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Serie A TIM: American investor Robert Platek and his family acquire AC Spezia Calcio

"AC Spezia Calcio (Serie A TIM) is pleased to announce the completion of the acquisition of the club by the Platek family," said the Italian club on 11/02/2021. "This is a personal investment by the Platek family and has no affiliation with MSD Capital," added the club, while the American…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Finance, Legal
• Article # 208169
• Published on 12/02/21 at 11:10

Premier League: Man City foundation launches an operation to support children during school holidays

Manchester City FC (Premier League), through its "City in the Community" foundation, is launching an operation to support the city's children during the school holidays, announced the English club on 08/02/2021. "Youngsters from across Manchester (ENG) are being invited to enjoy free activity…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Social Responsibility
• Article # 208164
• Published on 11/02/21 at 18:00

Serie A TIM: AS Roma opens an academy in Abuja (Nigeria), the club's first in Africa

AS Roma (Serie A TIM) has opened an academy in Abuja (NGA) in partnership with Garden City Panthers FC (Nigerian second division), announced the Italian club on 10/02/2021. This is the first AS Roma Academy to be established in Africa. This new academy "will see young boys from the age of 5-17…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Stadiums
• Article # 208096
• Published on 11/02/21 at 13:39

Twitter: Top 100 European football clubs with the most followers (February 2021)

With nearly 65 million followers, FC Barcelona (LaLiga Santander) is the most popular European club on Twitter, according to data collected by News Tank Football, which offers a Top 100 of the most popular European clubs on this social network as of 01/02/2021. To establish this Top 100, News…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Digital, Essentials Clubs
• Article # 208006
• Published on 10/02/21 at 16:50

esports: AS Monaco and Gambit Esports (RUS) create a joint team for Dota 2 and Fortnite

AS Monaco FC (Ligue 1 Uber Eats) has teamed up with the Russian organisation Gambit Esports (based in London, ENG) to create a joint team of eight players on the video games Dota 2 (published by Valve Corporation) and Fortnite (published by Epic Games), under the name "AS Monaco Gambit", announced…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Digital, Marketing - Communication, esport - gaming
• Article # 207841
• Published on 09/02/21 at 17:45

TikTok: number of followers of the 71 European Top 5 clubs with an official account (February 2021)

With 6.9 million followers, FC Barcelona (LaLiga Santander) is the most popular European club on the Chinese social network TikTok, ahead of Real Madrid CF (LaLiga Santander, 4.4 million) and Paris Saint-Germain (Ligue 1 Uber Eats, 4.1 million), according to data recorded by News Tank Football on…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Digital, Essentials Clubs
• Article # 207837
• Published on 09/02/21 at 16:09

Stade Rennais: nearly €38,000 from 2019-20 season ticket holders donated to the Ligue de Bretagne

"Sensitive to the situation of amateur football, Stade Rennais FC (Ligue 1 Uber Eats) had the pleasure of donating the sum of €37,621, thanks to the generosity of its supporters and partners, to the Ligue de Bretagne to support Breton football," announced the club on 05/02/2021. Following the…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Finance, Authorities, Social Responsibility
• Article # 207727
• Published on 09/02/21 at 15:39

AC Milan: launch of "The Studios: Milan Media House" to centralise content creation

AC Milan (Serie A TIM) has launched "The Studios: Milan Media House", its "new innovative, self-owned media hub, which centralizes the creation, production and distribution of all of the club's audiovisual content" and aims to "make the club a leader in international sport-entertainment,…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Digital, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 207735
• Published on 09/02/21 at 12:10

CIES/Euro Top 5: "Man City total the most negative net transfer spending" (summer 2016-winter 2021)

Manchester City FC (Premier League) is the club from the European Top 5 that totals "the most negative net transfer spending" over the last five seasons (10 transfer windows, from summer 2016 to winter 2021), with a negative balance of -€631m, according to the Weekly Post from the CIES Football…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Transfer Market, Authorities, Finance, …
• Article # 207781
• Published on 09/02/21 at 11:24

Covid-19/Liverpool FC: Anfield made available to the NHS for the vaccination campaign

Anfield (54,000 capacity), home of Liverpool FC (Premier League), has joined the list of Covid-19 vaccination centres in the city of Liverpool (ENG), announced the 2019-20 English champions on 05/02/2021. "We are delighted to be supporting the vaccine rollout as part of our continued support…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Authorities, Social Responsibility, Stadiums
• Article # 207708
• Published on 09/02/21 at 09:39