is a club transformed from one that went decades without a trophy to one that s won the league five years out of the last six. that is a long way from where it was in 2008. financially, we were almost out of business. but it was about to become the richest club in the world. sheikh mansour is a billionaire member of the abu dhabi royal family. his investment company bought manchester city and the spending began. three years on, uefa, the governing body of football in europe, introduced something called financial fair play. it was designed to stop clubs spending more than they earn. and to some observers, it was clear why. i think ffp was brought in principally to reduce the overreliance on very wealthy benefactors because that s simply not financially sustainable. uefa said it wants to protect clubs from financial trouble and to keep football fair. and in 2014, it fined nine clubs for breaking the rules. manchester city