MCFC buy J league club Yokohama Marinos

[sam-caddick]

I was listening to Tim Vickery last night and he was explaining why there isn't any investors going into South American football and he mentioned that the clubs over there are social membership groups so it's almost impossible to invest.

This may be the reason for the hold up on any potential South American club joining CFG, you also have cater in the fact that South America has just as much of a rich tradition of football as us Europeans do so going in and looking for partnerships in particular with the intention of poaching talent and branding it around City may need a lot more convincing than developing football nations such as America, Australia, Japan, Korea and Malasia.

I think along with a potential European club we have looked to be interested in, I think any potential South American club will be viewed more as a partnership instead of a takeover, a bit like what Chelsea have with Vitesse.

 

[GeekinGav]

i'm getting concerned with this 'us' nonsense. 'we' aren't doing shit.

 

[moomba]

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City Football Group (CFG) has formally launched City Football Japan (CFJ).

City Football Group (CFG), the global football organisation whose family of clubs and football-related businesses includes Manchester City FC, New York City FC, Melbourne City FC and a minority stake in Yokohama F· Marinos, has formally launched City Football Japan (CFJ), which has now begun operations.

CFG has also appointed Takao Toshishige as Managing Director of CFJ.

Based in Tokyo, CFJ, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of CFG, will oversee the Group’s commercial operations in Japan and work closely with the Yokohama F· Marinos.

Takao Toshishige brings a wealth of experience to his new role. Prior to joining CFJ, he was Senior Director at Rakuten Inc. and served also as a Director at Crimson Football Club Inc. Before his role at Rakuten, he worked at the Industrial Bank of Japan, Ltd. (now, Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.).

Ferran Soriano, Chief Executive of City Football Group, said: "We are growing and developing a long-term presence in Japan.


"Creating City Football Japan will give us an opportunity to strengthen further our relationships with Nissan and with our colleagues at Yokohama F· Marinos, and help to support and develop Japanese football.

"It will also allow us to pursue greater commercial opportunities in Japan."

Takao Toshishige, Managing Director of City Football Japan, added: “Creating City Football Japan is a huge opportunity to showcase City Football’s unique proposition in global football.

"We are confident that we can work closely with Japanese businesses which want to reach both domestic and international audiences to promote their brands.

"I am very honoured to have the opportunity to work closely with City Football Group as we evolve our business in Japan."

Toshishige-San will also work closely with Jorge Chumillas, Chief Finance Office of City Football Group, who sits on the Yokohama F· Marinos Board.

City Football Group’s headquarters are in Manchester and it has offices in Abu Dhabi, London, New York, Melbourne and now in Tokyo.

 

[moomba]

Could be a step towards increasing the stake in Marinos if J-League rules on ownership are changed.

 

[blueinsa]

http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/Club-news/2015/March/City-Football-Japan-3001

City Football Group (CFG) has formally launched City Football Japan (CFJ).

City Football Group (CFG), the global football organisation whose family of clubs and football-related businesses includes Manchester City FC, New York City FC, Melbourne City FC and a minority stake in Yokohama F· Marinos, has formally launched City Football Japan (CFJ), which has now begun operations.

CFG has also appointed Takao Toshishige as Managing Director of CFJ.

Based in Tokyo, CFJ, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of CFG, will oversee the Group’s commercial operations in Japan and work closely with the Yokohama F· Marinos.

Takao Toshishige brings a wealth of experience to his new role. Prior to joining CFJ, he was Senior Director at Rakuten Inc. and served also as a Director at Crimson Football Club Inc. Before his role at Rakuten, he worked at the Industrial Bank of Japan, Ltd. (now, Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.).

Ferran Soriano, Chief Executive of City Football Group, said: "We are growing and developing a long-term presence in Japan.


"Creating City Football Japan will give us an opportunity to strengthen further our relationships with Nissan and with our colleagues at Yokohama F· Marinos, and help to support and develop Japanese football.

"It will also allow us to pursue greater commercial opportunities in Japan."

Takao Toshishige, Managing Director of City Football Japan, added: “Creating City Football Japan is a huge opportunity to showcase City Football’s unique proposition in global football.

"We are confident that we can work closely with Japanese businesses which want to reach both domestic and international audiences to promote their brands.

"I am very honoured to have the opportunity to work closely with City Football Group as we evolve our business in Japan."

Toshishige-San will also work closely with Jorge Chumillas, Chief Finance Office of City Football Group, who sits on the Yokohama F· Marinos Board.

City Football Group’s headquarters are in Manchester and it has offices in Abu Dhabi, London, New York, Melbourne and now in Tokyo.

The footballing world is sleepwalking whilst we go about our business building something incredibly special.

 

[moomba]

Marinos played their first game this morning and were pretty much woeful. Lost 1-3 at home against Kawasaki Frontale.

I know they've got a lot of injuries but not a good start. No significant transfer activity in the off season either, which I guess is down to CFG only holding a minority stake in the club.

 

[SPIDERBOY]

Couple of weeks old this,anyone know anything?

