Club Updates

Please use this thread to post stories relevant to changes in clubs for the updates (take overs, new affiliates, sponsorships etc), make sure you prove a link in English or easily translatable to English.

Bahia from Brazil is now owned by the City Group - The link https://ge.globo.com/ba/futebol/times/bahia/noticia/2022/12/03/socios-do-bahia-aprovam-a-venda-de-90percent-da-saf-ao-grupo-city.ghtml

Vasco da Gama is now owned by the 777 group who also run Genoa - The link https://vasco.com.br/vasco-e-777-partners-concluem-operacao-da-saf/

Cork City FC was sold by its supporters trust to Dermot Usher, a businessman from Dublin, who has promised increased squad investment. The sale took place about a week ago after a vote by the membership of the trust. https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer/arid-41021414.html

https://www.echolive.ie/corksport/arid-41021426.html

This should also dissolve the affiliation with Preston North End (which was the game’s best attempt to reflect the Grovemoor situation).

Also Kerry FC is in the Irish First Division for the 2023 season; in the stock database they only have a U19 side. https://www.extratime.com/articles/29614/kerry-fc-to-join-the-first-division/

Atlético de Kolkata in the Indian National Division (actually named the Indian Super League) has been rechristened ATK Mohun Bagan FC for quite some time now, as reflected in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATK_Mohun_Bagan_FC 

Might be best to discuss this on the official forum as it's probably done intentionally https://community.sigames.com/bugtracker/football-manager-2023-bugs-tracker/database-and-research/

Apparently the official sale just went through: