previously, however, those comments haven’t had the political dimensions of him being prime minister and the entire subject potentially forming a diplomatic incident with geopolitical concerns.
On Wednesday, Burnham offered his first comments on Manchester City, whose owners have previously been partners to the former mayor of Manchester in building a property empire there.
Aside from a bizarre comparison to the Everton points deduction - and his protestation that “I am not getting directly involved” being undercut by the simple reality he was getting involved by speaking in his new position as prime minister - there was one line that stood out.
“Well, I would be really concerned to lose them,” Burnham continued.
Those are certainly not the concerns of many in football right now.
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Burnham and the entire City story crystallise why states shouldn't be allowed own clubs
Miguel Delaney's Inside Football
13,915 views
It isn’t the first time that figures in the Premier League and other areas of football have been aggravated at Andy Burnham’s comments.
Previously, however, those comments haven’t had the political dimensions of him being prime minister and the entire subject potentially forming a diplomatic incident with geopolitical concerns.
On Wednesday, Burnham offered his first comments on Manchester City, whose owners have previously been partners to the former mayor of Manchester in building a property empire there.
Aside from a bizarre comparison to the Everton points deduction - and his protestation that “I am not getting directly involved” being undercut by the simple reality he was getting involved by speaking in his new position as prime minister - there was one line that stood out.
“Well, I would be really concerned to lose them,” Burnham continued.
Those are certainly not the concerns of many in football right now.
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