MUMBAI — The owners of Premier League champions Manchester City are set to acquire a majority stake in Indian Super League (ISL) football team Mumbai City FC, a source with direct knowledge of the development told Reuters on Thursday. Manchester City is the crown jewel of the City Football Group (CFG), which is majority owned by Abu Dhabi-based Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan. “The investment will showcase the interest of the world in Indian football,” said the source, who asked not to be named as the talks were private. CFG did not respond to a request for comment and Mumbai City FC declined to comment on the matter. The Asian Football Confederation, the continental governing body of the sport, recently confirmed the ISL as the top league in India.

Source: National Post November 28, 2019 08:15 UTC