COAT_OF_ARMS
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Black Aces refers to the card, they have a black Spade on the logo, as in the Ace of Spades
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Black Aces refers to the card, they have a black Spade on the logo, as in the Ace of Spades
BoyBlue_1985
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Still though ;)Black Aces refers to the card, they have a black Spade on the logo, as in the Ace of Spades
Why are they moving do not know about South African football or geography or anything but whilst I can understand moving to Cape Town where they are seems good. Would have thought there where rules against this and already clubs in Cape Town etc
Centurions
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Slightly contradictory maybe?Why are they moving do not know about South African football or geography or anything but whilst I can understand moving to Cape Town where they are seems good. Would have thought there where rules against this and already clubs in Cape Town etc
Slightly contradictory maybe?
What ?
S04
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Wouldn´t surprise me if this new owner have this idea of flipping the club to CFG.. Not sure CFG are willing to buy though, we are all so "asia" at the moment.
Wouldn´t surprise me if this new owner have this idea of flipping the club to CFG.. Not sure CFG are willing to buy though, we are all so "asia" at the moment.
I don't think so. This seems more like when that Indian team came to Manchester trying to buy into CFG - or like Pep's brother with Girona. In both of those clubs, the chairmen had no intention of selling more than a minority share to CFG (or nothing, in Girona's case) but were willing to offer CFG various benefits in the on-field department if they were allowed to keep control of the off-field matters. Bear in mind the guy who now owns this club already has history of doing this - he bought the club that is now Ajax Cape Town and let them implant their footprint on the club and name it, but it was 14 years before he actually sold the club to them, when his position there became untenable. I think he has every intention of remaining the owner and operator.
I don't think so. This seems more like when that Indian team came to Manchester trying to buy into CFG - or like Pep's brother with Girona. In both of those clubs, the chairmen had no intention of selling more than a minority share to CFG (or nothing, in Girona's case) but were willing to offer CFG various benefits in the on-field department if they were allowed to keep control of the off-field matters. Bear in mind the guy who now owns this club already has history of doing this - he bought the club that is now Ajax Cape Town and let them implant their footprint on the club and name it, but it was 14 years before he actually sold the club to them, when his position there became untenable. I think he has every intention of remaining the owner and operator.
Can you tell me about the Indian team what happened or why not should I say
Can you tell me about the Indian team what happened or why not should I say
http://www.sportskeeda.com/football/goa-isl-franchise-eyeing-tie-up-with-manchester-city
That came out right after a team based in Kolkata announced that they'd sold a stake to Atletico Madrid and named themselves after them. For a few days all the ISL teams seemed to get ideas of selling their team to a foreign "brand".
Basically CFG just didn't think it was worth it. There was very little news after the initial story broke so it's hard to say for certain but it seems like they just didn't reckon that the club or maybe the league was worth buying into.
In other news, the new owner of the Black Aces has announced that he's going to announce the team name and badge next Wednesday. Sounds like it's already wrapped up, one way or the other.
http://www.goal.com/en-za/news/4667...ga-black-aces-coach-tinkler-should-finish-in-
Basically CFG just didn't think [a tie-up with the Goa franchise] was worth it. There was very little news after the initial story broke so it's hard to say for certain but it seems like they just didn't reckon that the club or maybe the league was worth buying into.
I don't think so. This seems more like when that Indian team came to Manchester trying to buy into CFG - or like Pep's brother with Girona. In both of those clubs, the chairmen had no intention of selling more than a minority share to CFG (or nothing, in Girona's case) but were willing to offer CFG various benefits in the on-field department if they were allowed to keep control of the off-field matters. Bear in mind the guy who now owns this club already has history of doing this - he bought the club that is now Ajax Cape Town and let them implant their footprint on the club and name it, but it was 14 years before he actually sold the club to them, when his position there became untenable. I think he has every intention of remaining the owner and operator.
I guess we may know more on Wednesday, but I think there may be something more to this. I remember, after Melbourne, there was speculation about where City would look to go next and one report suggested well known or iconic cities worldwide, naming Shanghai, Cape Town and Buenos Aires as possibilities. (I've searched everywhere for that report and have missed it).
We appointed a guy called Joan Patsy, who as far as I know is still there, to spearhead the operations in South America: http://www.mundodeportivo.com/20141...ntina-con-el-manchester-city_54416580289.html
Also, for some time, CFG has been pursuing chairtable initiatives globally, and in addition to NYC/Melbourne/Manchester, the community programmes seem to have been focused at Kuala Lumpur (a place someone suggests Txiki said we may be looking at) and Barranquilla in Colombia, as well as Cape Town. See, for instance, here: http://www.nycfc.com/post/2015/03/1...-fc-melbourne-city-fc-600000-football-charity and http://www.mcfc.co.uk/news/city-in-the-community/2016/june/young-leaders-summit/1464966891
Clearly things are moving in China, while a few months back, when we announced that Pep would take over, one UK sports journalist (Neil Ashton, IIRC) said that we'd almost concluded a deal to buy a South American club only for it to fall through. He added that we were still looking and that might offer Pellegrini the job of coach if he was amenable. Perhaps, then, it wouldn't also be a surprise if we've done a deal with this guy for him to move the club to Cape Town and for us then to buy a majority stake with him keeping a minority stake and remaining involved as the local expert (which is how we seem to like to work this stuff).
This may well be wrong, of course. However, there's enough previous chatter out there to mean it wouldn't be entirely surprising for it soon to emerge that this former Black Aces club, reborn as Cape Town City, will be part of the CFG.
I think Goa didn't quite fit the commercial profile they're looking for in terms of globally resonant cities. I suspect they might not have been conivnced by the potential of the Indian league as opposed to other leagues, too.
Meanwhile, Yokahama to me seems to be more about the commercial tie-up with Nissan. Though they're quoted sometimes as a CFG member in publicity materials, they don't seem to participate in stuff like the community programmes. Girona seems mostly about a sweetener for Pep's agent (and brother), and they clearly are apart from CFG.
Anyway, Falastur, you follow this stuff more closely than I do and I respect your opinion. If any of the above is bollocks - entirely possible - then I'm happy to be put right. :)