⚽️ #VascodaGama members officially approved with 79,44% of votes the sale of 70% of the club (the SAF more specifically) to #777Partners. The deal, which was first discussed in February, represents the fifth football #clubownership venture of the Miami-based investment firm 🇺🇸
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- ⚽️ #VascodaGama is set to become the third Sociedade Anonima do Futebol in Brazil to be sold in the space of three months. The club has signed a MoU with US firm #777Partners to sell 70% of shares in the SAF in exchange for an investment of around USD 137M 🇧🇷 #clubownership
- ⚽️ Football #ClubOwnership Networks. Ongoing investment trends in the football market are resulting in a scenario whereby links between clubs at ownership level are increasingly common and widespread. The below example includes a total of 48 clubs from 20 different countries 🌍
- ⚽️The #CityFootballGroup keeps expanding at a rapid pace, as the acquisition of #ESTACTroyes, currently in the French #Ligue2, is now official. The Group now includes ten clubs from five different continents 🌎 #CIESsportsintel #football #sportsbusiness
- ⚽️ New club takeover in European #football. #777Partners - a Miami-based investment firm - has expanded its multi-club ownership (#MCO) strategy with the acquisition of a controlling stake in #StandardLiege, currently in the Belgian top division 🇧🇪 #clubownership
- ⚽️ The recent takeovers at #DenBosch, #Lugano and #Spal increase to 45 the number of European professional clubs majority-owned by US investors. 64% of these acquisitions took place within the last three years 🇺🇸 #clubownership #footballgovernance
- ⚽️ With the recent addition of #AFCBournemouth, half of the 22/23 #PremierLeague sides have a direct link with another European club through one of their significant shareholders. The network involves 20 clubs outside of England, with Belgium as the most represented country🌍
- ⚽️ #Newcastle's takeover by a Saudi Arabian-led consortium including also the Reuben Brothers and Amanda Staveley's PCP Capital Partners is official. Three-quarters of the 21/22 #PremierLeague clubs are now in foreign hands 🌎 #clubownership #NUFC #footballgovernance
- ⚽️ Several takeovers later, it is time to update the map of US-owned clubs in European professional #football. A total 54 sides are currently controlled by American investors. More than half (52%) have been acquired over the past two years - seven in 2022 alone 🇺🇸 #clubownership
- ⚽️ Interesting development in club football governance as Randy Levine, President of the #NYYankees, joins the Board of #ACMilan. Yankee Global Enterprises - owner of the #MLB franchise - counts with investments in the current #SerieA champions and #CityFootballGroup's #NYCFC 🇺🇸
- 🏛️⚽️ New report on football governance published as @CIESsportsintel is officially launched. Download the full report for free ➡️: cies.ch/fileadmin/docu… #football #governance #nationalassociation















