George Osborne pledges £50m to make England football team ‘best in the world’

George Osborne has pledged £50m of Government funding to promote grass-roots football, in a move he said would make England’s national team “the best in the world”.

The Chancellor unveiled the funds as he hailed Abu Dhabi’s commitment to investing in the UK at the opening of a new £150m football academy by Manchester City Football Club.

He said the decision of the leading Abu Dhabi royal Sheikh Mansour to invest in the city ahead of other destinations was a “massive vote of confidence in the UK” .... http://www.telegraph.co.uk