Gulf’s eye needs to be kept on goals for home

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It feels as though Abu Dhabi has barely been out of the news in recent weeks, particularly in the British media.

The coverage has stretched across tabloids, broadsheets, radio and television. But the column inches have not been tucked away in sombre business sections; rather, attention has focused on the back pages.

With the English football season enjoying its summer break, scribes turn their attention to the transfer market – who is buying whom and spending what. And Manchester City, the club bought by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan last year, has been on a shopping spree that has eclipsed the elite of the English Premiership.