Red Bull

[wigwams]

New York - Relatively New Football territory.
Leipzig - No big football teams around for miles.
Salzburg - The biggest club they’ve purchased that faced the most resistance.

We’re a big club, with a fair amount of history, that’s not typically their business model. If I were them, I’d look at Bath, Gloucester or Chelmsford, where they’re decent sized towns/cities without professional football, there’s likely to be little resistance from the existing clubs and little competition in the immediate area. If I had to plump for a Football League club, there’s likely to be the least resistance at MK Dons, so I’d probably go there.

They don’t typically go for already big clubs (Salzburg, I will give you) and typically go for small clubs (Leipzig were a 6th division mob pre-horrible energy drink takeover, as were their Brazilian team they’ve bought) and build them up from the bottom up.

We'd cost absolutely nothing and have superb facilities with more potential than any other club outside the top division and more than half in it. I get all your points about building smaller from nothing but we'll be very attractive.

 

[TravellingMackem]

German clubs won't appeal after Uefa clear RB Leipzig and FC Salzburg for Champions League

Therefore if an English team made it to that point there would also be a review as to whether they could break the rule, and given that it’s already happened once they are less likely to grant a second exemption to the same company, and the big teams in our league were disadvantaged you can bet your life they’d be less gracious and appeal. Thanks for proving my point

 

[riffraff]

I'm not sure what their model is, or your definition of a big city if you don't consider New York, Leipzig or Salzburg as big cities in their countries

All bigger and more significant in their countries than Sunderland in either England or the UK

Therefore if an English team made it to that point there would also be a review as to whether they could break the rule, and given that it’s already happened once they are less likely to grant a second exemption to the same company, and the big teams in our league were disadvantaged you can bet your life they’d be less gracious and appeal. Thanks for proving my point

As it’s already happened once it’d be more than likely that it’d go ahead. The court of appeal for sport would be quoting it as the reason why. Not that it’d get that far as UEFA won’t like being public ally shot in the foot by a gun of their own making

Sunderland RB AFC.
Roker Boys
Hello hello we are the Roker boys.

I’d happily change the stadium name, the badge and stick their name on our shirts as I’ve nivver been ower fond of any of em since we left Roker and both badge and stadium name were merely the thoughts of the man in charge at the time who had his deciders for his entire tenureship. ( is tenureship a word?).

I’d a little less happily stick RB into the name as needs must but wouldn’t expect the PL, FA or FL to allow it.

Changing the home strip would see me off supporting my local non league team a bit more and indulging in a bit more continental football tourism and spending a lot less time indulging in safc related nonsense. Which I suppose is good news for everyone on here.

Deridersnot deciders.

 

[Hawyatt Earp]

Therefore if an English team made it to that point there would also be a review as to whether they could break the rule, and given that it’s already happened once they are less likely to grant a second exemption to the same company, and the big teams in our league were disadvantaged you can bet your life they’d be less gracious and appeal. Thanks for proving my point

What an odd way of looking at something.

The opposite is true.

There’s literally been a precedent set, meaning it’s more likely to happen again than not.

 

[shadowplay]

New York - Relatively New Football territory.
Leipzig - No big football teams around for miles.
Salzburg - The biggest club they’ve purchased that faced the most resistance.

We’re a big club, with a fair amount of history, that’s not typically their business model. If I were them, I’d look at Bath, Gloucester or Chelmsford, where they’re decent sized towns/cities without professional football, there’s likely to be little resistance from the existing clubs and little competition in the immediate area. If I had to plump for a Football League club, there’s likely to be the least resistance at MK Dons, so I’d probably go there.

They don’t typically go for already big clubs (Salzburg, I will give you) and typically go for small clubs (Leipzig were a 6th division mob pre-horrible energy drink takeover, as were their Brazilian team they’ve bought) and build them up from the bottom up.

Chemie, the Leipzig club they bought out, had won the East German championship a couple of times but had been refounded already & were under severe financial difficulties. Their rivals Lokomotive Leipzig were the first winners of the German league and were relatively successful in Europe. So there was quite a bit of footballing heritage in the city.

