Emirates intends to buy another English football club
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) wants to further expand its presence in English football and, to that end, wants to land a new British team. After the successful experience in the top flight of the Premier League with Manchester City, coached by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al-Nahyan, it could now be the turn of Sheikh Khaled bin Zayed al-Nahyan, also a member of the Abu Dhabi royal family, who intends to take over Derby County in the English Second Division (also called The Championship).
Khaled bin Zayed al-Nahyan has already made offers for higher level squads than Derby County, such as Liverpool and Newcastle United (the latter also sought by the Royal House of Saudi Arabia).
Thus, the owners of the British football team Derby County are in negotiations with Emirati representatives for the sale of the club, according to the United Kingdom media, and Sheikh Khaled bin Zayed al-Nahyan, a member of the Abu Dhabi royal family, is involved in the negotiations. The owner and president of the club, Mel Morris, has been seeking new investments or a possible acquisition for a few years so that Derby can make a qualitative leap forward and catch up with the best, as has occurred in other clubs where financial capital from the Middle East has entered, such as Manchester City itself and Paris Saint Germain.
Wayne Rooney, former star of Manchester United and international with England, is the current captain of the Derby club that plays in the Second Division of English football and would be a good call to collaborate in the task of giving visibility to a new ambitious project in the club of the English city of Derby. Sheikh Khaled is the owner of the Bin Zayed Group, an UAE consortium, and has already put in bids to acquire Liverpool and Newcastle United, although he has not succeeded in these more ambitious goals so far. Could Derby County spring a surprise in the future and place itself among the best English and European teams if the Emirate funds come through? Perhaps Manchester City will be the mirror in which to look.
