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Man Utd block Man City film crew

By AFP
07 December 2017   |   3:21 pm
Manchester United have refused Manchester City's request to bring their own camera crew into the away dressing room at Old Trafford for Sunday's blockbuster Premier League clash, reports said Thursday.

(2nd row from L) Manchester United’s goalkeeper from Spain David De Gea, Manchester United’s forward from Belgium Romelu Lukaku, Manchester United’s defender from England Chris Smalling, Manchester United’s midfielder from Serbia Nemanja Matic, Manchester United’s defender from Ivory Coast Eric Bailly, Manchester United’s forward from France Anthony Martial, (front row from L) Manchester United’s midfielder from Armenia Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Manchester United’s midfielder from Spain Ander Herrera, Manchester United’s midfielder from England Ashley Young, Manchester United’s defender from Netherlands Daley Blind and Manchester United’s defender from Sweden Victor Nilsson-Lindelof pose for a team picture prior to the UEFA Champions League Group A football match between PFC CSKA Moscow and Manchester United FC in Moscow on September 27, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Yuri KADOBNOV

Manchester United have refused Manchester City’s request to bring their own camera crew into the away dressing room at Old Trafford for Sunday’s blockbuster Premier League clash, reports said Thursday.

The move could add spice to a match that Jose Mourinho’s United dare not lose if they are to retain any realistic hope of reeling in Pep Guardiola’s flying side, eight points clear at the top of the table.

Amazon are following City for a behind-the-scenes documentary about the club’s 2017-18 campaign, which will be screened next year as part of a reported £10 million ($13 million, 11.4 million euros) deal.

Britain’s Times newspaper said City were understood to have made a formal request to United and the Premier League for the Amazon crew to be given access to the tunnel area and away dressing room at Old Trafford, but it had been denied due to insufficient space.

According to the report, United have granted permission for a pitch-side camera to film the warm-up.

The Times said United’s stance would be welcomed by the Premier League’s existing rights-holders, including Sky Sports and BT Sport, who have reportedly privately expressed irritation at the access City are granting to a commercial rival.

Amazon are muscling into sports broadcasting, recently winning the UK rights to show the US Open tennis and ATP Tour and sparking concerns among the established broadcasters that the Premier League may be in their sights.

The American tech giant has already produced two series of a documentary programme called “All Or Nothing”, which follows the fortunes of NFL teams the Arizona Cardinals and Los Angeles Rams.

In October, Italian giants Juventus announced they will feature in a four-part documentary series produced by Netflix in 2018.

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