by Football heavy goods vehicles have difficult Manchester United and Manchester City is within the reach of Manchester’s originals, according to the new owner of majority sharing of the franchise.
Shashwat Goenka, Vice-President of RPSG, who called on 80 million pounds Sterling for a 70% of the originals this month, told a press conference in the Old Trafford cricket that his confidence was born from the City status as a global sports power.
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“We are not football, we are cricket,” said Goenka, speaking of India. “These are not football fans, these are cricket fans and we want the Manchester franchise to The Hundred becomes the third largest sports team in Manchester and challenges these two sports teams in Manchester.”
If the agreement takes place, the originals will become the third cricket franchise belonging to RSPG, which is also the portfolio behind LuckNow super-mansions of the Indian Premier League and the Super Giants of Durban in South Africa.
The new dawn had broken the cold at Old Trafford, three degrees and a bitter wind is, but Dave at the reception was at the top of the feet in Manchester Originals and the business brand surrounding the press conference had been updated, the Super giants taking their place alongside Lancashire and the originals.
RPSG originally had an eye on the mind of London – whose participation of 49% was finally sold for 144 million pounds sterling in a consortium including Google, Microsoft and the leaders of Adobe – but seemed satisfied with their spell.
“The Lord is Lord’s, but Manchester is Manchester and even if we submitted aggressively for Lords, we stopped at one point and I am extremely happy,” said Goenka. “Manchester is a global sports center, one of the top five sports cities in the world. He has a rich sports story and a rich story of cricket, and she is supported by passionate fans. Old Trafford himself is a benchmark. The rich heritage of Lancashire County Cricket Club is unprecedented. Thus, in a word, the original Manchester are extremely attractive. »»
He worries about the washing games of Manchester rain in an extreme time of time. “I did not think about it in itself, and the gods of the weather are not in our hands, so …”
The agreement gives the Lancashire one day of pay of more than 25 million pounds sterling plus 3% of the new television agreement up to come in 2029. Their CEO, Daniel Gidney, who supervised this decision, paid tribute to the late President David Hodgkiss .
“It was he who withdrew me during the game India-Pakistan here in 2019 and said:” Daniel, look at how this crowd celebrates a single cricket match. Look at the passion, look at the energy. He said: “This is what we need in Lancashire is what we need in Manchester is what we need British cricket.” In many ways, he was visionary and he was absolutely right. »»
What the Lancashire will do with the windfall is still under discussion, although some will go to the maintenance of their debt and investment in infrastructure, including the Cricket Center which “could do with a little love”, Member facilities and the new configuration in Farington.
The president of the originals, James Sheridan, paid lukewarm water on the excitement to the board of directors of England and the cricket of the Wales on the enlargement of the competition – “If that makes sense for The team owners and the eight existing teams, we will have to see ” – while questions about the future the name changes, a possible passage of 100 balls in T20 format, the change in start hours to suit the Indian market And the possible signature of the franchises were beaten. For the moment, the atmosphere was stunned.
