Pepe confident Real Madrid lingerie line will be a hit
December 4, 2009
Real Madrid defender Pepe said Thursday that he was confident that the lingerie line for women which the Spanish giants plan to launch next year would be a hit.
“I am sure that a club with so much history and such special fans will have supporters who will buy them,” the 26-year-old told a news conference following a training session.
The slips and bras bearing Real’s logo will be made by Valencia-based textile company Little Kiss and they will hit store shelves in March alongside the souvenir jerseys, t-shirts and other club souvenirs already on offer.
Leaked photos of models wearing the lingerie were published in sports daily Marca on Wednesday and quickly circulated around the Internet.
“It is great. The girls are very pretty,” the Brazilian-born Portuguese international added.
Growing revenues from merchandise sales combined with increasingly shrewd global marketing have made Real the world’s largest revenue-generating club, according to an annual ranking compiled by business advisory firm Deloitte.
Real pushed Manchester United into second place in the annual Deloitte Football Money League in the 2004-05 season and has maintained the top place ever since.
The club’s marketing revenues from sales of souvenir jerseys and other objects bearing Real’s logo account for more than 100 million euros of its annual budget of over 400 million euros.
MADRID (AFP)
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Schalke´s relief at sponsorship extension
November 21, 2009
Schalke 04 have signed a five-year extension to their sponsorship deal with Russian firm Gazprom worth 100 million euros which looks to have eased the German club’s cash problems, it was reported Saturday.
Last month it was revealed the Gelsenkirchen-based club had debts of up to 230 million euros, but the new sponsorship deal with the Russian gas suppliers looks to have safeguarded the Bundesliga side’s future.
The current Gazprom deal, which had been due to expire in 2012, will now run until 2017 and is worth up to 130 million euros if Schalke is successful in the Bundesliga and the Champions League.
“We have closed the deal for the next five years,” Clemens Toennies, chairman of Schalke’s advisory board, told German daily Bild.
“It will improve conditions for us and I explained that on my last trip to Moscow, because this deal will help stabilise the club.”
Schalke coach Felix Magath had warned last month they may have to sell their top players in a bid to balance the books, but the new deal looks to have eased those fears.
“This is a very positive signal for the club,” admitted Magath, whose side are fourth in the table and play Hanover 96 at Gelsenkirchen’s Veltins Arena on Saturday afternoon.
BERLIN (AFP)
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West Ham set for £100 million takeover – report
October 18, 2009
English Premier League club West Ham are the target of a 100 million pounds takeover by a multinational consortium of wealthy fans, according to a report in the News of the World on Sunday.
The newspaper claims the London-based Intermarket Group this week started talks over buying the struggling Hammers before the January transfer window.
West Ham fans are believed to comprise the consortium which is being headed up by Wall Street businessman Jim Bowe, Intermarket Group’s chief executive and a former head of the New York Board of Trade.
CB Holding, an Icelandic holding company made up of banks owed money by the Hammers’ previous owner Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson, currently own the London club but have indicated they would consider selling at the right price.
“My colleagues and I have been approached by the consortium with the aim of buying West Ham in its entirety,” Bowe told the News of the World.
“We are not interested in just taking on the debt, or securing a percentage. We want to get West Ham back on track for the upper echelons of the Premier League.
“We want what the fans want and there is no restriction on us as to how we achieve that aim. We are in the early stages of our discussions with the club. But we are optimistic that we can develop a proposal that will benefit all parties. The best deal is the deal where everyone feels that they’ve won.
“The consortium comprises West Ham supporters who have made serious money in the City, the United States and elsewhere and who see the potential in the club, its fanbase, academy and playing staff.”
West Ham, who lost 2-1 at Stoke on Saturday, are currently second bottom of the Premier League after winning just one of their first eight games.
LONDON (AFP)
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Car giants Audi set to buy share of Bayern: report
September 19, 2009
German car manufacturer Audi could be set to buy 10 percent of Germany’s most famous football club Bayern Munich at a cost of almost 100 million euros, according to Saturday’s edition of Bild.
The German tabloid claims the deal could be completed next month and would allow Bayern to reduce the debt they owe for the construction of their Allianz Arena stadium in Munich which opened in 2005.
“I won’t name names, but we are in a very good negotiations with a company,” said Bayern team manager Uli Hoeness.
“This is one for the finance department, it could be a good autumn for Bayern.”
Audi spokeswoman Iris Altig insists the news is still just “speculation” but admitted “there are on going considerations on how a close partnership could be encouraged”.
Bild state the deal is expected to be finalised in October and announced in time for the club’s annual general meeting in November.
Audi already sponsor Bayern and provide the Munich players with cars.
