As we're unlikely to see terraces again at football, this is the virtual equivalent where you can chat to your hearts content about all football matters and, obviously, Arsenal in particular. This forum encourages all Gooners to visit and contribute so please keep it respectful, clean and topical.
Purchased this week by The Royal Emirates Group, owned by some Sheikh with too much money & to be renamed "Team Dubai", possibly as soon as Thursday
Disgusting really. Yeah, we probably aren't their biggest fans thanks to that ex-spud Nayim but it's another move away from football & towards pure business I wouldn't be surprised to see a "Team Vodafone" or similar playing in the CL within 20 years.
100% genuine sadly. Zaragoza, founded in 1932, will have basically their entire history stripped away if this goes through. Absolute pisstake & a kick in the balls to their supporters. Sadly the precedent is there already in the shape of Red Bull Salzburg.
Imagine if Stan had come in & decided to rename us "Team KSE" or some shit. The way football is heading is a joke, something needs to be done.
What I find most annoying about this is that there are plenty of natives or Europeans that have enough cash to buy a club and do what they wish with it, but they don't out of respect to the club!
What these Arabs are planning on doing, wiping out a teams history and blatantly using them as an advert for their own country whilst forcing themselves upon others, is completely and utterly disrespectful! Imagine if a Brit went over there, bought their top team, and named it Team England...there would be outrage!
Hate to spoil the party, but apparently its Getafe who are being bought. Absolute fucking disgrace imo and yet another blow for football. Hopefully no Getafe fans turn up and they end up having to bus fans in from fucking Dubai, wankers:
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 rightâ€
I wouldn't be surprised to see a "Team Vodafone" or similar playing in the CL within 20 years.
