Dokko Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 I'd support no one....... no other newly set-up club would ever feel like NUFC, I'm guessing. What would you do with the void left behind? Saying that some time off would be nice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest axel Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 This is a sad day for football. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 I'd support no one....... no other newly set-up club would ever feel like NUFC, I'm guessing. What would you do with the void left behind? Saying that some time off would be nice. Good question. Have no idea, but at least the stress of supporting a club, NUFC in particular , will be lifted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRD Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 La Liga side set for Team Dubai rebrand Royal Emirates Group, the investment arm of the Dubai royal family, has bought an as yet unnamed La Liga club and is set to rebrand the team and invest heavily. Team Dubai GettyImagesThe identity of Team Dubai will be revealed this Thursday Early reports indicated that the club in question was Real Zaragoza and suggested that the cash-strapped outfit would be renamed 'Team Dubai'. But a spokesperson for Royal Emirates Group, owned by Sheikh Butti Bin Suhail Al Maktoum, confirmed to ESPNsoccernet that Zaragoza are not the club in question and that the club that has been bought will not be completely renamed. The spokesperson said: "It is a Spanish La Liga Division side. The team will not be renamed but it will be titled as '[club's name] Team Dubai' in order to deliver the message that Dubai care." The team's identity will be revealed at a press conference on Thursday but ESPNsoccernet understands that the club in question are a mid-table, debt-free Primera Division side who have enjoyed some domestic success in recent seasons and have participated in European compeition. The club's chairman and several high-profile players are due to arrive in Dubai in the next 24 hours. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/909155/la-liga-side-to-be-renamed-team-dubai-after-takeover?cc=4716 Real Zaragoza Team Dubai or something similar? Quite pointless really. People will still refer to them as Real Zaragoza although rival clubs will probably have a laugh about it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1878 Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Did you not read your own link? Says it's not Zaragoza. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Getafe? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Did you not read your own link? Says it's not Zaragoza. Reading is overrated man, everyone knows that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 It's Getafe. A member of the ruling family in Dubai is set to join other Middle Eastern investors in the market for European football clubs by buying a team in La Liga, Spain’s top tier. Royal Emirates Group, a collection of companies owned by Sheikh Butti bin Suhail al-Maktoum, is set to unveil the identity of the club, understood to be Getafe, at a ceremony in Dubai on Thursday. Associated Press reported Kaiser Rafiq, Royal Emirates’ managing director, as saying the deal was worth $90m, a figure Royal Emirates’ said was “about right”. It declined to confirm or deny whether the identity of the club was Getafe. Spanish media reported in February that a Dubai sovereign wealth fund had reached a preliminary agreement to buy Real Zaragoza, but Royal Emirates on Tuesday denied this was the club being bought. Getafe, 40 minutes outside of Madrid, has played in La Liga since 2004, its best performance coming last season when it finished sixth. It currently lies 14th with six games of the season left. An invitation to Thursday’s ceremony from Royal Emirates states that the team will be named “Team Dubai”. However, the group said this title would not replace the club’s existing name, but be added to it. The group described Royal Emirates as a collection of more than 200 companies, covering real estate, oil and gas and tourism. The debts weighing down Spanish clubs make them useful trophy assets for little-known companies seeking a greater profile. One study last year found the 20 La Liga clubs carried a combined debt burden of €3.5bn. However, Royal Emirates said the club being bought was debt-free. A purchase of Getafe would mark the third-largest investment in Spanish football by a Gulf-based investor in the past year. In December, La Liga champions Barcelona signed a €30m a year shirt sponsorship deal with the non-profit Qatar Foundation for five years in the largest shirt branding contract in football history. The deal, worth a total of €170m over five years outstripped the previous record contract signed between Liverpool and Standard Chartered, and was the first commercial shirt sponsorship deal signed in the history of Barcelona. In May, Malaga was bought by a Qatari businessman. Qatar´s sovereign wealth fund purchased a 6 per cent stake in Iberdrola, Spain´s largest power utility, in March. Other investors have bought into Spanish football. Ahsan Ali Syed, an Indian entrepreneur who last year expressed interest in buying Blackburn Rovers of England’s Premier League, in January took a controlling stake in Racing Santander, which had accumulated debts of around €20m. Premier League clubs have proved a far greater lure for overseas investors, with a Dubai investment group coming very close to buying Liverpool in 2007 and Abu Dhabi’s Sheikh Mansour buying Manchester City in 2008. Ownership restrictions have stemmed a rush of foreign buyers on continental Europe, but the perilous financial climate for many clubs is now making more of them consider overseas investors. Roma last week became the first side in Italy’s Serie A to fall into overseas hands, sealing a deal to hand over control to a US consortium. Getafe declined to comment. ...probably. