How Man City support has grown in Asia: from one extraordinary selfie to Blackpink and Erling Haaland

Player power can go a long way though, and while City did not have an Asian player at the time to boost their popularity they were given an unexpected spike when Sergio Aguero took part in what remains one of the most extraordinary selfies to have ever been taken – posing with then-UK prime minister David Cameron and still Chinese president Xi Jinping at the opening of the City Football Academy in Manchester. That one picture was more valuable than countless sponsorship deals for making City visible across Asia. A decade ago, City estimated that half of their 400 million…