Help Save Real Oviedo

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I'm not sure if this has been mentioned elsewhere but the Asturian club are at risk of going out of business unless they raise €2 million by November 17th. Players such as Cazorla, Mata and Michu all started their careers there. The club have made a final attempt to save themselves by starting a share issue. Anyone in the world can buy a share and they are priced at €11.50 each. I just bought one and if anyone else would like to contribute here is the link:
http://www.realoviedo.es/yosoyelrealoviedo/ingles/index.html

From their website:

"Now, Real Oviedo tries to avoid its nemesis and November 17th is the deadline, the supporters try to prevent their beloved club from uttering its swansong. Please, step ahead and become a hero: contribute to Real Oviedo’s dreams of a better future to come by buying even just a single share. As this traditional supporters’ chant goes ‘We shall be back in First Division, once again’.

A worthy cause...here's hoping they raise enough to survive

Leiva

Cazorla, Mata and Michu ... couple of weeks wages each, sorted !

joking.

good idea but and I see the hung a banner thanking all UK donations/purchases

NIMAN

Just bought one too, I hope its not in vain. Never thought I'd own a bit of a Spanish football club !

btw, did Mata not come through the Real Madrid academy?

Its shocking to think that a football club with history could become extinct over €2million, a fraction of what Barca or Madrid pay out each month in wages.

_blank_

Help a foreign club, while Irish clubs are on their knees?

Fúck off tbh

MagicMarker

_blank_ wrote: »

Help a foreign club, while Irish clubs are on their knees?

Fúck off tbh

That's the spirit!!

RoryMac

MagicMarker wrote: »

That's the spirit!!

He has a point though!

Mushy

_blank_ wrote: »

Help a foreign club, while Irish clubs are on their knees?

Fúck off tbh

Understand the sentiment, but NIMAN is a Derry fan. Can do both really.

partyguinness

Mushy wrote: »

Understand the sentiment, but NIMAN is a Derry fan. Can do both really.

Ouch...that's below the belt.

MagicMarker

RoryMac wrote: »

He has a point though!

Not really, people are free to spend their money on whatever they want. No one here has any obligation to give their money to an Irish club.

_blank_

MagicMarker wrote: »

Not really, people are free to spend their money on whatever they want. No one here has any obligation to give their money to an Irish club.

Never said they did.

MagicMarker

_blank_ wrote: »

Never said they did.

Never said you said you did.

dahat

Help Save Me,selling shares at 5 euro.............

_blank_

MagicMarker wrote: »

Never said you said you did.

never said you said I said I did

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NIMAN wrote: »

Just bought one too, I hope its not in vain. Never thought I'd own a bit of a Spanish football club !

btw, did Mata not come through the Real Madrid academy?

Its shocking to think that a football club with history could become extinct over €2million, a fraction of what Barca or Madrid pay out each month in wages.

He started at Oviedo I think and then joined Real where he went through their academy.

Dohnny Jepp

Did this happen to a German team relatively recently, and Bayern Munich gave an unguaranteed loan to the team to help them survive?

I wonder if any other team in Spain will step up and do the same!

EdenHazard

Norrmally it would be LOI fans who would care about this kinda thing!

Mushy

partyguinness wrote: »

Ouch...that's below the belt.

?? Just pointing out that a fan of a LOI club has also put in money towards it.

GavRedKing

They claim on their site to have over 11500 Season ticket holders so if they buy at least 1 share each that'll give them over €130,000.

I'm sure they'll have fans that can afford more then 1 share so they should more then likely manage to reach €2 Million.

Xavi6

EdenHazard wrote: »

Norrmally it would be LOI fans who would care about this kinda thing!

Yes, in their own league. Why would they give a flying one about a Spanish team when their clubs are in enough trouble as it is?

NIMAN

Look, I could spare €11 so I bought a share.

If you don't want to do it, don't.

EdenHazard

Because they care about the small clubs of the world, guess their is a sort of kinship involved.

Jelle1880

Dohnny Jepp wrote: »

Did this happen to a German team relatively recently, and Bayern Munich gave an unguaranteed loan to the team to help them survive?

I wonder if any other team in Spain will step up and do the same!

Munich have given loans to Dortmund and 1860 Munchen as far as I know.

Jelle1880

I'll look into getting a share, if only for the legend that is Viktor Onopko.

Leiva

tok9

I am very tempted just so I get the share certificate!

Nice thing to throw into the CV

NIMAN

Jelle1880 wrote: »

Munich have given loans to Dortmund and 1860 Munchen as far as I know.

Bet they regret that now:D

AdamD

tok9 wrote: »

I am very tempted just so I get the share certificate!