Outside of the North East we're not a big club at all. In Europe we don't even exist. We would be a bottom-up project for them. If I were them I'd probably be looking at Milton Keynes or Bristol over us, but I can understand why they would have mentioned us, at least.

 

[Grammar Police]

It's happening.

 

[FLATHEED]

It's happening.

Possibly, possibly not!!

 

[Julio]

It's happening.

Dont you start. You appear sensible

 

[Black Cat Gypsy]

RB Sunderland AFC

I've been reading about the structure and philosophy they have at RB Leipzig and Red Bull Salzburg. It's exactly the modern approach we've been crying out for both on and off the pitch

 

[ShaabanShaaban]

It's happening.

The fappening 2

 

[oldboy]

It is certainly an unusual statement by Ralf Ragnick or whatever he’s called. Surely he would have known the impact that would have? It’s even more bizarre if there’s nothing in it as why say it. Hmmm.

He was probably asked the question about English football. Red Bull are professional, they'd keep up to date with all potential opportunities across Europe. Currently in the UK, to them it seems like thats us and MK. So when he was asked the question, he gave an honest answer. I would read too much into it.

 

[The Rat]

He was probably asked the question about English football. Red Bull are professional, they'd keep up to date with all potential opportunities across Europe. Currently in the UK, to them it seems like thats us and MK. So when he was asked the question, he gave an honest answer. I would read too much into it.

Aye this, nout in this like

 

[Schmarrnbeppi]

Chemie, the Leipzig club they bought out, had won the East German championship a couple of times but had been refounded already & were under severe financial difficulties. Their rivals Lokomotive Leipzig were the first winners of the German league and were relatively successful in Europe. So there was quite a bit of footballing heritage in the city.

Outside of the North East we're not a big club at all. In Europe we don't even exist. We would be a bottom-up project for them. If I were them I'd probably be looking at Milton Keynes or Bristol over us, but I can understand why they would have mentioned us, at least.

They didn't buy out Chemie. They bought a team called SSV Markranstädt

They didn't buy out Chemie. They bought a team called SSV Markranstädt

Chemie and LOK are relatively successful in their own right, not to mention that in their region Magdeburg and Dresden arent too far away and both were extremely successful clubs.

 

[Hawyatt Earp]

It's happening.

I’m having a weekend of imagining it’s all true, before the inevitable denials next week. Been lovely so far, planning some midweek trips to Europe

 

[Roker Scoreboard]

It's happening.

What is?

 

[Hawyatt Earp]

What is?

Couple of people are confidently saying they’re actually in talks.

 

[Roker Scoreboard]

Unless due to relocation like Wimbledon the FA, EFL and PL wouldn't sanction a name change.

Couple of people are confidently saying they’re actually in talks.

They might be talking aye, but if one of their asks is the team name needs to incorporate their brand it won't happen.

 

[marco popas]

Can’t see it myself, the club just doesn’t really fit the Red Bull model. We’re a club from a relatively big city that is already a pretty big club in the country, it’s just not in their business model to target clubs like that.

We are not considered a big club anymore. Outside the NE we are pretty much a nothing club.

 

[Roker Scoreboard]

RB Sunderland AFC

I've been reading about the structure and philosophy they have at RB Leipzig and Red Bull Salzburg. It's exactly the modern approach we've been crying out for both on and off the pitch

Apart from they ripped up the history of former teams to create these franchised clubs. Universally hated by the Fanbase in Germany and other countries they've entered into.

We are not considered a big club anymore. Outside the NE we are pretty much a nothing club.

Haway man, we're having a tough few years but like to think we're still considered a big club at least in the UK.

SKY seem to think so as they still screen us live when they can.

 

[oldboy]

Unless due to relocation like Wimbledon the FA, EFL and PL wouldn't sanction a name change.


They might be talking aye, but if one of their asks is the team name needs to incorporate their brand it won't happen.

Yeah if they rejected Allam's request to change Hull City to Hull Tigers (which is already there nickname) then there is no chance they'd allow red bull to crowbar themself into a clubs name somehow. I'm not even theyd allow a club to change their badge to incorporate a business logo.