City enter partnership with Sporting CP (Lisbon)

[BlueDejong]

https://www.record.pt/futebol/futeb...-e-manchester-city?ref=HP_DestaquesPrincipais

https://www.record.pt/futebol/futeb...r-city?ref=Premium_1BucketDestaquesPrincipais

Looks great. Sporting CP is a jewel-like team with Europe's best scouting and youth academy.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Thinking these young overseas players in Portugal can be signed & loaned to them for a season or so while staying out of the media spotlight.

Also if our Spanish team goes down we've still got a top division outlet for our kids.

 

[Nebuchadnezzar]

Could certainly do worse than having a partnership with Sporting.

 

[Thomas Hearns]

Pardon my utter ignorance of Portuguese footy but are Sporting CP Sporting Lisbon ?

 

[Shrimp]

Pardon my utter ignorance of Portuguese footy but are Sporting CP Sporting Lisbon ?

Yes

 

[BlueDejong]

Pardon my utter ignorance of Portuguese footy but are Sporting CP Sporting Lisbon ?

Yeah

 

[BlueMoonz1977]

Interesting if true

http://sportwitness.co.uk/man-city-now-said-agreed-alliance-months-talks-soriano-begiristain/

 

[Barcon]

"Shared ownership"?

 

[Delphinho]

Looks weird to me that Sporting has agreed to this. Sounds like they will hand all their biggest talents to us, and we give them fringe players/players that are not good enough for us

 

[Mayor West]

Looks weird to me that Sporting has agreed to this. Sounds like they will hand all their biggest talents to us, and we give them fringe players/players that are not good enough for us

Not good enough for us but plenty good enough for them