Bayern Munich have won 21 domestic league titles, are reported to be worth 295.3 million euros and German sportswear giants Adidas have already held a 10 percent share in the football club since 2002.
BERLIN (AFP)
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Audi ´set to buy share of FC Bayern´
September 19, 2009
German car manufacturer Audi could be set to buy 10 percent of prestigious football club Bayern Munich at a cost of almost 100 million euros, according to Saturday’s edition of Bild.
The German tabloid claims the deal could be completed next month and would allow Bayern to reduce the debt they owe for the construction of their Allianz Arena stadium in Munich which opened in 2005.
Audi spokeswoman Iris Altig insists the news is still just “speculation” but admitted “there are on going considerations on how a close partnership could be encouraged”.
Bild state the deal is expected to be finalised in October and announced in time for the club’s annual general meeting in November.
Audi already sponsor Bayern and provide the Munich players with cars.
Bayern Munich have won 21 domestic league titles, are reported to be worth 295.3 million euros and German sportswear giants Adidas have already held a 10 percent shars in the football club since 2002.
BERLIN (AFP)
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Real bosses consider Disneyland-style theme park
September 4, 2009
Real Madrid president Florentino Perez is considering the creation of a Disneyland-style theme park dedicated to the Spanish giants, according to press reports here on Friday.
The park, which Perez hopes will attract up to three million visitors a year, would be situated near the club’s training grounds at Valdebebas, north-east of the capital, sports daily AS reported.
The cost of undertaking such a project is estimated at 150 million euros (214 million dollars) with Real having already spent 100 million euros on their new Valdebebas training centre where they plan to construct a new basketball centre.
Perez is reported to have contacted city officials in Beijing and Miami to propose local offshots of the theme park devoted to Real Madrid, which could prove popular with the club’s fans in China and the United States.
The Madrid club, whose estimated budget this year is expected to top 415 million euros, have already splashed out 250 million euros on new players. They sold their former training ground near the city centre in 2001 for nearly 500 million euros.
MADRID (AFP)
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Chygrynskiy signs for Barcelona
September 1, 2009
Barcelona have signed Ukrainian international defender Dmytro Chygrynskiy for the next five seasons from Shakhtar Donetsk for 25 million euros, the reigning Spanish and European champions said Monday.
The 22-year-old will have a buy-out clause of 100 million euros (143 million dollars) in his contract, the club said in a statement posted on its website.
“I feel lucky to sign for Barca. I?m hoping to improve and form a part of this great team,” he told the club’s television station.
Chygrynskiy’s final game for the Ukrainian side was against Barcelona on Friday in the European Super Cup in Monaco, which the Catalan giants won 1-0 to pick up their second trophy of the season after winning the Spanish Super Cup last week.
Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola had been keeping a close eye on the player as he bids to reinforce his squad before the transfer deadline on Monday.
“He knows how to play football, and we need to sign him,” he told Catalan television channel TV3 last week.
Barcelona became the first Spanish club to achieve the treble of the Spanish league, King’s Cup and Champions League titles last season.
MADRID (AFP)
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Newcastle extend takeover bid deadline
August 24, 2009
Newcastle moved closer on Monday to a takeover which could see Alan Shearer installed as manager when the club extended a deadline for local businessman Barry Moat to make a bid.
The move will be seen as a signal that current owner Mike Ashley would still prefer to sell the club rather than hang on and hope that it will secure an immediate return to the Premier League, which would make a sale much easier.
The extension has been granted to allow Moat, who heads one of three consortia interested in buying the club, more time to prove to the club’s bankers, Barclays, that he can finance the club’s 39 million pound overdraft facility.
Sports retailer Ashley bought the club for 134.4 million pounds (155 million euros) in 2007 but is not expected to raise more than 100 million from a sale in the current economic environment.
According to local reports, Ashley will not cut his asking price below 100 million and could yet opt to retain the club.
Moat has signalled that he will install Shearer, the club’s record scorer, as manager if his takeover bid is successful. The former England striker took charge for the last eight games of last season but was unable to inspire an escape from relegation and Ashley is known to harbour reservations about his lack of experience as a coach.
Chris Hughton, who is currently acting as the club’s caretaker manager for the third time, is interested in the manager’s job and has boosted his credentials by guiding Newcastle to three wins and a draw in their first four Championship matches.
That has left them join top of the table and generated a feelgood factor around St James’ Park.
But there is concern that, after offloading nine first-team players to cut the club’s wage bill, Newcastle’s squad could be vulnerable to injuries later in the season. With only a week left until the end of the summer transfer window it seems unlikely that significant reinforcements will be brought in before January.
