V Sports

[Toronto Villa]

Things like this also make believe more than before that Lange’s days are numbered. I think Emery will have a large part to play in who we buy in the future and the scouting team will need to be fully aligned. I think in the summer we will see a shake up internally that mirrors some of the strategic moves we are making as a club and the ownership group.

Not sure this has much to do with Lange unless he identified Guimarães a few years back as a potential target. Apparently we've been after them for some time now. It was only when their current president got elected last March did things start to move. Agree about the chairs moving in the summer, Emery certainly seems to want his own man on board, where that'll leave Lange I've no idea.

Yeh I didn’t mean to directly correlate Lange to this. But the broadening of our affiliated clubs, the wider scope of responsibility afforded to Emery along with the much more personal involvement of NS in matters leads me to think the existing crew might not be a part of the future. I don’t know if that extends yet to Purslow, but given what happened post Fulham can’t have been good for him. But Lange could be an easier fall guy in all of this.

[Dante Lavelli]

When I heard we were buying a Portuguese club I did wonder what involvement “Super Agent” Mendez might have in both clubs.  NE is rumoured to be a fan.  100% speculation on my part. I can’t work out if it would be a good/bad thing anyway.

[Brazilian Villain]

Their home kit seems to be mostly plain white with a Santos vibe. However this away effort is a lesson in how to make a dog's dinner of a Vasco shirt. https://www.oldfootballshirts.com/pt/teams/v/vitoria-guimaraes/old-vitoria-guimaraes-football-shirt-s77241.html

Thats a 2007 kit.  This is there 2022 kits and very nice they are too:
https://www.footyheadlines.com/2022/08/vitoria-sc-22-23-home-away-third-kits.html

Those were the ones I was on about. All three very nice.
In fairness to BV he was just showing an away top of theirs which wasn’t so good.

Yeah, wasn't trying to argue that their kits weren't nice, just highlighted one I spotted where they made a complete hames of it.

If nice kits are V Sports' thing then hopefully Venezia FC is next on the acquisition list.

[algy]

My new favourite Portuguese club.

Yes, nice kits, too

Their home kit seems to be mostly plain white with a Santos vibe. However this away effort is a lesson in how to make a dog's dinner of a Vasco shirt. https://www.oldfootballshirts.com/pt/teams/v/vitoria-guimaraes/old-vitoria-guimaraes-football-shirt-s77241.html

Thats a 2007 kit.  This is there 2022 kits and very nice they are too:
https://www.footyheadlines.com/2022/08/vitoria-sc-22-23-home-away-third-kits.html

Those were the ones I was on about. All three very nice.
In fairness to BV he was just showing an away top of theirs which wasn’t so good.

I like to imagine that there's a Heroes and Vitorias forum and they're talking about our old kits, like how nice the 1992/3 home was but we made a bit of a cão's pastéis de nata of a Barcelona shirt in 2000.

[FatSam]

The biggest issue is V Sport is a rubbish name.  It sounds like a rubbish energy drink, or an Alchopop that would give you the shits for those of us old enough to remember them

I’m certainly old enough to remember the shits.

[eamonn]

Do Brits know the expression "a complete hames of..." ?

Hope so. They were primed with "sucking diesel" on In The Line Of Duty.

[Brazilian Villain]

Do Brits know the expression "a complete hames of..." ?

Hope so. They were primed with "sucking diesel" on In The Line Of Duty.

I doubt it but hopefully some of them do now.

[johnc]

Good news for us and, I assume, financially for Vitória.

I feel bad for their supporters though. A historic, proper club now diminished. I resent the on-going colonization of football.

* I feel like it should be "An historic..." but that can't be right, can it?

You will put in "an" to split up the two vowel sounds.  Depending on your accent you might skip the "h" in historic and drop in an

[Footy-Vill]

I hope our owners aren’t spreading themselves too thin…….with this, and the US ‘franchise’.
Let’s hope they remember, we were here first !!

I think you underestimate just how wealthy they are.

I promise you, I don’t

And I don’t just mean financially

If they get good people in behind the scenes then they should be ok. I don’t imagine that they’re that involved on a day to day basis anyway particularly when you consider their wider business interests.

That's what I'm concerned about.
V Sports group isn't anything really to do with Aston Villa or is it? Are we now in V group??
NSWE group are Aston Villa owners who also happen to now own Vitória club looks like they set up a company but it's not under the same branch as Aston Villa.

I suppose they wanted to be open about their investment in other clubs. I hope they haven't lost interest and are instead heading to Portugal to try to get Champions League football that way.

They are also aware of the large amount of talent available and the potential for profit, as evidenced particularly by Benfica's transfer policy in the Portuguese league, as well as this there is hugely potential for South Americans, particularly Brazilian players, to be purchased cheaply and sold for large sums.

[Risso]

V Sports SCS, (formerly called NSWE SCS) is the Luxembourg company that owns NSWE UK Limited in the UK. They've bought a minority shareholding in a Portuguese club for relative buttons.

[PGW]

V Sports SCS, (formerly called NSWE SCS) is the Luxembourg company that owns NSWE UK Limited in the UK. They've bought a minority shareholding in a Portuguese club for relative buttons.

5.5 m Euros i seem to recall reading...as u say buttons.

[Footy-Vill]

V Sports SCS, (formerly called NSWE SCS) is the Luxembourg company that owns NSWE UK Limited in the UK. They've bought a minority shareholding in a Portuguese club for relative buttons.

I see. Ok well it's all a bit confusing just hope they stay committed to Villa project.

[chrisw1]

If nice kits are V Sports' thing then hopefully Venezia FC is next on the acquisition list.

Now that shirt is the bollocks...

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I suppose they wanted to be open about their investment in other clubs. I hope they haven't lost interest and are instead heading to Portugal to try to get Champions League football that way.

The day Guimarães play in the Champions League I'll get Risso to offer you a golden farm to go with your golden pigs.

[Footy-Vill]

I suppose they wanted to be open about their investment in other clubs. I hope they haven't lost interest and are instead heading to Portugal to try to get Champions League football that way.

The day Guimarães play in the Champions League I'll get Risso to offer you a golden farm to go with your golden pigs.

God forbids Moses and his followers to eat swine “because it parts the hoof but does not chew the cud.”