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Interesting article about the Gulf powers. Vaguely related to football but has a much broader scope

http://www.josimar.no/artikler/the-men-behind-manchester-city-the-dark-side/5040/

The ruler of Abu Dhabi, Mohamed bin Zayed (MBZ), and the ruler of Saudi Arabia, Mohamed bin Salman (MBS), are the Gulfs gruesome twosome, and the architects of various harebrained schemes designed to get the upper hand on Qatar. Take, for example, what the auctioneers Christies described as a historic night in New York in November 2017, when representatives of the Saudi crown prince paid a world-record $450 million for a Leonardo da Vinci painting, Salvatore Mundi. Christies proclaimed that the stunning price reflects the extreme rarity of paintings by Leonardo da Vinci, but a more amusing theory later emerged.

According to a source close to the Emirati leader [MBZ], MBS only paid so much for the painting valued at $80 million because he thought he was bidding against Qatar. It turns out he was bidding against MBZ, who also thought he was bidding against Qatar. When the Sheikhs realised their error, they swapped the painting for one of MBZs yachts, and that is why an overpriced picture of Jesus is now one of the main attractions for visitors to the Louvre Abu Dhabi.

I've never wanted a news story to be true more than this, lmao
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