曼城主席亚历克斯·威克姆·哈尔杜恩·穆巴拉克（Alex Wickham Khaldoon Al Mubarak）会见了一位英国高级部长，讨论了阿联酋在英国的投资，几天前，该足球俱乐部被判违反财务规则。
Al Mubarak, the Manchester City chairman, met a senior UK minister to discuss the United Arab Emirates’ investments in Britain days before news emerged that the football club had been found guilty of breaching financial rules.
穆巴拉克于9月9日会见了商务部长乔纳森·雷诺兹据知情英国官员透露，他以阿布扎比主权财富基金穆巴达拉投资公司PJSC首席执行官的身份14。
Al Mubarak met Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds on Sept. 14 in his capacity as chief executive officer of Mubadala Investment Company PJSC, the Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund, according to British officials familiar with the matter.
知情人士称，两人当天在唐宁街举行了私人会议。知情人士表示，穆巴拉克没有提出曼城的案件，而是谈到了阿联酋当前和未来对英国的投资，涵盖国防、安全、情报和贸易，但在讨论私人信息时要求不透露姓名。英国政府发言人拒绝发表评论。
The pair held a private meeting in Downing Street on that date, the people said. Al Mubarak did not raise Manchester City’s case, but instead talked about current and future UAE investment in Britain spanning defense, security, intelligence and trade, the people said, asking not to be named discussing private information. A spokesperson for the UK government declined to comment.
穆巴达拉的发言人表示：“作为2021年3月与格里姆斯通勋爵签署的富有成效的英国-阿联酋投资伙伴关系的阿联酋签署国，穆巴拉克先生多年来当然一直与英国政府和企业代表进行定期对话。”九月29日，英超联赛表示，曼城人为地将其资产负债表增加了9亿多英镑（12亿美元），俱乐部犯有与严重违反财务规则有关的所有指控。
A spokesperson for Mubadala said: “As the UAE signatory to the productive UK-UAE Investment Partnership with Lord Grimstone in March of 2021, Mr. Al Mubarak has of course been in regular dialogue over many years with UK government and business representatives.”On Sept. 29, the Premier League said Manchester City artificially boosted its balance sheet by more than £900 million ($1.2 billion), with the club guilty of all charges related to serious breaches of financial rules.
英国政府一直在接受立法者对其与曼城老板关系的审查。英国首相安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）面临批评，包括来自他自己的部长和官员的批评，因为他公开表示曼城的阿布扎比老板不应该因为他们给英国带来的投资而被取消经营俱乐部的资格。
The UK government has been under scrutiny from lawmakers about its relationship with the Manchester City owners. Prime Minister Andy Burnham faced criticism, including from his own ministers and officials, after he publicly suggested Man City’s Abu Dhabi owners ought not to be disqualified from running the club because of the investment they bring to Britain.
周五早些时候，彭博社援引知情人士的消息称，阿联酋官员已警告英国政府，该裁决的严厉程度可能会削弱阿联酋未来对英国作出大规模投资承诺的意愿。上述人士表示，他们认为英超的行动会影响两国的双边关系，并在谈及未公开信息时要求匿名。
Earlier Friday, Bloomberg reported that Emirati officials have warned the UK government that the severity of the ruling could undermine their appetite for future grand-scale UK investment commitments, according to people familiar with the matter. They consider the Premier League’s actions to have an influence on the bilateral state relationship, the people said, asking not to be identified discussing undisclosed information.
资产规模达3850亿美元的穆巴达拉是阿联酋首都阿布扎比的三家主权财富基金之一，也是其中出手最为活跃的机构之一。该机构牵头了2021年与英国签署的主权投资伙伴关系项目，截至去年底，已向英国注资超过最初设想100亿英镑的两倍。
The $385 billion Mubadala is one of Abu Dhabi’s three wealth funds and among its most prolific spenders. The entity led the Sovereign Investment Partnership with the UK signed in 2021, which by the end of last year had channeled more than twice the £10 billion sum originally envisaged into the UK.
自2002年以来，穆巴达拉一直由阿尔·穆巴拉克领导。他在阿布扎比拥有相当大的影响力，是当地少数对阿联酋金融事务拥有影响力的非王室成员之一。他还协助监督阿联酋与英国、印度和中国等关键伙伴的关系，并曾接待俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京。
Al Mubarak, who’s led Mubadala since 2002, wields considerable heft within Abu Dhabi, where he is a rare non-royal with influence over the Emirates’ financial affairs. He also helps oversee the country’s relationships with key partners including the UK, India, and China, and has hosted Russian President Vladimir Putin.