Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan

They include the tallest building in the world.

The Burj Khalifa skyscraper was originally going to be called Burj Dubai, but the prestigious building had to be renamed after the ruler of Abu Dhabi, Sheik Khalifa.

The powerful neighbor helped Dubai out with an emergency loan in 2008.

The emirate, with relatively little oil, was on the verge of bankruptcy.

Sheikh Mansour is the brother of Sheikh Mohammed, who is the leader of Abu Dhabi and the Emirates.

He's also the brother of Sheikh Khalifa, who at the time the, of the purchase was the leader of the United Arab Emirates and Abu Dhabi.

Uh, we in the Middle East, in Abu Dhabi, we all understand that when a member of the royal family does something, that's the same thing as the government of the country doing something.

There isn't a reason, a separation in that kind of way.

I, I just wanna say, the idea that Sheikh Mansour privately owns the team, to me as someone who spent so much time in the UAE, is just a, a ridiculous idea.

For Sheikh Mansour to own something, like I was saying before, it's for Abu Dhabi to own it.

Sheikh Mansour is the brother of Sheikh Khalifa, who was the leader at the time of the purchase.

He's the brother of Sheikh Mohammed, who's the current leader, and he's also a government official.

Etihad Airways is owned by the same people who own Manchester City.

So, you know, it was founded by a royal decree by President Sheikh Khalifa, who's the half-brother of Sheikh Mansour, etc., etc., etc.

And, you know, I guess this just kind of exposes or I think underlines the interconnectedness of all the nodes here.

You know, it's like one of those...

And MBZ was, at that time, was the crown prince of the UAE.

He was-- Because his, his brother was the king, in a sense, the president of the UAE, uh, which is Khalifa.

Mm-hmm.

Khalifa bin Zayed.

Yeah.

Uh, Sheikh Zayed's son, elder, uh, elder son.