Re: Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabéu stadium set to be renamed Abu Dhabi Bernabéu.

by Hapless_Hans Wed Jan 28, 2015 9:17 pm

sportsczy wrote:
M99 wrote:OK so let's call Madrid and Barca oil clubs too, problem solved
Arsenal's main stadium and overall sponsor is Emirates Airlines... hence the stadium being called the Emirates and "Fly Emirates" plastered in front of their jersey.

Heck, Milan has "Emirates" plastered in front of its jersey too.

Who's not an oil club

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by McAgger Thu Jan 29, 2015 2:51 am

Hapless_Hans wrote:
sportsczy wrote:
M99 wrote:OK so let's call Madrid and Barca oil clubs too, problem solved
Arsenal's main stadium and overall sponsor is Emirates Airlines... hence the stadium being called the Emirates and "Fly Emirates" plastered in front of their jersey.

Heck, Milan has "Emirates" plastered in front of its jersey too.

Who's not an oil club

Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabéu stadium set to be renamed Abu Dhabi Bernabéu. - Page 2 Henry_1737264c

by Mr Nick09 Thu Jan 29, 2015 5:08 am

always suspicious of men that can fit such big piece in their mouths...

by Forza Thu Jan 29, 2015 6:21 am

Art Morte wrote:Stadium sponsorship is all right, but calling a stadium in Madrid by another city's name is pretty lol.

Waiting for Moscow Bridge and Beijing Trafford etc.

This.

by B-Mac Thu Jan 29, 2015 6:37 am

Don't call me James wrote:
Hapless_Hans wrote:
sportsczy wrote:
Arsenal's main stadium and overall sponsor is Emirates Airlines... hence the stadium being called the Emirates and "Fly Emirates" plastered in front of their jersey.

Heck, Milan has "Emirates" plastered in front of its jersey too.

Who's not an oil club

Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabéu stadium set to be renamed Abu Dhabi Bernabéu. - Page 2 Article-0-06EBEEEA000005DC-34_468x286

by sportsczy Thu Jan 29, 2015 7:58 am

Well Glazer was a corporate raider... you know, the kind that buys a company in a hostile takeover, laces the company with heavy debt... and either the company survives the crushing pressure of the debt or he sells it for parts.

You should read "Den of Thieves" by James B. Stewart who talks about the most famous (and brilliant) of these guys when they started out in the 80s: Michael Milken. He invented junk bonds.

Liverpool isn't an elite club so who cares Laughing

I could throw Newcastle up there and it would be just as relevant.

Bayern... legit. The only one really. But that's mainly due to the rule in Germany when a foreign entity cannot own a Bundi club. There's no incentive for any foreign brand with ambitions of ownership to invest there. Not that they need it right now... but they eventually will. It's protectionism at its worse.

by B-Mac Thu Jan 29, 2015 8:04 am

right but none of that makes any of them "Oil Clubs" sorry.

and let's not pretend the Glazers actually make United what they are lol they could leave tomorrow and it would be business as usual.

by rwo power Thu Jan 29, 2015 8:28 am

sportsczy wrote:Bayern... legit. The only one really. But that's mainly due to the rule in Germany when a foreign entity cannot own a Bundi club. There's no incentive for any foreign brand with ambitions of ownership to invest there. Not that they need it right now... but they eventually will. It's protectionism at its worse.

It's not about foreign companies, but about companies or persons in general - they have to support a club substantively for at least 20 years, then they are allowed to get more than 50% of the shares. And protectionism - yeah, but against people who want to buy a club on a whim. They have to show they really mean it for a lengthy timespan.