The report includes recognition for Mike Summerbee who was awarded an OBE for the many charitable causes he supports. The report also reveals a continuity of momentum in the business, and opportunities for the future. Manchester City's chairman believes that the club are beginning to be a benchmark for others after their 2021/22 financial report saw them report record revenue and profit. Our aim was clear – to one day be the club that set the benchmark for others. The statistics and results show that in many ways we are beginning to achieve our long-term ambition.

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Arrangements have been made for the memorial service of Sir Bobby Charlton… #MUFC— Manchester United (@ManUtd) October 31, 2023 Sir Bobby Charlton’s memorial service is expected to be littered with fans on its way to Manchester Cathedral. He added: "But football does not stand still and other leading clubs continue to evolve and develop. We therefore need to constantly challenge ourselves to improve upon what we have achieved. This means innovating further in Manchester and beyond.

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Several factors contributed to the Club’s record-breaking financial results and continued profitability, including fans returning to the Etihad Stadium and the increase of the Clubs’ wider commercial revenues. A key aim of the Academy has been to develop players not only for City’s first team, but also to help players begin professional careers in football for any club. Since 2011-12, almost 200 Academy graduates have gone on to have active professional careers in the Premier League, lower English leagues or in the main European leagues. In the 2021-22 season alone, more than 100 CFA graduates were playing in professional football.

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The memorabilia placed by mourning fans is now also been carefully relocated to the Old Trafford Museum and will join the tributes left by fans following the passing of Sir Matt Busby in 1994.

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In 2008, we gave ourselves the target of exceeding the benchmarks that had been set by others within football; and in doing so, to also exceed the new standards that we believed leading clubs would achieve in the time it would take us to catch-up," he said. He might be one of the best players in the Premier League if not the world at present, but ex-pros John Obi Mikel and John Terry have insisted they never could have predicted that Kevin de Bruyne would have turned into the player he did — in fact, they went so far as to label him a “bad trainer”.

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Under manager Pep Guardiola, one of the most highly-decorated managers in world football, the Club plays its domestic and UEFA Champions League home fixtures at the Etihad Stadium, a spectacular 55,000 seat arena that City have called home since 2003. Today, the Stadium sits on the wider Etihad Campus, which also encompasses the City Football Academy, a state-of-the-art performance training and youth development facility located in the heart of East Manchester. Featuring a 7,000 capacity Academy Stadium, the City Football Academy is also where Manchester City Women’s Football Club and the Elite Development Squad train on a daily basis and play their competitive home games. As of October 2021, Manchester City was the most valuable soccer club globally, based on the combined transfer value of the squad. The acquisition and development of high-profile players alongside strong performances in the English Premier League has helped the club significantly improve upon their brand value. To demonstrate, Manchester City’s brand value increased by about 370 percent between 2012 and 2022, reaching a peak of about 1.42 billion U.S. dollars in 2022. The squad’s reputation has allowed the club to make higher demands for jersey sponsorships, as seen from the increasing value of Manchester City’s main jersey sponsorship deal with Etihad since 2009. Reimagining ourselves and how we move forward in Manchester and through City Football Group (CFG), the industry-leading, multi-club organisation that Manchester City sits at the heart of."As confirmed in an update from United, Sir Bobby’s funeral service will start at 2pm on Monday, 13 November, with the ceremony celebrating and paying tribute to “Sir Bobby’s incredible life as a husband, father, grandfather and, of course, as one of the finest footballers this country has ever produced. City revenues exceeded neighbours United's for the first time ever last year, and while that may not be the case this year - United can also expect the return of a much-higher matchday revenue in addition to major new partnerships such as their kit deal with TeamViewer - the Blues have shown that they are still heading in the right direction. This growth impacted external independent benchmarks with Brand Finance naming Manchester City the second most valuable football brand in the world, with a valuation of €1.33 billion. Soriano continues: “Ultimately, the 2021-22 season was representative of the football standards that we have set ourselves as we continued to deliver on our ownership’s vision and plans.” In addition, the club has confirmed that all the plastic will be removed from the floral tributes and will be recycled, with all flowers being composted and used in the gardens at the Carrington Training Complex. The pair did go on to hold their hands up and recognise that being a young player is one thing and learning how to be a pro is another, adding, “Credit to them they’ve gone away and they’ve done what they had to do to become who they are, they’re superstars.”