Nice thing to throw into the CV

How would this be in any way useful on your cv?

RandolphEsq

AdamD wrote: »

How would this be in any way useful on your cv?

Philanthropic endeavor.

partyguinness

Mushy wrote: »

?? Just pointing out that a fan of a LOI club has also put in money towards it.

Calling Derry City FC foreign is what I am referring to.

batistuta9

Derry City & Celtic two great Irish clubs

NIMAN

So Derry isn't in Ireland now?

Agree with you about Celtic though.

batistuta9

No it's in Northern Ireland, part of the UK

FutureGuy

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Help a foreign club, while Irish clubs are on their knees?

Fúck off tbh

Cop on ffs. The OP is highlighting a club in need. If you don't want to contribute, don't.

Plenty of people couldn't give two sh!ts about Irish "football" and might even like Spanish football more.

Thanks for highlighting OP.

NIMAN

batistuta9 wrote: »

No it's in Northern Ireland, part of the UK

We'll have to agree to disagree, cos in my mind Ian Paisley is Irish too, whether he likes it or not:D

homerjay2005

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Help a foreign club, while Irish clubs are on their knees?

Fúck off tbh

when i heard about this and then seen the thread on here, i said this has you written all over it.

15 minutes though your slipping..i expected that reply within

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FutureGuy wrote: »

Cop on ffs. .

My cop is perfectly on thanks very much

FutureGuy wrote: »

Plenty of people couldn't give two sh!ts about Irish "football" and might even like Spanish football more.

A cursory glance at this forum could show anyone that this is indeed true.

ctrl-alt-delete

Any links to help save these Irish clubs?

Trains, planes and automobiles don't count as I'm abroad, and not in Derry.

Oat23

This is why I didn't start a thread on Saturday when I bought a share. Knew this is the way the thread would go.

I've helped out Bohs, Galway and Dundalk over the past few years, buying some lotto tickets or entering last man standing competitions they were running, so don't bother throwing the "help your own clubs first" line at me. It's only a tenner and if it helps save them so the locals over there still have a team to follow then it's worth it. If you don't want to buy one then don't, simple.

FutureGuy

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A cursory glance at this forum could show anyone that this is indeed true.

C'est la vie.

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It's ironic that some here are bitching about helping a foreign club when the game itself is foreign in origin. Anyone who refuses to help a charity or cause just because they're in a different time zone is a parochial idiot in my opinion but hey each to their own.

Brain Stroking

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A cursory glance at this forum could show anyone that this is indeed true.

The market has spoken, if you will.

NIMAN

In the past I have donated money for Irish clubs too.

Think Cork and maybe last was Dundalk(?) - bought tickets for a prize draw.

Rhys Essien

Its kind of sad that Monaghan United were left go to the wall for the paltry sum of €80,000 especially with some of the generous people on here.

But look,we'll worry about the foreign clubs first.:rolleyes:

EdenHazard

The people most likely to help Oviedo most likely helped Monaghan that's the point I was making earlier.

Rhys Essien

extra gravy wrote: »

It's ironic that some here are bitching about helping a foreign club when the game itself is foreign in origin. Anyone who refuses to help a charity or cause just because they're in a different time zone is a parochial idiot in my opinion but hey each to their own.

Shur we'll keep going and try and bail out Greece while we're at it.:D

Anyone

Rhys Essien wrote: »

Shur we'll keep going and try and bail out Greece while we're at it.:D

This is Ireland, we cant really slag other nations about bailouts seeing as we started the whole bloody thing.

Anyone

Loving the begrudgery in this thread by some, made my donation feel even better.

ASOT

Bought 4 shares, i can vote and go to the shareholder meetings.

Im getting great interaction from the players & club on twitter, seem like a great bunch of lads.

So the people who say "Why would I support a rival Irish team in Europe?" (even if it would increase their team's chances in years to come) seem to think that helping other Irish teams financially is alright. Or they just love to jump on topics like this.

GavRedKing

Anyone wrote: »

This is Ireland, we cant really slag other nations about bailouts seeing as we started the whole bloody thing.

Nah it was the Greeks, they got a loan a few months before we did.

Francie Barrett

Rhys Essien wrote: »

Its kind of sad that Monaghan United were left go to the wall for the paltry sum of €80,000 especially with some of the generous people on here.

But look,we'll worry about the foreign clubs first.:rolleyes:

I can understand why someone would rather support Oviedo rather than Monaghan. I can't think of a single player Monaghan United have ever produced. Oviedo on the other hand have produced the likes of Mata, Cazrola, Michu, etc. These are players who have provided a lot of entertainment to football fans for years now.