David Beckham, who is a co-owner of Club Internacional de Fútbol Miami, was in Doha in December and was interviewed on the subject of the World Cup which is coming to Qatar.
During a visit to Education City Stadium – exactly three years before the Qatar 2022 final will take place – the former Manchester United, Real Madrid, AC Milan, LA Galaxy and Paris Saint-Germain star said Qatar’s tournament will be ‘a dream’ for players and fans thanks to its friendliness and state-of-the-art facilities.
“I think as a player and a fan you want to visit a World Cup competition with great facilities, safe facilities, great hotels and great culture – and that’s what Qatar is all about,” said Beckham, who was given a tour of Education City Stadium by Hassan Al Thawadi, Secretary General of the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy.
Speaking of challenges, he compared the challenges that were overcome to bring the tournament to Qatar to those he faced during the past seven years of securing his club in Miami.
“To make dreams come true, to make memories like this, it takes hard work. You always are questioned on certain things, and people will always doubt you on certain things. But, Miami is proof, and Qatar is proof that anything is possible.”
Beckham has been a frequent visitor to Qatar in recent years, and he said he has seen the country rapidly evolve. “I’ve been here quite a few times and I’ve seen the change and development,” said Beckham, who was visiting to attend the FIFA Club World Cup semi-final between CF Monterrey and Liverpool FC at Khalifa International Stadium.
“Most importantly, it’s always been such a family environment here – and I think that is something as a player and a fan you really want at a World Cup. Three years to the day [until the World Cup final] it’s going to be pretty incredible.”
Listen to David Beckham speak about the World Cup 2022 which will be held in Qatar.
David Beckham tours the Education City Stadium in Qatar | Photo: FIFA
Os culés aumentaram sua rotatividade em 21,7% na temporada 2018/19
Real Madrid desce para a segunda posição no ranking elaborado pela Deloitte
BARCELONA (3a feira-14 de janeiro de 2020) —
Do ponto de vista do futebol, o Futbol Club Barcelona não se diverte após ser derrotado na semifinal da Supercopa da Espanha e com a demissão do técnico Ernesto Valverde. Mas, do ponto de vista econômico e financeiro, o clube catalão vive uma de suas melhores etapas.
Segundo o estudo da Football Money League, preparado pelo consultor Deloitte, o Futbol Club Barcelona acaba de se tornar o clube de futebol com mais renda no mundo, superando, assim, seu eterno rival: o Real Madrid.
Segundo este relatório da consultoria Deloitte, os catalães aumentaram seu faturamento em 21,7% na temporada 2018/19, atingindo vendas no valor de 840,8 milhões de euros. A Deloitte atribui esse aumento de receita de Barcelona à mudança de seu foco comercial em atividades como merchandising e licenciamento. Aponte especificamente:
“Reconhecendo o poder de sua marca, o clube assumiu maior controle de suas operações, em vez de confiar em terceiros para esses serviços”.
TOP 3 CLUBES DE FUTEBOL COM MAIS RENDA (2020)
_Dados Apresentados por Reason Why de Deloitte
FC Barcelona, 840.8 €
Real Madrid CF, 757.3 €
Manchester United FC, 711,5 €
Enquanto isso, o Real Madrid mal viu sua receita crescer 0,9%, para 757,3 milhões na primeira temporada sem Cristiano Ronaldo. A terceira posição na classificação de riqueza econômica de acordo com a Deloitte é mantida pelo Manchester United, com vendas de 711,5 milhões, a quarta é para o Bayern de Munique, enquanto o PSG ocupa o quinto lugar no Manchester City.
Um grande negócio
Pode-se concluir que os negócios em torno do futebol continuam a crescer sem parar. De fato, os 20 clubes com maior faturamento do mundo excederam 9,2 bilhões de euros em receita na última temporada. Isso representa um crescimento anual de 12% e estabelece um novo recorde histórico.
Los culés han aumentado su facturación un 21,7% en la temporada 2018/19
El Real Madrid baja a la segunda posición del ranking elaborado por Deloitte
BARCELONA (el 14 de enero de 2020) —
De la perspectiva futbolística, el Fútbol Club Barcelona no pasa por un buen momento después de haber sido derrotado en la semifinal de la Supercopa de España, y la destitución del técnico Ernesto Valverde. Pero desde el punto de vista económico y financiero, el club catalán vive una de sus mejores etapas.
Según el estudio Football Money League, elaborado por la consultora Deloitte, el Fútbol Club Barcelona acaba de convertirse en el club de fútbol con más ingresos del mundo, superando así a su eterno rival: el Real Madrid.
Según este reporte de la consultora Deloitte, los culés han aumentado su facturación un 21,7% en la temporada 2018/19, hasta alcanzar ventas por valor de 840,8 millones de euros. Deloitte atribuye esta subida de ingresos del club azulgrana al cambio en su enfoque comercial en actividades como el merchandising y la concesión de licencias. En concreto apuntan:
“Reconociendo el poder de su marca, el club ha tomado un mayor control de sus operaciones, en lugar de depender de terceros para estos servicios”.
TOP 3 CLUBS DE FÚTBOL CON MÁS INGRESOS (2020)
_Data Presented by Reason Why from Deloitte
FC Barcelona, 840.8 €
Real Madrid CF, 757.3 €
Manchester United FC, 711,5 €
El Real Madrid, por su parte, apenas ha visto crecer sus cuenta de ingresos un 0,9% hasta los 757,3 millones en la primera temporada sin Cristiano Ronaldo. La tercera posición en la clasificación de riqueza económica según Deloitte la conserva el Manchester United con unas ventas de 711,5 millones, la cuarta es para el Bayern de Munich mientras el PSG arrebata al Manchester City la quinta posición.
