| Tony Blair took the chairman of Manchester City to meet senior officials in China two years before the country bought a large stake in Britain’s richest football club. The former prime minister introduced Khaldoon Al Mubarak to high-level contacts in 2013, raising the possibility that he laid the groundwork for a £265 million investment deal announced on Tuesday by the club.
Blair, who advises an Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund, is estimated to be worth in the region of £60?million earned on the back of lucrative consultancy deals set up since leaving Downing Street in 2007. He has separately lobbied the Treasury on UAE's behalf as Abu Dhabi United Group, Manchester City’s owner, was attempting to secure a £1?billion property deal in Manchester...............................................Full Article: Source
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