YOU HYPOCRITES!

City chief shrugs off UEFA probe and slams club’s critics

Manchester city chief Khaldoon al Mubarak has vowed the club will win their war with UeFa — and launched a searing attack on city’s critics.

in a stinging offensive, the chairman declared that the ‘facts will prevail’ and branded criticism of city and fellow emirate- owned club Paris saint-Germain by outspoken La Liga president Javier tebas as hypocritical and with racist undertones.

‘We have clear answers,’ al Mubarak said of UeFa’s ongoing investigation into allegations the club breached Financial Fair Play rules.

‘ We are confident in our position, very comfortable in our position.’ in a significant public shift on to the front foot, the 44-year-old took aim at tebas, who recently accused abu Dhabi- owned city and Qatari-owned PsG of causing massive damage to european football with their ‘ petrol money’. he said: ‘there’s something deeply wrong in bringing ethnicity into the conversation.

‘this is just ugly, the way he is combining teams because of ethnicity. i find that very disturbing.’ tebas was not

the only one in the line of fire — with Al Mubarak also taking a swipe at City’s Premier League rivals. In March, Sportsmail revealed Liverpool chiefs were among a group of American owners in the top flight who had pushed the Premier League to join UEFA in investigating allegations of financial cheating by City. It has angered Al Mubarak. He said: ‘With success, there is a certain level of jealously, envy, that’s part of the game. ‘The reality is, we didn’t buy the most expensive player in the Premier League, we didn’t buy the most expensive goalkeeper, we didn’t buy the most expensive midfielder, we didn’t buy the most expensive striker. So when people throw that, you know what they throw at us, I go back — let’s look at facts. Let’s talk about facts.’ Al Mubarak appeared relaxed about UEFA’s probe. ‘Am I uncomfortable?’ said Al Mubarak. ‘No, I respect regulatory bodies doing their job and any regulatory process that asks questions.’