Khaldoon Al Mubarak has acknowledged the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Manchester City, as well as the club’s comeback from a difficult year.
Clubs around the world suffered greatly as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic’s financial constraints, with games forced to be played behind closed doors for the majority of the 2019/20 season and nearly the entire following season.
While the world’s top clubs are in tremendous debt, the epidemic had a significant impact on mental health among people involved in professional sport in whatever capacity – impacts that are still visible today as a result of what was an unprecedented moment in sports history.
Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak assessed the previous season in his customary end-of-season interview with the club, discussing the club’s activity in the transfer market, as well as their home kit for the forthcoming season.
“We have done extremely well in the sense that COVID-19 was an outlier, a very tough black swan occurrence that put a huge strain on the entire world,” Al Mubarak said of Manchester City’s financial recovery from the epidemic.
“From a personal as well as a professional standpoint. I believe you would have discussed it with anyone in the world.”
Al Mubarak continued: “We had to handle and weather a lot of obstacles; obviously, missing matchday revenue for extended periods of time had an impact.
“But, from day one, I would say that my vision, my direction to the team and to the organization was that we had to work together to ensure that we weathered the storm and emerged stronger.
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