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What Manchester City fans have to say about sportswashing

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Colm Kearns, Gary Sinclair and Jack Black (2023). ‘What Manchester City fans have to say about sportswashing’. RTÉ Brainstorm, 27 November.

Drawing on an online Manchester City supporters’ forum, this RTÉ article examines how fans understand and respond to criticism of the club’s Abu Dhabi ownership. The authors consider the relationship between sporting success, emotional attachment and the defence of ownership arrangements, alongside the limits of existing football governance. Their account places supporters’ views within the economic inequalities of elite football.