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 If it's going to set a precedent does it mean we're going to be rebranded 'Team Fat Cockney Penny-Pincher'? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooneyToonArmy Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 The moors are back! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
QBG Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Reading that ESPN article its blatantly Depor, which is typical as I've just adopted them as my Spanish team this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 shame it wasn't watford What? Renamed 'Team Shitestabber'? imma report this bullshit Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooneyToonArmy Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Reading that ESPN article its blatantly Depor, which is typical as I've just adopted them as my Spanish team this season. Doesnt go with the debt-free category. The team's identity will be revealed at a press conference on Thursday but ESPNsoccernet understands that the club in question are a mid-table, debt-free Primera Division side who have enjoyed some domestic success in recent seasons and have participated in European compeition. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/909155/la-liga-side-to-be-renamed-team-dubai-after-takeover?cc=4716 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Didn't Getafe already get taken over recently or am I just imagining that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Snrub Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Didn't Getafe already get taken over recently or am I just imagining that? Malaga. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Getafe arethe ones that sold their soul to Burger King last year, no? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Snrub Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Getafe arethe ones that sold their soul to Burger King last year, no? Sponsored by Burger King aye. Still not as good as when Atletico where sponsored by some movie company and had different films on their shirts. http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41116000/jpg/_41116835_atleticomadrid203.jpg http://sportsmarketing.hu/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/atletico-idegenbeli-mez_spiderman.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
QBG Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Reading that ESPN article its blatantly Depor, which is typical as I've just adopted them as my Spanish team this season. Doesnt go with the debt-free category. The team's identity will be revealed at a press conference on Thursday but ESPNsoccernet understands that the club in question are a mid-table, debt-free Primera Division side who have enjoyed some domestic success in recent seasons and have participated in European compeition. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/909155/la-liga-side-to-be-renamed-team-dubai-after-takeover?cc=4716 Ahh, skipped over that, I just read Europe, fairly recent domestic success and put 2 and 2 together. Will be interesting to see who it is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raconteur Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 The moors are back! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EthiGeordie Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 GuillemBalague Guillem Balague Si es cierto que Dubai ha comprado Getafe, una pregunta: ¿es el club de primera más fácilmente 'reinventable'? Me da que si... It is Getafe.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest koenji Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 yep, Getafe it is http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/909448/la-liga-side-to-be-renamed-team-dubai-after-takeover?campaign=rss&source=soccernet&cc=4716 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzza Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Names for a possible Newcastle Arab Take overs: The Dubpies (Dubai) Bar(hein) codes (Bahrain) Toon Arabs Mohammars Black & White Army (libya) Tun(isia) Army Bit bored... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 title change needed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Aren't there several teams named Red Bulls? Isn't there a team named after a car company as well? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ObiChrisKenobi Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Aren't there several teams named Red Bulls? Isn't there a team named after a car company as well? Aye few Red Bull teams, one just started in Germany that's busy bulldozing its way through the league system with a bit of financial backing. One in US and Austria too. Franchise teams FTW! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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