Un negocio enorme
Se puede concluir que el negocio que rodea al fútbol sigue creciendo de forma imparable. De hecho, los 20 clubes con mayor facturación del mundo superaron los 9.200 millones de euros en ingresos durante la pasada temporada. Esto supone un crecimiento interanual del 12% y marca un nuevo récord histórico.
In order to grow the club as a global brand, Real Club Deportivo Espanyol de Barcelona is developing a network of academies around the world.
The newest such fútbol school has opened in Brisbane, Australia.
This internationalisation model kicked off in the 2016/17 season with the launch of two academies and the growth has been gradual since then, reaching the curen position of 11 RCDE Academy sites.
Albert Saus is the manager of the club’s schools and academies department, He had this to say: “We work to create quality local projects around the world and the academy is at the heart of that. We have now reached Oceania, in the city of Brisbane, through an academy that will start activity at the beginning of February 2020.”
RCD Espanyol de Barcelona look at its academy not simply as a place to groom future players but literally as an extension of its brand. The club is creating a global model, opening centres around the world that will introduce the club not just to new players, but to create lifelong fans.
Global academies and football camps
The objective of these academies is to take the identity of RCD Espanyol de Barcelona academy to new territories, where boys and girls between the ages of four and 15 can improve their skills and the 119-year story of the club can be shared.
With the academy in Brisbane, the club is now present across all continents. In addition to Brisbane, RCD Espanyol de Barcelona is also based in Algiers and Tizi Ouzou (Algeria), in Saitama (Japan), in Jersey City, New Jersey (USA), in Baghdad (Iraq), in Helsinki (Finland), in Stockholm (Sweden) and in Shanghai, Shouguang and Hunan (China).
In total, RCD Espanyol has 1,085 boys and girls are training with the club.
In addition to the network of academies, Espanyol has created a football camps program.
Associated with the academies, the RCDE Football Camps consist of standalone training events designed to engage new playing talent around the world. When this project started three years ago, the club held six camps abroad. This year, 29 have already been held. Extending its global reach further, these camps have been carried out in Canada, The USA, Colombia, France, Switzerland, Sweden, Finland, Kazakhstan and Japan, among others.
RCD Espanyol de Barcelona now has the second most academies in La Liga that are supervised by club directors.
Growth in China
RCD Espanyol has invested greatly in China. The Catalan side has three of its international academies in the country. Alongside its Chinese ownership, this year’s signing of Chinese forward Wu Lei has helped to boost the club’s standing and presence here. It opened its third academy in China in the months following the signing as interest in the club grew rapidly. In addition, a new RCD Espanyol de Barcelona fan club was established in Shanghai.
It was a goal that gave Espanyol a 2-2 draw with Catalan rivals Barcelona, one which will have delighted the masses following back home in China, where Wu’s career is followed closely as the only player from his country to ply his trade in one of Europe’s top five leagues.
Saus explained: “Since [club owners] Rastar Group arrived at the club, our international presence has accelerated, although not only in China. The signing of Wu Lei helped us on the pitch and he also became an ambassador for the club in China. This goes in tandem with the three club academies in China.”
Consolidation in North America and other opportunities
Outside of Asia, the club maintains significant ambitions for growth and is working on consolidating its presence in North America. At the same time, it is also studying opportunities in India and possibly Central Africa.
Espanyol’s strategy definitely brings people from around the world closer to the club. “We want to build brand identity through our youth football because that helps to generate a sense of belonging,” Saus says. “We are seeing more and more members of our international programs joining our club in Spain or becoming fans, which increases our global network significantly.”
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Por primera vez, las cámaras de televisión han tenido acceso al día a día de jugadores como Leo Messi, Gerard Piqué, Marc-André ter Stegen o Luis Suárez.
Miami, Fla. (October 30, 2019) —
Fútbol Club Barcelona will be releasing its own in-house documentary that will take viewers behind the scenes.
This follows other clubs who have produced documentaries, such as Netflix’ work with Juventus and Amazon’s work with Manchester City, Borussia Dortmund and Leeds United.
The Blaugrana version will be an eight-episode documentary each consisting of 45 minutes that focus around eight key games from the 2018-19 season. The exclusive content features dressing room footage, the players’ reactions to last season’s shocking defeat to Liverpool, interviews, and a glimpse into the players’ home lives. Actor John Malkovich provides the narration.
The documentary will be available via Barça sponsor Rakuten and their distribution partners in Europe from November onwards. It will be available in North America although the distribution partner has not been announced.
It is definitely a not-to-be-missed series.
Here is the trailer for the project:
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European Champions Liverpool Football Club are set to sign a new kit supplier agreement with Nike that is reported to be worth £75 million (€84.8 $93.2).
This would match Manchester United’s 10-year deal with adidas and place the Reds among the top 5 clubs in the category of kit supplier deals. FC Barcelona currently has the largest kit supplier agreement at €113.5m with Nike.
This after the London Commercial Court dismissed New Balance’s complaint for breach of contract in a dispute that centred over “matching rights” contained in the kit supplier agreement between New Balance and Liverpool which expires at the end of this season.
