Do you have the date of the game please pal?Girona are heading to Boundary Park to face us in a friendly if it's of any interest to you guys. I'd imagine there'll be a few familiar faces in terms of loanees at Girona and they'll probably appreciate the added numbers in the away end (as we would for our own coffers, obviously...)
I don't get the feeling anyway that City want to try and turn Girona into a La Liga powerhouse, more a place in which we can use to send promising youngsters from the academy and players coming from South America who might not necessarily be ready or available for a British work permit.
As long as we can keep the club alive and competitive in La Liga I think everyone will be satisfied.
Exactly this. Under no circumstances would we want to turn them into serious contenders... because then our 7 or 8 kids wouldn't be able to get a game, defeating the point!I don't get the feeling anyway that City want to try and turn Girona into a La Liga powerhouse, more a place in which we can use to send promising youngsters from the academy and players coming from South America who might not necessarily be ready or available for a British work permit.
As long as we can keep the club alive and competitive in La Liga I think everyone will be satisfied.
I hope Red Bull buy the Rags and change their name to Manchester Red Bulls - that would be priceless.
Exactly this. Under no circumstances would we want to turn them into serious contenders... because then our 7 or 8 kids wouldn't be able to get a game, defeating the point!
Girona will (hopefully) have a reserve team in Segunda in 2 years, it will allow to move players between divisions to offer them better practice. It's impossible to stay in La Liga regularly playing 7 youngsters.well, shouldn't the kids hopefully end up good enough to put them there anyway?
That should be the calibre. If it's a team of 7 or 8 kids they should be getting to a level where they're challenging which would show they're good enough for us.
Girona will (hopefully) have a reserve team in Segunda in 2 years, it will allow to move players between divisions to offer them better practice. It's impossible to stay in La Liga regularly playing 7 youngsters.
As I assume, there's no such rule. What's prohibited is having 2 teams in one competition (CL for example) for obvious reasons (matchfixing etc). Another problem is that a controlling entity in attempt to avoid such interference can secretly ask one of the clubs to play worse, missing European qualification.Just out of curiosity, why are there such rules of a company not being able to control 2 clubs in Europe?
Oh right I misunderstood thank youAs I assume, there's no such rule. What's prohibited is having 2 teams in one competition (CL for example) for obvious reasons.
Correct :-) Now we just need to make sure Girona and Breda in Holland stay up and establish themselves in their respective leagues.Guess we don't have to worry about our loans getting playing time in a decent league.
No one can own majority stakes in more than one club in the same competition. Of course, there is the possibility of City and Girona meeting in European competition later down the line. I imagine City Football Group will buy a minority stake 40-ish%, with Pere Guardiola's agency, Media Base, buying up the majority sharehold.Just out of curiosity, why are there such rules of a company not being able to control 2 clubs in Europe?
Just heard we are resigning Caceido from Espanyol for 3m Euros and he's going straight to Girona.
Just heard we are resigning Caceido from Espanyol for 3m Euros and he's going straight to Girona.