Wainy316 Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 1 hour ago, Zatman said: Spain is such a late country that restauarants and bars dont open until about 10. you can use that excuse Ha, well it's actually because we're staying over at her cousin's near Alicante until the Sunday but she has suggested trying to work something, bless her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 Facebook has made a deal with La Liga and will show 380 games this season for free starting this Friday. It will only be available for people in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, The Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka thou. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 the interesting thing there will be who they choose to promote in the new market, obvious answer seems to be the big boys but it would be cool if they used those countries to try and grow support in say betis or villarreal and create a bit of balance in the league (they wont) La Liga definitly seem ahead of the PL though, streaming games is coming, dabbling with facebook and this new netflix style membership in this country, not sure what will hold us back, the greed, the power of sky, the governments 3pm game rules the now tv sports pass is already £34 a month, in comparison this eleven sports streaming service that includes la liga is £6 a month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 I said it before and sure others have but I would pay for a Villa only subscription to watch our games. Rarely you see an English stadium emptier than usual for TV games unless its midweek. Even when on brink of relegation we were averaging 30000 and we were on TV or could find a stream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 if villa packaged it better with more filler and content pulled in from youtube and AVTV etc, all games, all youth games (and lets be honest...it actually **** worked...) charged us £10 - £15 a month for the privilege then i think around 75% of people on here would get it theres 2 issues - 1) i think a few would pull part or all of their sky package to get it and sky would moan to the powers that be 2) where does that money go? my main concern with streaming is that it could open a back door to individual deals being introduced, if villa pocket all the money from a streaming service then thats great, until you realise that utd would be able to the same and then it really would blow football finances out of the water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Utterly embarrassing. Quote LaLiga and RELEVENT partner to promote soccer in the US and Canada LaLiga North America, a 15-Year, 50/50 joint venture, to be exclusive representative of LaLiga with broad ambitions, including bringing a LaLiga Santander competition match to the US. LaLiga, Spain’s top-flight soccer competition, and Relevent, a multinational media, sports and entertainment group, today announced a first-of-a-kind 15-year, equal joint venture to promote soccer in the U.S. and Canada. As part of the agreement, LaLiga plans to bring a regular season club match to the United States, the first to be played outside of Europe. Called LaLiga North America, the newly founded organization will work to cultivate soccer culture in the U.S. and Canada using the unequalled assets of LaLiga, the world’s best soccer league featuring internationally recognized clubs and players. Moreover, North America will be exposed to the unparalleled Spanish soccer culture, renowned for its passion, drama, history, flair and creativity. The agreement marks an inflection point for soccer -- the world's most popular sport in numbers of participants and spectators -- in the U.S. and Canada. The announcement comes on the back of a successful 2018 FIFA World Cup, which featured players from every club in the Spanish first division, and in anticipation of the 2026 FIFA World Cup that will be hosted in North America. LaLiga North America has the exclusive representation of LaLiga in the US and Canada for all business and development activities. The operation will support the league’s growth in the U.S. and Canada through consumer related activities including youth academies, development of youth soccer coaches, marketing agreements, consumer activations, exhibition matches and plans to have an official LaLiga Santander match played in the U.S. “This extraordinary joint venture is the next giant leap in growing soccer’s popularity in North America,” said Stephen Ross, chairman and owner of Relevent. “This unique relationship will create new opportunities for millions of North American soccer fans to experience the most passionate, exciting, and highest level of soccer in the world.” LaLiga President Javier Tebas added: “We’re devoted to growing the passion for soccer around the world. This ground-breaking agreement is certain to give a major impulse to the popularity of the beautiful game in the U.S. and Canada. Relevent has filled stadiums across the U.S. with the International Champions Cup, we’re thrilled to partner with them on a joint mission to grow soccer in North America.” Based in New York, LaLiga North America is led by Chief Executive Officer Boris Gartner, a seasoned media executive with experience in the US Hispanic and Latin American markets, formerly head of strategy and operations at Televisa in Mexico with prior executive roles at Univision in the US. The venture will have a dedicated team focused on growing the LaLiga brand and creating new business opportunities. Gartner's team will include Vice President of Business Development at LaLiga North America, Nicolás García Hemme, who previously worked in international development at LaLiga in Madrid. Beyond growing the sport in the U.S. and Canadian market, LaLiga North America will also increase growth and opportunity for LaLiga and its clubs in the market. “This partnership demonstrates LaLiga’s vision and foresight to be the top soccer league in the world,” said Relevent CEO Danny Sillman who negotiated the deal directly with La Liga. “Combining LaLiga’s long tradition of excellence and unparalleled international reputation with Relevent’s expertise in this market will accelerate the growth and popularity of soccer in North America and LaLiga’s global brand.” “Joining with Relevent to create