Owners of Manchester City, who also own Girona (Spain), New York (USA), Melbourne (Australia), Mumbai City (India), Lommel (Belgium), Troyes (France), Montevideo City Torquay (Uruguay), Yokohama Marinos (Japan) and Sichuan (China) – intend to expand their football empire to Brazilian soil.According to Globo Esporte, City Football Group has offered a little less than 200 million USD (197,000,000) to take over 51 percent of the ownership of Atletico Mineiro.Wed 23:00: (1.15) Man.City (9.00) Sporting (22.0)The current owners of Atletico assessed this offer as low, estimating that the club is currently worth a little less than double that amount (395.5 million USD). However, those who are more familiar with the situation believe that an agreement will be struck in the end, because the club carries a 257 million USD deficit.If the transaction is successfully completed, the club from Belo Horizonte will be the third in the Brazilian Serie A, which will pass over into the hands of big “players” in a short time – of course after the state issues its permission.Earlier, the company 777 Partners, which owns of Genoa FC and is a minority shareholder of Sevilla FC, announced that it would take over 70% of the shares of Vasco da Gama for 150 million USD, with the promise to invest an additional 270 million USD in the club in the next three years.If you think you’re having a tough time, just remember Sporting travel 1.000 miles to get battered. AgainPreviously, Brazilian and world legend Ronaldo Luis Nazario de Lima, who owns 80 percent of the shares of Spanish Real Valladolid, bought Cruzeiro for 68 million USD, in which he started his professional football career.The move by the owner of Manchester City will most likely not be the last in the purchase and sale of Brazilian clubs that are quite indebted. According to the calculations done by Sportika, investments in Brazilian football could reach the amount of as much as 1 billion dollars in the near future.
