'They're a selfish bunch': How Abu Dhabi shaped modern Manchester

'They're a selfish bunch': How Abu Dhabi shaped modern Manchester Submitted by Oscar Rickett on Thu, 10/15/2026 - 07:30 Manchester City's owners provided investment that fuelled 'Manchesterism' and helped propel Andy Burnham into Downing Street. But at what cost? At a foodbank ten minutes from one of the richest football clubs in the world, Niamh, a young woman in her 20s, has just lost her job. “I found out five minutes ago,” she says, standing behind a desk just inside the entrance to Feed My City in northeast Manchester. Run by a charity called the Manchester Sikh Foundation, Niamh was one…