City Football Club (CFG), the owner of Manchester City, the England champions in the past two seasons, announced the acquisition of Lumel SC, which is competing in the Belgian second division, becoming the ninth club owned by the company. Emirati.
"This investment increases the global presence of CFG and their interest in clubs, qualification centers and players in development," the company statement said.
The statement added that Lommel Club "is famous for the strength of its qualifying position and the attention it places on developing young players."
CFG announced last November that it had acquired the Indian club, Mumbai City.
The company also owns American New York City, Australian Melbourne FC, Yokohama Marinos of Japan, Girona of Spain, Atletico Turku Uruguayan and Chinese Sengchuan Jinju.
"Belgium is considered one of the best European countries in football, as shown by the success of the national team and the qualification of players at the global level, and some of them we know well, such as Kevin de Bruyne and Vincent Kompany," said the Spanish director, Ferran Soriano.
It is noteworthy that the Red Devils team won the bronze medal in the 2018 World Cup in Russia at the expense of its English counterpart.
The Emirati City Group acquires the Belgian club
2020-05-11T12:27:05.642Z
City Football Club (CFG), the owner of Manchester City, the England champions in the past two seasons, announced the acquisition of Lumel SC, which is competing in the Belgian second division, becoming the ninth club owned by the company. Except
Source: emara