LaLiga North America is a major milestone in our international expansion strategy,” said LaLiga International Development Director Oscar Mayo who led the deal on behalf of LaLiga. “This agreement ensures not only a bright future for soccer in North America, but also for LaLiga and our clubs.” LaLiga North America's board of directors will include: Stephen Ross, chairman of Relevent; Daniel Sillman, CEO of Relevent; Boris Gartner, CEO of LaLiga North America; Javier Tebas, president of LaLiga; and Oscar Mayo, LaLiga's director of international development. Advising on the agreement were O'Melveny & Myers LLP in New York led by Irwin Raij and J&A GARRIGUES, S.L.P., in Madrid for LaLiga. Relevent was advised by Stefan dePozsgay of Paul Hastings. https://www.laliga.es/en/news/laliga-and-relevent-partner-to-promote-soccer-in-the-us-and-canada Playing home league games in the US, way to take a huge dump on the face of their actual fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Spain wouldnt have a fan culture of Uk or Germany Plus a team like Alaves or Getafe make more money that way if they concede home advantage to Real or Barcelona. Nhl played Sweden last year and nfl and nba in london Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 All these leagues across sports that do this are risking devaluing the very thing that makes them appealing to foreign fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelVilla Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 No company have the TV rights for La Liga in Sweden. Don't know how many more European countries that don't but they should work on that. I don't think the NHL games in Stockholm sell-out anymore. Often boring games aswell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 Javier Tebas has criticised clubs who are spending lots of money on transfers and calls into doubt whether said clubs have the actual funds to pay for them. The LaLiga chief, fresh after agreeing a deal to take the league stateside, has taken aim at clubs which have been directly or indirectly involved with Real Madrid recently. The first one in the firing line was Inter Milan and he placed in doubt whether the Italian club had the cash to buy Luka Modric. Tebas asked how a club "which doesn't have money to sign players" can later make "a barbaric offer which will funded by who knows where". For that reason he's sure that Inter's offer for Modric has "loopholes". In the same line he also criticised PSG. He referred to the club run by Al-Khelaifi as "a group using every loophole just like Manchester City" and that they "destabilise the market". Tebas wasn't finished there. "You'll need to ask why state-owned clubs exist as they are inflating the market when they buy players." The LaLiga chief also admitted he wanted to look at how Juventus signed Cristiano Ronaldo this summer. https://www.sport-english.com/en/news/laliga/laliga-chief-javier-tebas-takes-aim-at-inter-milan-and-psg-6993020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 Tebas is clown that threw a wobbler and said Neymar move was a disgrace yet barca were tapping up Coutinho at same time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 The Spanish FA have announced that Girona vs Barcelona will be the game they are trying to stage in the USA. I really hope the players call a strike over this, it's shitting on the smaller clubs and is another nail in the coffin in this myth of equality. Girona lose a home game to be stuck in a stadium thousands of miles away full of plastic Barcelona fans. It's a big game for Girona too, they are 40 minutes up the road in rural Catalonia so Barcelona is definitely the fixture their fans will have been looking forwards to but because some businessman thinks he can squeeze even more cash out of Barcelona they don't get to have that? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 4 hours ago, The_Rev said: The Spanish FA have announced that Girona vs Barcelona will be the game they are trying to stage in the USA. I really hope the players call a strike over this, it's shitting on the smaller clubs and is another nail in the coffin in this myth of equality. Girona lose a home game to be stuck in a stadium thousands of miles away full of plastic Barcelona fans. It's a big game for Girona too, they are 40 minutes up the road in rural Catalonia so Barcelona is definitely the fixture their fans will have been looking forwards to but because some businessman thinks he can squeeze even more cash out of Barcelona they don't get to have that? Girona is part of the City group who own Man City and New York among others. I wonder if thats why they chosen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Ronaldo has spent 30million on a 51% stake in Real Valladolid. Not a bad deal for all the pies you can eat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 how can they start to make this shambles of a match in the US better? how can they appease the pissed off fans? they can put a spanish flag on all 40,000 seats for the fans to wave when 2 teams from Catalonia play unbelievable shit housery thats getting worse 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 Maybe they could wheel Trump out and he will say. Lets make Spain great again 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 New Barcelona crest, it's a bit boring. Looks very Pro-Evo but I imagine it's very suited for printing on stuff for the tourists. Here's the old one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 Money well spent then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 Clubs changing their badge is for the something you don't get thread. I never know what the point in it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 (edited) 25 minutes ago, sharkyvilla said: Clubs changing their badge is for the something you don't get thread. I never know what the point in it is. Could potentially go in the "modern football is rubbish" thread as well as the reason seem to be that this new badge will be easier to shrink and expand when printing and putting on merch. Less detail and less black edges. Edit: Perhaps @NurembergVillan could confirm or rubbish this claim? Edited September 28, 2018 by sne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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