City Football Group (CFG) buy into Chinese club Sichuan Jiuniu FC (from Chengdu)

[dachoosen1]

Are we getting/had already got a club in China? Any development on Toulouse? Would be a great league to bring through potential players.

 

[bluebanana83]

Are we getting/had already got a club in China? Any development on Toulouse? Would be a great league to bring through potential players.

Munchen 1860 would be a great team to invest in. Currently in Liga 3 in Germany and by all accounts are a massive team who need investment. Could do a Girona with them. Plus they play in sky blue.

 

[Vienna_70]

Munchen 1860 would be a great team to invest in. Currently in Liga 3 in Germany and by all accounts are a massive team who need investment. Could do a Girona with them. Plus they play in sky blue.

And it would royally piss off the German rags if we were to invest in their city rivals.

 

[kun]

City are only a minority shareholder in girona though

Did you not read my second sentence?

 

[domalino]

Munchen 1860 would be a great team to invest in. Currently in Liga 3 in Germany and by all accounts are a massive team who need investment. Could do a Girona with them. Plus they play in sky blue.

And it would royally piss off the German rags if we were to invest in their city rivals.

We'd do well to steer clear of Germany, they are militant about the 50+1 rule meaning fans must own 51% of a club and anyone who breaks it, like RB Leipzig gets constant dogs abuse, boycotts, fans attacked, protests - not the visuals CFG want.

Plus pissing off the likes of Hoeness, Rummenigge etc. would be a quick way to bring a lot of pressure from the old boys network at UEFA.

 

[kun]

We'd do well to steer clear of Germany, they are militant about the 50+1 rule meaning fans must own 51% of a club and anyone who breaks it, like RB Leipzig gets constant dogs abuse, boycotts, fans attacked, protests - not the visuals CFG want.

Plus pissing off the likes of Hoeness, Rummenigge etc. would be a quick way to bring a lot of pressure from the old boys network at UEFA.

We could invest in a minority share like Yokohama. 20% 30% or so

 

[shakeyboy]

We'd do well to steer clear of Germany, they are militant about the 50+1 rule meaning fans must own 51% of a club and anyone who breaks it, like RB Leipzig gets constant dogs abuse, boycotts, fans attacked, protests - not the visuals CFG want.

Plus pissing off the likes of Hoeness, Rummenigge etc. would be a quick way to bring a lot of pressure from the old boys network at UEFA.

If memory serves me correctly 1860 are actually 60% owned by an individual (can't remember who) who came in after they were close to folding in the very recent past. I think he is a middle eastern guy from Israel or Jordan or something. I believe they circumvent the rules by only allowing the owner to have 49% of the voting rights even though he really owns 60%. Something along those lines.

I think RB Leipzig among others have proved that the DFB will ultimately allow the rules to be bent/broken with their permission given certain circumstances. Whether the City Football Group and DFB would be able to come to an arrangement both parties deem favourable regarding investment/takeover in an existing club remains to be seen. But RB had a bit of a perfect storm to create the new team the way they did so I can't see anything like that ever happening again.

Personally, I'd love to see a German team in the CFG as I am a fan of German Football and believe it's a fantastic producer of talented, technical, intelligent footballers. And let's face it German youth football is so strong that any footprint City can have on the ground over there would be a massive advantage.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Munchen 1860 would be a great team to invest in. Currently in Liga 3 in Germany and by all accounts are a massive team who need investment. Could do a Girona with them. Plus they play in sky blue.

This would be great. Their fans treated us Royally in Munich when we played Bayern. They got more than 50,000 for a Bundesliga 2 match. They are the true community club in Munich. It would piss off the crooked fraudsters at Bayern so much.

 

[aguero93:20]

City youngster Ed Francis is set to move to Dutch second tier side Almere City FC next season. A club founded only 17 years ago, currently with a small fanbase. This is their crest, as of 2010:

Possible CFG addition?

They huurt him with a van? Bastards.

 

[Silva Citizen]

We'd do well to steer clear of Germany, they are militant about the 50+1 rule meaning fans must own 51% of a club and anyone who breaks it, like RB Leipzig gets constant dogs abuse, boycotts, fans attacked, protests - not the visuals CFG want.

Plus pissing off the likes of Hoeness, Rummenigge etc. would be a quick way to bring a lot of pressure from the old boys network at UEFA.

Pissing off Runnenigge is a reason to do it !!