In 2012, Ferran Soriano was appointed as Manchester City CEO and within the first two years of his tenure, he'd cut the club's losses in half. In his nine years at the helm, he's been instrumental in appointing Manuel Pellegrini and Pep Guardiola.
Recently, however, Soriano came under some severe backlash from Manchester City fans for his involvement in the European Super League. Since then, the CEO has sent a public email to supporters to apologise for his decisions.
Soriano, despite rumours of his job being under threat, was forgiven by colleagues for his 'lack of communication' and ever since, his hugely successful idea of the City Football Group has grown the club's profile exponentially.
But in some related news, first reported by Tariq Panja of the New York Times, Soriano did, in fact, pull out of the European Club Association board on Monday night, with Tottenham’s Daniel Levy getting a seat.
The City chief left when it became clear Levy was preferred by most members.
According to Simon Stone of the BBC, Soriano will be an 'observer' until the next seat at the European Club Association board becomes available.
Formerly of Barcelona, Soriano was credited as the driving force behind attracting Pep Guardiola to the Etihad Stadium.
Now the CEO of both New York City FC and Melbourne City FC as well as Manchester City, Soriano will be focussing on growing the CFG even further.
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