Is ‘Abu Dhabi Andy’ complicit in ‘sportswashing’?
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The United Arab Emirates has threatened to withdraw billions of pounds of investment from Manchester over Man City's guilty verdict in the sham contracts scandal. The move came after Andy Burnham faced a backlash over a statement he made seeming to express sympathy for the club's owners. The entire ordeal has brought renewed scrutiny onto the Prime Minister's ties to the UAE with reports that Burnham oversaw £55mil of taxpayer loans UAE owned businesses. Tom Swarbrick delves into the story with Human rights lawyer and former Managing Director of Leeds football club David Haigh. Listen to the full show on the all-new LBC App: https://app.af.lbc.co.uk/btnc/thenewlbcapp #AndyBurnham #abudhabiandy #LBC #abudhabi #manchestercity #115charges #Andyburnham #Manchester #Football #ukpolitics LBC is the home of live debate around news and current affairs in the UK. Join in the conversation and listen at https://www.lbc.co.uk/ Sign up to LBC’s weekly newsletter here: https://l-bc.co/s
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