CFG Expansion | Başakşehir to join? (p70)

drambrosini said:
hey there, lads! I am a Bahia supporter and I've just found out this forum when searching for information about the purchase of my club by CFG.
first of all, these are not official numbers just yet. the deal is not yet finalized and, for now, all we have on the terms of the deal is sheer speculation. but, to be fair, I believe these figures are at least somewhat close to the truth.
so, what's so special about Bahia? first of all, we are a brazilian club, and I don't think I need to remind you that Brazil is probably the world's biggest hotbed of footballing talent. therefore, by owning a club in Brazil, CFG will invest heavily in developing players to either play for its top clubs or sell for big profits.
besides that, there's also a lot of potential to make money in the brazilian league as well, which is already one of the top ten leagues in the world and will probably grow in importance in the next few years, specially if the movement to establish a sort of local equivalent of the Premier League works out. I'll link a piece of The Athletic on that topic so that you can read more about it.

https://theathletic.com/3316311/202...-in-chains-is-this-its-premier-league-moment/

as for Bahia itself, we are a sort of a sleeping giant club, very traditional and with lots of history, twice brazilian champions, even though our last national trophy was a long time ago, in 1988, and we were relegated from the top flight last year, and now find ourselves in a promotion spot in the second tier.
we have a huge and very faithful fanbase, located in a large metropolitan area of around 4 million people. we play in a 2014 World Cup stadium, with around 30,000 season ticket holders. our youth and training facilities are also top notch, one of the best in the country.
we are very confident that the arrival of CFG will help us grow the club into becoming one of the biggest contenders in brazilian football, and probably the second most important club in the conglomerate, after Man City. we are pretty much looking forward for it :-)
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Great info and welcome to the forum!!
 
domalino said:
There's 250,000,000 people in Brazil and half a billion in South America and a lot of them are football mad and watch Brasilian Serie A and the copa Libertadores.

The commercial power of these Brazilian clubs is massive compared to Palermo, or Troyes.
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fair enough mate, just seemed alot for the deals the CFG normally do?
 
domalino said:
There's 250,000,000 people in Brazil and half a billion in South America and a lot of them are football mad and watch Brasilian Serie A and the copa Libertadores.

The commercial power of these Brazilian clubs is massive compared to Palermo, or Troyes.
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I believe a lot of Brazilian clubs are owned by very wealthy business people as opposed to certain European leagues and I also think they will be in almost oligopolistic in there respective industries could be a very useful way to meet new sponsors etc
 
WRicko said:
I believe a lot of Brazilian clubs are owned by very wealthy business people as opposed to certain European leagues and I also think they will be in almost oligopolistic in there respective industries could be a very useful way to meet new sponsors etc
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oligopolistic : a new word for the forum congratulations
 
Centurions said:
@drambrosini

Lovely stadium by the way, Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova. An unusual design, I've never seen a horseshoe shaped stadium with one end open to the sea. (the open end faces a large lake, not the sea)

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SALVADOR - Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova (47,907)

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it is a beautiful stadium, indeed.

just some trivia on the lake that you've mentioned. it is actually a man-made lake, it was built by the Dutch when they seized the city from the Portuguese during the colonial times, back in the 17th century.

after the being expelled from the region just a few years later, the Dutch never came back until 2014, when they got their revenge against not the Portuguese, but the Spanish, with Van Persie scoring that iconic diving header goal at the Arena Fonte Nova.
 
acton28 said:
Too much red in their shirts for a start. That being said, I dislike Esporte Clube Vitória.
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I totally get that from a Man City fan standpoint, LOL.

but if there's too much red in our three-coloured kit for you, maybe you will like our home kits better, which are pretty similar to the England national team kit, with a white shirt and blue shorts :-D
 
drambrosini said:
hey there, lads! I am a Bahia supporter and I've just found out this forum when searching for information about the purchase of my club by CFG.
first of all, these are not official numbers just yet. the deal is not yet finalized and, for now, all we have on the terms of the deal is sheer speculation. but, to be fair, I believe these figures are at least somewhat close to the truth.
so, what's so special about Bahia? first of all, we are a brazilian club, and I don't think I need to remind you that Brazil is probably the world's biggest hotbed of footballing talent. therefore, by owning a club in Brazil, CFG will invest heavily in developing players to either play for its top clubs or sell for big profits.
besides that, there's also a lot of potential to make money in the brazilian league as well, which is already one of the top ten leagues in the world and will probably grow in importance in the next few years, specially if the movement to establish a sort of local equivalent of the Premier League works out. I'll link a piece of The Athletic on that topic so that you can read more about it.

https://theathletic.com/3316311/202...-in-chains-is-this-its-premier-league-moment/

as for Bahia itself, we are a sort of a sleeping giant club, very traditional and with lots of history, twice brazilian champions, even though our last national trophy was a long time ago, in 1988, and we were relegated from the top flight last year, and now find ourselves in a promotion spot in the second tier.
we have a huge and very faithful fanbase, located in a large metropolitan area of around 4 million people. we play in a 2014 World Cup stadium, with around 30,000 season ticket holders. our youth and training facilities are also top notch, one of the best in the country.
we are very confident that the arrival of CFG will help us grow the club into becoming one of the biggest contenders in brazilian football, and probably the second most important club in the conglomerate, after Man City. we are pretty much looking forward for it :-)
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That’s very interesting. Thank you for taking the time to inform us.

And welcome to Bluemoon.
 
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