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[oakiecokie]

UAE’s Deputy Prime Minister to Invest in Korean Soccer League

Posted February 16th, 2015
by STEVE HAN | @steve_han
steve@iamkoream.com
Emirati billionaire Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, commonly known as Sheikh Mansour, is holding talks with a South Korean conglomerate in an effort to expand his investments in professional soccer to the Korean peninsula, according to South Korean daily Segye Ilbo.
Sheikh Mansour, the deputy prime minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is often referred to as the richest man in world soccer. He currently owns Manchester City, the English Premier League team, and has overseen its tremendous transformation into one of the world’s wealthiest teams since he purchased the club in 2008.
Now, Sheikh Mansour has reportedly been discussing a possibility in claiming a stake in a team included in the K League, South Korea’s professional soccer league. According to the Segye Ilbo, the 44-year-old petroleum tycoon has sent officials from Manchester City to South Korea to meet with Kang Ho-chan, the president of Nexen Tire, with the hopes of owning a majority share of a K League team.
The details of Sheikh Mansour’s possible investment is still under wraps, but Segye Ilbo‘s report hints that the ongoing discussions entail a potential partnership between Manchester City and Nexen Tire that would then purchase a share of an existing K League team.
The K League team Sheikh Mansour plans to purchase could be be his fifth venture in professional soccer. Manchester City has won two Premier League titles ever since Sheikh Mansour’s acquired ownership of the once struggling English team seven years ago. After seeing his investment pay off, the deputy prime minister of the UAE has since purchased 80 percent of the New York City FC and Australia’s Melbourne City FC, respectively, as well as 20 percent of Japan’s Yokohama Mariners.
If Sheikh Mansour’s deal to acquire a K League team comes to fruition, it’s possible that he could invest millions of dollars in a league that is currently deprived of financial resources to keep its star players. Many of South Korea’s key players on its national team have been signed by the more glamorous European clubs over the last decade. In recent years, even wealthier teams in neighboring China and oil-rich Middle Eastern teams have poached K League’s premier talents.
Case in point, only six players from South Korea’s 23-man roster at last year’s World Cup was playing in the domestic K League. One of those six players, forward Lee Keun-ho, who notched one goal and one assist in three games at the World Cup, has signed a lucrative deal with El Jaish in Qatar after the tournament.
It is believed that the motivation behind Sheikh Mansour’s strategy to tackle the Korean market stems from the substantial economic and marketing benefits Manchester City’s rival Manchester United reaped between 2005 and 2012. During those years, Manchester United won four English titles and two European championships with South Korean midfielder Park Ji-sung playing an integral part of the team’s success, scoring 27 goals in more than 200 games. Off the field, Manchester United capitalized on Park’s marketability in Korea with television rights, merchandise sales and also by allowing him to host a tour game in 2009 in Seoul.
Sheikh Mansour is the half brother of UAE’s current president, Sheikh Khalifa, and is the minister of presidential affairs and the chairman of private equity firm Abu Dhabi United Group.

 

[SPIDERBOY]

UAE’s Deputy Prime Minister to Invest in Korean Soccer League

Posted February 16th, 2015
by STEVE HAN | @steve_han
steve@iamkoream.com
Emirati billionaire Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, commonly known as Sheikh Mansour, is holding talks with a South Korean conglomerate in an effort to expand his investments in professional soccer to the Korean peninsula, according to South Korean daily Segye Ilbo.
Sheikh Mansour, the deputy prime minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is often referred to as the richest man in world soccer. He currently owns Manchester City, the English Premier League team, and has overseen its tremendous transformation into one of the world’s wealthiest teams since he purchased the club in 2008.
Now, Sheikh Mansour has reportedly been discussing a possibility in claiming a stake in a team included in the K League, South Korea’s professional soccer league. According to the Segye Ilbo, the 44-year-old petroleum tycoon has sent officials from Manchester City to South Korea to meet with Kang Ho-chan, the president of Nexen Tire, with the hopes of owning a majority share of a K League team.
The details of Sheikh Mansour’s possible investment is still under wraps, but Segye Ilbo‘s report hints that the ongoing discussions entail a potential partnership between Manchester City and Nexen Tire that would then purchase a share of an existing K League team.
The K League team Sheikh Mansour plans to purchase could be be his fifth venture in professional soccer. Manchester City has won two Premier League titles ever since Sheikh Mansour’s acquired ownership of the once struggling English team seven years ago. After seeing his investment pay off, the deputy prime minister of the UAE has since purchased 80 percent of the New York City FC and Australia’s Melbourne City FC, respectively, as well as 20 percent of Japan’s Yokohama Mariners.
If Sheikh Mansour’s deal to acquire a K League team comes to fruition, it’s possible that he could invest millions of dollars in a league that is currently deprived of financial resources to keep its star players. Many of South Korea’s key players on its national team have been signed by the more glamorous European clubs over the last decade. In recent years, even wealthier teams in neighboring China and oil-rich Middle Eastern teams have poached K League’s premier talents.
Case in point, only six players from South Korea’s 23-man roster at last year’s World Cup was playing in the domestic K League. One of those six players, forward Lee Keun-ho, who notched one goal and one assist in three games at the World Cup, has signed a lucrative deal with El Jaish in Qatar after the tournament.
It is believed that the motivation behind Sheikh Mansour’s strategy to tackle the Korean market stems from the substantial economic and marketing benefits Manchester City’s rival Manchester United reaped between 2005 and 2012. During those years, Manchester United won four English titles and two European championships with South Korean midfielder Park Ji-sung playing an integral part of the team’s success, scoring 27 goals in more than 200 games. Off the field, Manchester United capitalized on Park’s marketability in Korea with television rights, merchandise sales and also by allowing him to host a tour game in 2009 in Seoul.
Sheikh Mansour is the half brother of UAE’s current president, Sheikh Khalifa, and is the minister of presidential affairs and the chairman of private equity firm Abu Dhabi United Group.

Sorry mate

 

[I'm With Stupid]

It is believed that the motivation behind Sheikh Mansour’s strategy to tackle the Korean market stems from the substantial economic and marketing benefits Manchester City’s rival Manchester United reaped between 2005 and 2012. During those years, Manchester United won four English titles and two European championships with South Korean midfielder Park Ji-sung playing an integral part of the team’s success, scoring 27 goals in more than 200 games.

That's pushing it a bit.