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Nissan to Sponsor City Football Group

NISSAN TO SPONSOR CITY FOOTBALL GROUP

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd is to sponsor City Football Group, whose football interests include the current English Champions Manchester City, as it looks to boost the Nissan brand across Europe and beyond.

Nissan declined to give financial details about their five-year agreement with City Football Group, which is owned by Abu Dhabi based billionaire and owner of…

Baron Capital Close in on Man U Shares

BARON CAPITAL CLOSE IN ON UNITED SHARES

  An American investment firm has acquired one fourth of all Manchester United shares, which are available on the New York Stock Exchange.

The Baron Capital Management, an investment Group, out of New York has been buying up club shares and now owns 24% of all shares that were sold by the Glazer family in 2012, though that only represents 2.5% of the…

Nike Pull Out of Man U Deal.

NIKE PULL OUT OF MAN UNITED DEAL IS BEST FOR BUSINESS

U.S. Sportswear Company Nike Inc. will not renew its long-running kit supply deal with former English football champions Manchester United after pulling out of a bidding war with a rival.

United are reported to be close to finalising an agreement with German sportswear company Adidas, that could be worth 60 million pounds a season, a record…

United Balance More Than Their Books.

ARE MANCHESTER UNITED’S COMMERCIAL OBLIGATIONS REALLY GOOD FOR BUSINESS?

Manchester United’s new hardline manager, Louis Van Gaal has firmly stamped his authority on the club by cutting the length of the team’s pre-season tour, a potential source of promotion and sponsorship.

Whilst this is unlikely to affect the club’s revenue in the short term, analysts said the scale of cuts from foreign…

WORLD CUP 2014 – BRAZIL PREVIEW.

ARE YOUNG STARS OF BRAZIL READY TO SHINE?

Brazil have travelled a rocky road since the 2010 World Cup.  A disappointing campaign in South Africa – which ended in an error strewn quarter-final defeat to the Dutch cost Dunga his job and prompted an overhaul of the whole squad.  New coach Mano Menezesimmediately dropped a number of European based stars in favour of younger players who performed well…

WORLD CUP 2014 – RUSSIA PREVIEW.

RUSSIAN ROULETTE IN BRAZIL

Having failed to qualify for the past two World Cups Russia will arrive in Brazil with much to prove. Since the dissolution of the early 1990’s of the Soviet Union – whose side reached three World Cup quarter-finals and the 1966 semi-final – Russiahad qualified only twice in five attempts ahead of this campaign. The most recent slip-up proved particularly bitter, with…

WORLD CUP 2014 – GHANA

BRAZIL BOUND BLACK STARS

Four years on, memories must still linger with Ghanaian fans of their night in Johannesburg.  Facing Uruguay in the quarter-final stage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the Black Stars managed to get a penalty after a Luis Suarez deliberate handball.  Asamoah Gyan stepped up with the game on a knife-edge but missed from the spot.  

The two teams battled on and in the end Urugu…

WORLD CUP 2014 – BELGIUM PREVIEW

THE RED DEVILS HEAD TO BRAZIL

Belgium may not have qualified for a FIFA World Cup since 2002 or reached a UEFA European Championship since 2000, when they were co-hosts but their “golden generation” of stars look set to that behind them.

After the Belgian Football Association increased focus on youth development over ten years ago and adopted a high tempo and flexible 4-3-3 formation – the…

World Cup 2014 – England Preview.

MODEST HOPES FOR ENGLAND FANS THIS SUMMER.

Despite England navigating their way through the World Cup 2014 qualification phase undefeated, fan expectation continues to be modest when the team begin their World Cup campaign against Italy on the 14th June.

As the memory of their famous 1966 World Cup win becomes the exclusive preserve of an older generation of English fans, their failure to reach…