This handout photo from the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Malaysia taken on May 23, 2019 and released on May 24, 2019 shows Youth and Sports Minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman and Manchester City's Spanish CEO Ferran Soriano posing for a picture with the English Premier League trophy in Putrajaya.
Syed Saddiq then announced that the interest of buying a club was one of the two initial plans discussed, besides a collaboration on the development of youth through the National Football Development Programme as well as Mokhtar Dahari Academy in Gambang. “HRH TMJ ... This is Ferran Soriano - City Football Group. Joan Laporta passed me your contact. I am leaving KL today on my way to New York. I will let you know when I am back in Malaysia and would be honoured to meet you.
On Friday, TMJ, who is also the chairman of the Malaysian Football League , posted a text he received from a person named Tincho 2 on his Instagram Story that according to Laporta, Soriano told him that they are not buying any clubs.