It would have been a major surprise had they not got this. In the most polite way, King Power have repeatedly proved themselves to be highly effective at managing the political situation in Thailand.
That said, this secures their main cash cow for another decade which means that the family empire will continue to grow at an astonishing rate. Top and family have the spare cash to do whatever the heck they want.
After subsidising our growth from 2010 to 2014 to the tune of over £100m, the club have paid them back many times over since. Not just in terms of the title win, but the value of the club is now over £600m so it has proved to be an extremely profitable investment. How much their promotion of their brand has been helped by the association with City is also interesting. I would suggest that this alone has been worth many £100s of millions to them.
The adage that it's easy to make money when you've got money has proved itself to be true in this case. It would be nice if the owners put some money in this summer to help secure the current squad by adding some quality to it. If we sign Tielemans, it will be a promising start.
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