In March, NAC Breda had released an official announcement that confirmed that the club was ‘on the verge’ of becoming a part of the City Football Group’s vast global portfolio of clubs.
The Dutch side had also stated that with the sale process reaching the ‘final stage’, the umbrella company and it’s shareholders had plans to kickstart the preparations for the 2022/23 season in the ‘short term’ as well.
However, one of the club’s supporters groups, ‘Breda Locos’ on social media expressed their opposition with regards to the sale by hanging a banner outside the Etihad Stadium that read, “Stay out of our territory. NAC is not a City Group Story.”
A latest update has revealed that NAC Breda have heard their fans’ concerns and decided to grant them their wish.
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As a result, the club released an official statement to confirm that they had pulled out of the decision to sell the club by stating, “After intensive discussions with both the City Football Group and two possible alternatives, the NOAD Foundation decided after careful and extensive testing to submit to the local plan of NAC Breda.”
Interestingly, the Sky Blues’ owners are understood to have ‘no hard feelings’ about the situation and simply consider it a situation where things failed to pan out.
It has also been mentioned that the City Football Group plan to maintain a ‘good relationship’ with Breda, regardless of the fact that the deal did not come to fruition.
While the umbrella company could not make NAC Breda the 11th club in their portfolio, their focus must be completely directed towards adding Brazilian side Bahia to their list of teams around the world.
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