Steaua Bucureşti: "Here's the thing @ManCity fans! You support a club bought with oil money made illegally! You have no history! You just have money!"

From the [FC Steaua București Wikipedia article](FC_Steaua_București):

In January 2003, the club turned public, under the leadership of investor and current politician George Becali, who had already purchased 51% of the society's shares and later on acquired the rest to become owner of the club. At present Becali has no official link to the club, as he gradually renounced his shares. However, the facts that the current shareholders, that include several nephews of his,[46] are people loyal to him and that he is still in charge of Steaua are obvious.[47] An unofficial explanation for this situation is represented by the heavy amount of unpaid taxes added up by the former governing company, AFC Steaua București, whose payment towards the tax authority was avoided this way by transferring its assets to the new-formed company, with the old association going on liquidation bankruptcy.[48] George Becali is currently a highly controversial person, whose involvement in the life of the club and the team has often been described as authoritarian and dictatorial by both the media and the fans.[49]

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