Ahh, just checked this post for typo's and saw you'd posted Knieval, here is my take anyway......think the crux of this argument is what a prospective buyer seeks from their investment. With the Man City crowd, they want to put Abu Dhabi on the map. Similar to when the Maktoum family got involved in horse racing, when they looked ahead and concluded that their state could not prosper indefinitely alone on oil, so set out a plan to transform it into a sporting, holiday destination. Horse racing was used as their banner. Let's face it who had ever heard of Dubai up to forty years ago? The Maktoum's involvement in racing is as strong as ever and, unfortunately, their neighbours Abu Dhabi will be involved with Man City long after we've passed on. So if there is a similar buyer who wishes to use their club as an advertisement for their state, then the clubs Knievel has mentioned would be more suitable. As has been said Liverpool FC, along with Man Utd and Arsenal are known worldwide for being successful footy clubs. You can't brand them with another branded link. Interestingly, a consortium of Arabs approached Bryan Robson (when he was sober I think !) and asked what clubs he would recommend for to invest in. He gave a short list of, Derby County, both Sheffield clubs, Everton, Bristol City, Watford and Brentford ( as in Knieval's list), and I think Birmingham City and Leeds may have been in the list too. If a prospective purchase wants a club for 100% footy purposes, then LFC is ideal, but if they also want to promote a separate venture, then probably not.
