Gorton_Tubster
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- 2 Apr 2012
- Messages
- 19,032
- Location
- Riding the blue tidal wave.
- Team supported
- Manchester City
I think we're here to stay
"There’s no way City is a plaything or just a status symbol. It’s naive and ignorant to think so.
The sheik and his family set out to build a global football brand as a long term business plan.
They looked for a donor club on which to root it and build from, which ended up being Man City.
They called their holding company, Abu Dhabi United....and there was a lot of speculation about why they chose that name at the beginning.
Under their City Football Group, they’ve already launched New York (USA), Melbourne (Aus), Mumbai (India) and Montevideo (Uraguay) as “City” branded clubs and either own outright, or have a growing shareholding in clubs in China (Sichuan Jiuniu), Japan (Yokohama F Marinos), Spain (Girona), Belgium (Lommel SK) and France (Troyes).
Some of those clubs have Women’s teams as well.
They are also building state of the art football academies and centres of excellence in a couple of those countries, in order to capture and nurture top young talent from around the world.
They’ve established the “City brand” and CL titles will help cement their plan to become a powerhouse in world football.
It makes me sick, to be honest. If they succeed, they’ll not only be the richest, but their global following could end up being massive.
Nurse, Nurse get my pills...."
That's from sadcafé!
"There’s no way City is a plaything or just a status symbol. It’s naive and ignorant to think so.
The sheik and his family set out to build a global football brand as a long term business plan.
They looked for a donor club on which to root it and build from, which ended up being Man City.
They called their holding company, Abu Dhabi United....and there was a lot of speculation about why they chose that name at the beginning.
Under their City Football Group, they’ve already launched New York (USA), Melbourne (Aus), Mumbai (India) and Montevideo (Uraguay) as “City” branded clubs and either own outright, or have a growing shareholding in clubs in China (Sichuan Jiuniu), Japan (Yokohama F Marinos), Spain (Girona), Belgium (Lommel SK) and France (Troyes).
Some of those clubs have Women’s teams as well.
They are also building state of the art football academies and centres of excellence in a couple of those countries, in order to capture and nurture top young talent from around the world.
They’ve established the “City brand” and CL titles will help cement their plan to become a powerhouse in world football.
It makes me sick, to be honest. If they succeed, they’ll not only be the richest, but their global following could end up being massive.
Nurse, Nurse get my pills...."
That's from sadcafé!
