Don Sharma Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 The MCC are understood to be exploring the possibility of buying an Indian Premier League franchise worth up to $200million (£122.3m). The IPL team would be based at Lord's and play matches in England during the early part of the summer. The IPL will be extended in 2011 with two more franchises joining the eight-team league and it is believed a consortium, which includes the MCC, are planning to make a bid. More Manchester City to buy IPL team? Manchester City are believed to have made an offer to buy an Indian Premier League team. According to the British daily The Sun, the IPL authorities have confirmed they have received an approach from the world's richest football club. It is reported that City's Abu Dhabi-based owners want to invest in an IPL team to help build more awareness to their plans to make their region part of the global cricket hub. "I can confirm an English Premier League club has approached us about buying a team," IPL commissioner Lalit Modi told The Sun. Modi, who has stated that the IPL can become a big brand name, later ruled Chelsea out of the equation. There will be ten teams instead of eight on 2011 and the new teams could be revealed as early as next month. Abu Dhabi's ground has so far staged one-day internationals with Pakistan, West Indies and New Zealand. Source - ESS They know they can't win a thing in football so they are trying their luck in another sport *giggle* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DeveGowda Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 Modi saying the EPL club is in TOP 3.. cricinfo.. Now we can get EPL culture into IPL :hysterical: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKnowU Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 wow just wow.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Merlyn Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 no Sheikhs and middle eastern people in IPL please....and no IPL teams in UAE....that place is the den of underworld and match fixers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Block hole Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 Top English football club interested in IPL, says Modi Lalit Modi, the IPL commissioner, claims a leading English football club is interested in bidding for a new team in the fourth edition of the IPL next year. In an interview to the Times, Modi - also the Champions League Twenty20 commissioner - said he was in talks with the Marylebone Cricket Club who were also apparently eager to become involved in the IPL. "There is a football club, a very famous football club in the UK, very interested in bidding," Modi said. "[They are] probably one of the most famous football clubs - that's all I can say. Probably top three. They are interested in taking a stake." Responding to speculation in the Indian media, Modi later said on his Twitter page that the club in mention was not Chelsea. The IPL will include two more teams from the 2011 season and will auction the franchise rights at a base price of $225 million ahead of the third season, which starts in India on March 12, and will invite potential investors this week. That figure - double of what the most expensive franchise was sold for in 2008 and more than four times the base price in that first auction - is, in an uncertain market, a sign of the league's confidence in itself and the Twenty20 format. According to Modi, the MCC would be a value addition to the IPL and open up the possibility of taking the bandwagon overseas to Lord's. "I have talked [to MCC] last night and they are quite interested," he said. Keith Bradshaw, the MCC chief executive, did not deny he had been approached but would not confirm to join the IPL. "At the moment, our finances are focused on the redevelopment of the ground," he said. The league's expansion will see a much longer fixture list - 94 games as opposed to 59 in the first two seasons if the format remains the same - and accommodating it in the 45-day window without compromising players' fitness, and keeping the international calendar in mind, will be a challenge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKnowU Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 1. Man U debt ridden 2. Chelsea - cbf......Abromovich doesnt give two shits about a sport he doesnt know. 3. Liverpool - need to sort out their personal shti before they talk. 4. Arsenal - too busy paying off the loan for the emirates stadium 5. Man City - bored watching their team play.....so they thought they could switch codes during the off season and watch cricket instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DeveGowda Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 1. Man U debt ridden 2. Chelsea - cbf......Abromovich doesnt give two shits about a sport he doesnt know. 3. Liverpool - need to sort out their personal shti before they talk. 4. Arsenal - too busy paying off the loan for the emirates stadium 5. Man City - bored watching their team play.....so they thought they could switch codes during the off season and watch cricket instead. Man city owners are Gulf Shiek's i think.. So now IPL will expand to Gulf also .. But th Cricinfo article says..modi telling one of the TOP 3 clubs interseted..manC is not in top 4 also... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKnowU Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 But th Cricinfo article says..modi telling one of the TOP 3 clubs interseted..manC is not in top 4 also... Do you really believe in Modi's knowledge of the EPL? :hysterical: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DeveGowda Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Do you really believe in Modi's knowledge of the EPL? :hysterical: i dont believe modi's cricket knowledge also...He is a gReat Marketing guy ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
achilles Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 What a marketing masterstroke :two_thumbs_up: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkem8 Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 If the Arab sheiks buy a team you can expect to see a couple of Paki players.. They will make Gayrukh look as nationalistic as Sunny Deol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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