Yah Newcastle are favs along with Man Utd. I'd rather we get Debuchy and leave it at that for RB.
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Football Thread 2011/12 |OT10| Silverware, promotion, survival, relegation and tears
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Yah Newcastle are favs along with Man Utd. I'd rather we get Debuchy and leave it at that for RB.
LAST WEEKEND Manchester City won the English Premier League for the first time, and the club's first league title since the late 1960s – but how will the success benefit the club’s lead sponsor?
United Arab Emirates airline Etihad Airways signed a 10-year, £400m deal with City in July 2011 (for Etihad Stadium naming rights and front-of-shirt sponsorship). Nearly a year later Etihad continues to reap the benefits of the partnership with awareness of the sponsorship reaching a global audience.
As the airline plans to install its European headquarters in Manchester, the strength of collaboration with the club has never been stronger – over the first two weeks of May alone, Etihad has been mentioned in connection with Manchester City in online and social media over 4,000 times in the UK.
The heat map below, generated by Flightdeck, the social media tracker tool from Havas Sports & Entertainment, demonstrates that the majority of total online conversation (across all platforms) comes from the UK – 38 per cent of total share of voice.
But, with 10 per cent of total conversation generated in Indonesia, 8 per cent from the US and significant mentions of the partnership clearly seen on all continents, Etihad's sponsorship of the newly-crowned Premier League champions has created a truly international talking point.
http://frontiers.sportbusiness.com/frontloaded/infographic/global-reach-man-city-and-etihad
Long way to go yet to build the club and Etihad into a global names!
Vivalaraza
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Me too, but I really don't think it is..
I hope UEFA don't see it. That's £400M worth
btw
FIFTH DAY ANNIVERSARY
I'm celebrating aws
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Vivalaraza
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Jurgen Klopp says he has no interest in leaving Dortmund. Unsurprising.
Surely they're not just gonna throw in a bid after just a couple of days?
Vivalaraza
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Villa fans!
@RBFlemma: Solskjær to rbnett.no "I've turned down a number of clubs both in the PL and CL, but #avfc is such a big club I wanted to to talk to them".
@RBFlemma: "I have no offer and I haven't negotiated with Villa. I will be on training in Molde on Saturday. I have 2 years left of my contract".
@RBFlemma: On Røkke/Aker pulling out: "If thats the case, its a shame. When #avfc got in touch with me, Røkke was the first person I notified".
@RBFlemma: Solskjær to rbnett.no "I've turned down a number of clubs both in the PL and CL, but #avfc is such a big club I wanted to to talk to them".
@RBFlemma: "I have no offer and I haven't negotiated with Villa. I will be on training in Molde on Saturday. I have 2 years left of my contract".
@RBFlemma: On Røkke/Aker pulling out: "If thats the case, its a shame. When #avfc got in touch with me, Røkke was the first person I notified".
I was too young to follow him in United. It's funny how he's so popular (as manager) atm. Maybe I read too much Redcafe.
I mean... from Norwegian league to Premier League? Giant step.
Vivalaraza
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He's a legend. A great player and so likeable. Of course scoring a winner in the CL final helps. Always been immensely popular since he joined United.
I'm not sure how good a manager he is. He is unproven, risk from Villa IMO. He has shown promising signs though.
Awesome Animals
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Vivalaraza
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I would think so. Ole is probably being very respectful to his current club and doesn't want to say too much until there is a firm offer.
On RVP City should wait until after the Euro's to bid. 1) See if he isn't injured 2) Will put Arsenal in a difficult position as if RVP makes it clear he won't renew he will be leaving on a free if they don't sell him.
He's a legend, he'll always be remembered as the super sub. As a Scandinavian it was impossible to not hear about him.
Very big risk yes. Will be interesting to see how he fares. Still, being good in a bigger league doesn't automatically result in success, look at AVB.
I wonder how AVB would be seen if he instead started in a team like Aston Villa instead of Chelsea.
Nobody is going to pay £10m for someone as lazy as him. He'll probably get a loan somewhere like all the other Mancini cast-offs.
You could get 5m if lucky.
Those quotes are probably a good sign right?
