Top 5 Sugar Daddies in World Football
A lot of football clubs have hugely benefited from their billionaire owners. These owners have spent a chunk of their personal wealth towards improving the clubs they own. FIFA's Financial Fair Play rules have been constantly ridiculed by these "sugar daddies". Here is a list of 5 men who have spent ridiculous amounts of money on their teams.
#1 Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan
It can be safely said that Manchester City owe much of their success to their generous benefactor Sheikh Mansour. The 43-year-old is worth around $31 billion and has spent over half a billion in rebuilding Manchester City since he acquired it through his company Abu Dhabi United Group (ADUG) in September 2008. Mansour has permitted the club's managers to spend whatever it takes to make the club a success.
City have seen players such as Robinho, Carlos Tevez, Sergio Aguero, Yaya Toure, David Silva and Vincent Kompany arrive at the club under Mansour's ownership. Many of these players have been instrumental in making City the force they are today and helped them win the FA Cup in 2011 which was their first trophy since 1968. City won their first Premier League in a long time in 2012 and are one of the favourites to win it again this year. The Manchester club would be nowhere today if it wasn't for Sheikh Mansour.