La Liga Announce VAR. Catalonia Announce Secession - The Other Teams Thread[R]

We don't have a Nacho or Lucas Vazquez in attack though. Mayoral didn't pan out, and it doesn't seem like Castilla has anyone ready to step up. Those players don't come around every year, Morata was that for us and we made a loooot of money off of him.

Morata got 1600 minutes in his last season here, and we all thought he should've gotten some more too.

Here's where I don't agree. Our finances are looking good, we haven't spent in ages, and when we can spend 40M on 17 year olds who may or may not work out, why not spend the same on a proven striker to address an obvious need. I legitimately think missing a CF signing could cost us La Liga again, relying on Ronaldo for goals alone already cost us this just last season.

 

NEW: David Beckham’s group registers the following logos for Miami MLS. pic.twitter.com/zprtF0u9gd

— Andy Slater (@AndySlater) August 15, 2018

It appears Beckham's Miami team will be called Inter Miami with pink and black colors

I like it!

 

Does Beckham own all tights to this team? Or is this just a branding thing?

 

It's a group of investors but the new franchise can be activated only because it was included in Beckham's contract when he left Real Madrid for the LA Galaxy. In other words, in the terms it stated he can purchase a new franchise for only 25 million. At the time, the league was only just beginning so getting Beckham boosted its legitimacy. Now, new teams are purchased for 20 times that amount. However, he did gather a group of investors to pay for all the other costs like the stadium. I don't believe he will be the majority owner, but yes they will brand him to attract players.

 

Good points, seems logical to me, if that player is out there who we can get for that kind of money, I definitely agree a striker is needed.

 

I wonder if being rushed back aided in the breakdown.

Anyways, I can't wait to hear Pep complain about how unfair it is he can't replace a key player and how he's at a disadvantage because they just don't have the bodies and quality available.

Yeh.

 

That looks ********ing horrible and i'm not a fan of the name either. Inter Miami just sounds bad,.

 

When you think Miami or Miami Vice, you probably think of pink as a color. Most buildings in South Beach are pink.

Likewise, i like Internacional as a name because Miami is a minority community city. South Americans, Caribbean folks make up the population and of course the tourism from abroad is big. I think the name is apt. Plus theres like 4 teams in MLS called United but none are called Inter

 

I wasn't talking about the color per se, the logo overall is horrible for my taste.

Inter Miami, meh, it just sounds bad despite the relation to the population. Would have preferred something more original.

 

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Pep knows that rules changed for the winter mercato.

He can spend 200ME in december, and register them all for CL.


Joke asides, I expect a way bigger winter mercato than any previous year because of amended rules. Not being able to register players in CL/EL if they already played games with another club was imo making many big clubs less interested in the winter window, forcing them to do most of their purchases in the summer.

I think the winter mercato might just be as big as in the summer now.

 

Wouldnt be surprised if that cokehead brings up Ramas as well while whining. This is the guy who was talking about referee favouring Madrid in 16-17 Bayern-Madrid tie right after his team got knocked out by Liverpool.

"We need to do more to protect players who want to play football. In UCL final Ramos prevented Salah from playing football. Such incidents are not good for football...." - Coke Guardiola.

 

I actually like the colours but agreed on the name, it sounds terrible. Even just Miami FC sounds better.

 

Few things on Earth (eg Griezmann) are more cringey and contrived than US teams borrowing European club names for no apparent reason. I can't bring myself to watch a league with team names like "Real Salt Lake" (what is royal about this club?) and "Atlanta United" (who united with who?).

With that said I think "Inter Miami" is not nearly as bad as those examples.

 

And where does it say these names are European?
There is an Internacional in Brazil as well, a very old team .

 

El País say LaLiga have agreed a deal with International Champions Cup organisers Relevent which could include official league games being played in the United States as early as this season https://t.co/j2inq5aTxE

— The Spanish Football Podcast (@tsf_podcast) August 16, 2018

Here’s LaLiga’s press release on their new venture, confirming games will be played in the US. pic.twitter.com/F3ui2yJ9hY

— The Spanish Football Podcast (@tsf_podcast) August 16, 2018

 

Javier Tebas states: "If the NBA or the NFL play games outside their environment or their countries, why not the Spanish League? It is important to develop our brand. It is among our short- or medium-term objectives to bring a game of the Spanish League every year to the United States. "

"It would never be organized against the interests of the participants. We would see which teams can agree. And what compensations and communication strategies would be carried out. We have changed many things in the last four years, some with a lot of response. Then it was seen that it was ideal. In order to grow as an industry, we do not decide things for what they will say "

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EL Pais say match could involve RM or Barca.

Breaking: La Liga announces deal to hold regular season matches in the United States. First game to happen as early as this season... full story on @FT now https://t.co/sZ6X6mpaPC

— Murad Ahmed (@muradahmed) August 16, 2018

 

Honestly, no idea what that will do for La Liga, hosting one game per year in the US.

Not to mention the clubs future fixtures in competetions such as Champions League / Europa / Club World Cup in terms of travelling times and rest.

 

Why the hell clubs agreed to this???

 

The Washington Post says they will probably play a liga game in Miami! I love my city!

The NFL plays a few games every season in England. The NBA is playing games in Mexico and Puerto Rico. It's all good marketing. Spread the brand beyond national borders and these leagues get more followers, viewers, merchandise sales, etc. There's only so much marketing they can already do from Spain. Preseason tours are nice but meaningful games have even more potential.

 

Miami is nice but I hope they come here first I am only 30mins from Giants stadium.
These teams are greedy.. the also agreed to the proposed 24 team FiFA world cup for clubs.. which was being discussed last Season.

 

Honestly, I don't mind this much. We are depending on middle East for major sponsorships, but that's getting complicated with Qatar and City owners buying many firms. Look at our IPIC deal for Bernabeu which was cancelled after City owners took over IPIC.

Fly paying us 70 ME per year. Who knows when will they buy a European club as well and then stop sponsoring rivals. Utd got the shirt sponsorship deal with Chevrolet for 63 ME in 2013. We have had Microsoft as a supporting sponsor for some years. If we start playing in US, firms there will see it as an opportunity to directly promote there using a global brand like RM.

Some suggested CDR final maybe a better idea as it's supposed to be on nuetral venue anyways. But Spanish FA controls it and not LFP. Tebas has done a decent job trying to expand La Liga's reach since he took over. Compared to zero effort before him. I don't even remember who LFP president was until Tebas took over.

 

I think organizing Copa Del Rey games would have been much ideal. Make it a single leg matches. League games I dont know how its going to work, playing in home stadiums is a big advantage.