EDIT: Probably not
They seem very respectful to both clubs imho. Waiting for an offer from us. I hope we make one, he seems a very very classy guy.
"After a sabbatical, Guardiola plans to take a job in England or Italy, not necessarily at a top-flight team."
I told you guys he was going to Brescia
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Guardiola to Liverpool confirmed.
"After a sabbatical, Guardiola plans to take a job in England or Italy, not necessarily at a top-flight team."
I told you guys he was going to Brescia
It was pretty obvious.
He will fail there
Shots fired.
Shots *very effective* against Liverpool.
Grover Cleveland
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"After a sabbatical, Guardiola plans to take a job in England or Italy, not necessarily at a top-flight team."
I told you guys he was going to Brescia
If the stress and pressure of a top-flight job was getting to him, then it makes sense that he'd go settle down and manage a smaller club away from all the noise and commotion.
They did win a trophy this year.
Exterminieren
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How about let him gon on free transfer? Not like you guys need the funds anyway.
Jeff Albertson
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Dear diary, today I feel anxious because we are accepting an offer on our house
We're somewhere in between right now. The long term plan is to increase profits (stadium, merchandising, branding, CL ...) and conform to financial fairplay regulations. To get there though, we have to invest a lot of money first. Which is what we've been doing since the catastrophic advent of Farsopoli. With terrible results at first, mainly because the management that succeded Moggi, Giraudo and Bettega was a fucking joke. With Andrea Agnelli at the helm we're now finally starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Exor, the industrial holding company controlled by the Agnelli family, has a shitton of money and could easily cover whatever debt we come up with, but they aren't exactly dying to do so (which is why you'll sometimes hear us juventini calling out for a sheikh to come and buy us
and have Fiat to deal with anyway. We've been self-sufficient in the past and the plan for Juventus is definitely to go the Bayern route. Hopefully we'll get there sooner than later.Hope it goes smoothly. The stress of moving is something else without even factoring the financial side into it.
Vivalaraza
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Been an English team in 7 of the last 8 CL finals. Only 2 winners out of 7 though.
Still, impressive.
Still, impressive.
"After a sabbatical, Guardiola plans to take a job in England or Italy, not necessarily at a top-flight team."
I told you guys he was going to Brescia
Oh shit, Bristol City have to make it to the Premier League for that season.
We're somewhere in between right now. The long term plan is to increase profits (stadium, merchandising, branding, CL ...) and conform to financial fairplay regulations. To get there though, we have to invest a lot of money first. Which is what we've been doing since the catastrophic advent of Farsopoli. With terrible results at first, mainly because the management that succeded Moggi, Giraudo and Bettega was a fucking joke. With Andrea Agnelli at the helm we're now finally starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Exor, the industrial holding company controlled by the Agnelli family, has a shitton of money and could easily cover whatever debt we come up with, but they aren't exactly dying to do so (which is why you'll sometimes hear us juventini calling out for a sheikh to come and buy us
I see. Well, I hope last thing the football needs is another Man City... anyway, still think 45M for Higuaín is very wrong. He's an amazing striker but for more than 20m? You could even get Falcao I guess. "Wasting" 45M on a single player is not the way to go specially since the FFP is kicking in on the near future.
Far from it.
The 45M offer is just a rumour btw!
I wouldn't worry about that either, we make decent revenue.
Yes, I know
just searching something to distract my mind FUCKING LOT OF HOURS TO GO.Yurt, when are you going to post photos of the city you live in now? I'm very curious
epl sux lol
Yes, I know
Yurt, when are you going to post photos of the city you live in now? I'm very curious
I probably shouldn't
With Andrea Agnelli at the helm we're now finally starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Exor, the industrial holding company controlled by the Agnelli family, has a shitton of money and could easily cover whatever debt we come up with, but they aren't exactly dying to do so (which is why you'll sometimes hear us juventini calling out for a sheikh to come and buy us
I had no idea that Juventus was owned by the Agnelli family (I guess that explains why I have seen so many pictures of Juventus with Lapo).
Imo, I think it is much better that the Agnelli family has control of Juve's financing than some sheikh who would just throw money at the problem. One, because it's an Italian family that has history with the club, and two, because they know business.
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