peter47safc Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 http://www.sbnation.com/soccer/2011/4/19/2120239/team-dubai-real-zaragoza''According to a statement from Royal Emirates Group, the Dubai investment group owned by Sheikh Butti Bin Suhail Al Maktoum, the company has bought a Spanish La Liga side in the top division and is set to rename them 'Team Dubai'. The team in question is believed to be Real Zaragoza, who are currently having major financial difficulties and are in desperate need of help, but nobody really thought they were that desperate.As bizarre as the story is, it's not entirely clear whether the Royal Emirates Group will actually be allowed to go through with the name change. Anyway I think they should be disqualified from owning the team in the first place based on their terrible choice of a name. 'Team Dubai' is both ridiculous and boring at the same time, and that's frankly unacceptable. Here are some of my suggestions:It'll be really disappointing if the purported new ownership group gets the chance to rename a whole team and doesn't have more fun with it than 'Team Dubai'. Hopefully this is true and we get to see the We're From Zaragoza And We Like Penguins in action next year.''Seen this on a few other football forums, sorry if already posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Jela Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Then I hope their prepared to lose the majority of their fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tromperie Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Daft as the idea sounds, surely there's no legal barriers to prevent them from going ahead with such a name change? Red Bull Salzburg immediately spring to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MathewIsHere Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Brillant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bringonthbarca Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Thats a fucking joke to be fair. Would be raging if I was one of there supporters. Was there not rumours last year that Stirling were going to be renamed after compare the meerkats??? I would let that slide though I cand get enough of that meerkat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zvonimir Boban Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 surely a late april fool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClintonGrey Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Thats a fucking joke to be fair. Would be raging if I was one of there supporters. Was there not rumours last year that Stirling were going to be renamed after compare the meerkats??? I would let that slide though I cand get enough of that meerkat Aye there was rumours about that, the fans thought it was more hilarious than demeaning though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escobar Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Modern Football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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