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How best to punish City? Restitution over retribution, then hand club to the fans | Jonathan Liew

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Market intelligence suggests City are worth about £4bn now, compared with about £200m when the Abu Dhabi United Group took over in 2008. In the meantime to maintain one of the country’s most successful football clubs as a going concern, generating revenue that will allow it to pay back its debt to English football.

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