Tal Ben Haim is confident of his future at Manchester City - despite the Abu Dhabi United takeover.

"I don't think it should be a problem," Israel international Ben Haim told The Guardian. "I have just left a club that has a Jewish owner. Now I'm playing a club that has Arab owners.

"But we're talking about professional football here. If I'm playing well I should be in the team. If I'm not, I won't.

"It's a professional club and I don't see it making any difference. It shouldn't have any influence on my career whatsoever.

"The important thing for me is that I have the opportunity to start playing football regularly again.

"I'm enjoying myself at City and I want to make up for lost time because, at Chelsea, I was denied that chance. That was very difficult for me but I want to look forward rather than back. So Chelsea is history to me. City is all that matters."