NEWCASTLE, England (AFP)
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Man City´s Hughes stands his ground in Lescott row
August 16, 2009
Manchester City manager Mark Hughes has refused to back down in his growing war of words with Everton counterpart David Moyes over the attempted signing of England defender Joleon Lescott.
All the indications are that City, now one of the wealthiest clubs in the Premier League, will return with an improved bid next week.
City have failed with three official offers for Lescott, earning the contempt of Moyes in the process with the Everton boss launching a vitriolic verbal attack on Hughes on the eve of Saturday?s season openers.
But Hughes, speaking after City had won 2-0 away to Blackburn Rovers with goals from Emmanuel Adebayor and Stephen Ireland, was unrepentant.
“It wasn’t a surprise seeing David’s comments,” Hughes told reporters here at Ewood Park.
“He feels a little bit aggrieved at the situation, you always are when a club comes and tries to acquire your better players.
“But all we’re trying to do is conduct our business in the right way through the proper channels. Sometimes trying to bring a player to a club runs its course and you walk away.
“But maybe at the moment the situation is fluid and there’s a chance Everton will change their minds. It’s not finished yet as we understand the situation.”
Sources indicate that City are still optimistic that they will add Lescott to their near 100 million pounds pre-season spending, possibly in time for Saturday’s home game with Wolves and there were times against Blackburn that the team’s potential defensive shortcomings were evident.
However, City were ultimately comfortable winners with Hughes picking out the 25 million pounds ex-Arsenal forward Emmanuel Adebayor for special praise.
“I thought he was excellent,” said Hughes.
“The goal helped him, settled him down, but his general play, his attitude to working hard and working for the team showed his great qualities.
“It was important we made something of a statement,” the Welshman added after a convincing success against his former club at Ewood Park.
“A lot of people were looking at what was going to happen to City, wondering how events on the field would unfold and we’re delighted to have had a positive afternoon.
“I’m sure there are some people who do want us to fail, but just as many want us to succeed as well because we’re hopefully trying to break into that top tier of English football and that’s very difficult to do because the top four are some of the top clubs in world football.”
Hughes added: “We understand that it’s going to be a long journey and we’ve been a bit bemused at times at the strength of some of the comments we hear because all we’re trying to do is make our club better.”
Adebayor struck in the third minute, leaving Blackburn with an even greater challenge, but with poor finishing from Benni McCarthy and Jason Roberts to blame, along with a solid performance from City keeper Shay Given, they struggled to find an equaliser.
“If you’re peppering the opposition goal as much as we were in the first-half – we had 15 shots, six on target all saved by Shay Given – then you know if you get those again you’ll convert one or two of those into a goal,” said Rovers manager Sam Allardyce.
However, for long spells of the game, it was not immediately evident that City, with a squad assembled for around 200 million pounds, were so much more superior to their hosts.
Former champions Rovers were once regarded as City are now when the late Jack Walker was pouring his fortune into his hometown club and Allardyce said: “We’ve been on this sort of playing field ever since the Premier League came into being.
“The big ones have always had more money than the smaller ones and it just gets bigger now with the wealth of the world coming into it.”
BLACKBURN, England (AFP)
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Former West Ham owner Gudmundsson declared bankrupt
August 1, 2009
Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson, the former owner and chairman of English Premier League side West Ham United, has been declared bankrupt, an Icelandic court ruled on Friday.
Judges in Reykjavik agreed with Gudmundsson’s argument that he had no reasonable expectation of any future income and did not have sufficient assets to service his debts.
“Reykjavik District court has today accepted Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson?s request that his estate will be entered into insolvency proceedings,” his spokesman and former West Ham vice-chairman Asgeir Fridgeirsson said in a statement.
The 68-year-old, estimated last year to be worth 1.1 billion dollars by the 2008 Forbes Rich List, snapped up London side West Ham in 2006 for around 85 million pounds (99 million euros, 141 million dollars).
But court documents showed that the debt of his estate totalled just over 96 billion Icelandic kronur (529 million euros, 748 million dollars).
Gudmundsson lost much of his fortune during the recent global economic turmoil owing to his investments in two of Iceland’s major banks: Landsbanki and Straumur Burdaras Investment Bank.
Both were nationalised by the Icelandic government after they borrowed beyond their means, effectively wiping out the stakes of shareholders.
“I now face almost complete lack of income as I am no longer in the employment of the aforementioned companies and earn now just the minimum wage,” Gudmundsson wrote in a letter to judges.
Once the second-richest man in Iceland, his plight forced him to put West Ham up for sale and the club was acquired by asset management group CB Holding for a reported 100 million pounds in June.
REYKJAVIK (AFP)
Once that sale was completed, Gudmundsson and vice-chairman Asgeir Fridgeirsson both left the club.
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