BlueDejong
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What is FFP? Now Japan.
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MCFC buy J league club Yokohama Marinos
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What is FFP? Now Japan.
without a dream
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Will they not be in a continental competition with Melbourne Heart if they're both successful? I thought that wasn't allowed
Full story below from the Nissan site (link here - <a class="postlink" href="http://www.nissan-global.com/EN/NEWS/2014/_STORY/140520-01-e.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.nissan-global.com/EN/NEWS/20 ... -01-e.html</a>):
From the highlighted sentence, we'd now appear to have an answer to the question raised in the thread asking what significance there might be behind Nissan perimeter advertising at the Etihad Stadium recently.
May 20, 2014
NISSAN AND YOKOHAMA F • MARINOS SEAL PARTNERSHIP
WITH CITY FOOTBALL GROUP
PARTNERS UNVEIL NEW VISION OF GROWTH FOR YOKOHAMA F•MARINOS
(YOKOHAMA, Japan. May 20th 2014) - Nissan Motor Co. today announced a partnership with City Football Group (CFG) which will see the global football network become a minority shareholder of the Yokohama F • Marinos (YF Marinos). The deal represents the first significant foreign investment in a J-League soccer club and has been designed to create new global opportunities for the YF Marinos and Japanese soccer talent.
The deal will see CFG collaborate with YF Marinos, exposing them to a world-class soccer infrastructure and network not seen before in the J-League but that has achieved popular acclaim and real success with teams like Manchester City FC, recently crowned Premier League Champions for the second time in three seasons.
“The YF Marinos is an excellent soccer club with a rich history which has grown hand in hand with Nissan. Together we see opportunities that CFG's global soccer infrastructure will bring to the club and the excitement it will bring to the fans," said Carlos Ghosn, Nissan President and CEO. “This partnership will contribute to the growth of the club, the club's hometown and Japanese soccer."
“We're thrilled to be able to play a role in investing and building on the ongoing success of YF Marinos," said Ferran Soriano, CEO, City Football Group. “We are proud to offer a collaborative and integrated approach to the football, marketing, media and commercial development of all the clubs in the City family. At the same time, we are proud that each of our clubs is firmly rooted and invested in its local community as well as connected and engaged with its supporter base. We are very much looking forward to starting our collaboration."
The globally innovative partnership between business and sport will provide the four times Asia champions, and three times J-league champions, in-depth knowledge and experience across the CFG global network which consists of the new Barclays Premier League Champions Manchester City with its senior, youth and women's teams, Melbourne Heart and New York City Football Club. In forming this partnership, YF Marinos will gain unrivalled access to CFG's training methods, medical care, sport science, team management and coaching know-how, providing a motivational draw for young Japanese players and placing the club in pole position to support the national team efforts of creating a world-class team for the future.
Akira Kaetsu, YF Marinos President commented, “this collaboration presents a fantastic opportunity to boost the support and growth of our club, not only in the community through youth sport investment and increased attendance, but also internationally by attracting more sponsors and supporting the national team efforts. Over the last four years we have undergone significant reform within the club with the clear goal of becoming a leading club in Japan and we have achieved our target successfully. Now, alongside CFG we look forward to building on that foundation to take YF Marinos into the wider Asian and World arenas."
YF Marinos has already established an impressive contribution to the national team with 16 players from YF Marinos having played for Japan since 1999 and with Manabu Saito recently being confirmed as part of the national team for this summer's tournament. This new collaboration will bring operational excellence to support the growth of YF Marinos and Japanese football providing the support to recruit, develop, train and grow.
As a global brand, Nissan stands for innovation to excite their consumer, a brand essence shared by City Football Group. With this shared purpose the two partners will explore further global joint opportunities in the coming months.
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From the highlighted sentence, we'd now appear to have an answer to the question raised in the thread asking what significance there might be behind Nissan perimeter advertising at the Etihad Stadium recently.
without a dream said:Will they not be in a continental competition with Melbourne Heart if they're both successful? I thought that wasn't allowed
Presumably this is why we're going to be a minority shareholder and strategic partner rather than a majority shareholder or outright owner.
Keith Moon
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So here's the explanation to the Nissan ads at the West Ham game..
About half an hour ago I was explaining to an egg-chaser colleague that City were now part of a global group including NYCFC and Melbourne Heart, and that we'd probably be looking at investing in a club in Asia soon. How coincidental.
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without a dream said:Will they not be in a continental competition with Melbourne Heart if they're both successful? I thought that wasn't allowed
Red Bull own both Salzburg and Leipzig, so it appears it is ok, However expect retrospective action.
Fortunately for us though UEFA have fuck all clout in Asia.
Don't the Udinese owners also own Watford?petrusha said:Presumably this is why we're going to be a minority shareholder and strategic partner rather than a majority shareholder or outright owner.without a dream said:Will they not be in a continental competition with Melbourne Heart if they're both successful? I thought that wasn't allowed
Surely they're in the same situation?
kenzie115 said:Don't the Udinese owners also own Watford?petrusha said:Presumably this is why we're going to be a minority shareholder and strategic partner rather than a majority shareholder or outright owner.without a dream said:Will they not be in a continental competition with Melbourne Heart if they're both successful? I thought that wasn't allowed
Surely they're in the same situation?
I'd presume that we have the ambition for both of our partner clubs to be taking part in the Asian Champions League, whereas the European equivalent would seem a pretty remote prospect for Watford and RB Leipzig have only just been promoted to the second tier in Germany so they're a fair way from the CL, too.