Turkish media mogul Acun Ilıcalı, the owner of the global media company ACUNMEDYA, has become the majority shareholder in Shelbourne Football Club. Dublin, Ireland: Shelbourne Football Club has announced that Acun Ilıcalı has become the majority shareholder of the club. Acun Ilıcalı has founded one of the biggest independent media and entertainment companies, empowered with the vision to deliver inspiring and creative content worldwide. This investment will be used to support the growth and development of the club by investing in the men’s and women’s first teams, the academy, and its facilities with an ambition to make Shelbourne FC Ireland’s most successful football club. The deal is expected to bring additional benefit as it will create material synergy between Shelbourne FC and Hull City FC, which is fully owned by Acun Ilıcalı. After the investment, existing shareholders will continue to be investors in the Club and the parties will collaborate closely for the future success of the club The founder and Chairman of ACUNMEDYA, the owner of the Hull City FC and the new Chairman of Shelbourne FC, Acun Ilıcalı said; “I am deeply impressed by the passion and motivation of the Shelbourne FC family and we believe that the club offers great potential to succeed in European football. Our vision for Shelbourne FC is to become the leader of the League of Ireland and demonstrate consistent success in European competitions. We believe that our investment and commitment will shape the future of the football in our academy, which will become the most modern academy structure in Ireland. We want to scout, recruit and train talented prospects from all over Ireland and Europe to be part of our family. With our global expertise and vision in football, media and entertainment verticals, we aim to bring new energy to Irish football and Shelbourne FC, one of the oldest clubs in Ireland, by further strengthening the deep-rooted bond between the fans and the club, like we did in Hull City.” Welcoming the deal, Andrew Doyle, who takes up the role of vice-chairman Shelbourne FC, said: “This is a transformational deal for Shelbourne Football Club and a huge boost to our ambitions to make Shelbourne Ireland’s most successful football club both domestically and in Europe. The investment will give us the resources to make significant investment in club facilities, the men’s and women’s senior teams and the academy. This partnership will help us finalise ongoing projects and seize many other opportunities that will benefit our senior teams, academy and facilities. There will be huge opportunities to leverage the synergies with the management expertise and resources of ACUNMEDYA ,Shelbourne and Hull City in ways that can be very significant for everyone involved.”
With our global expertise and vision in football, media and entertainment verticals verticals **** me Don’t agree with it tbh buying another club
Have to say I agree with Chazz. I do appreciate we have Tan more or less running the show, but 'get your own house in order' springs to mind.
In two minds. I hate multi club ownership but it's a "if you can't beat them join them" type thing these days.
Yep, it's an ugly trend but we can be left behind or we can go along with it. Rosenior thinks it'll benefit us and that's enough for me.
He wears a dark jacket and trousers that are too short with white Trainers, not sure we can trust his judgement on all things.
Don't see too much of an issue with this, with the disparity in English & Irish football. I don't really like multi club ownership when they're around the same level (think Watford/Udinese) but what's really going to happen here? A friendly in pre-season, a few young loans from City to cut their teeth in Ireland and if they have any players that look ready to take a step into English football then we'll probably get the best look at them with an easy ability to send them back if it doesn't work out. I mean what are people actually worried about?
I wonder if this is to help us sign foreign players and get visas for them as it is harder after Brexit.
They're a soulless franchise, the Red Bull of the A-League. They're the richest, most dominant team in the league and have been for years but still have a **** support.
Wow, like a mirror of Man City here then! Just don't know how much of an impact we could have on a league of ireland team. In regards to the Visa point, how long would players have to be loaned to shelbourne for them to be granted a visa?
