AA Gent

[DJ]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1673618674727505922

From google translate…

American Bill Foley and Fleming Sam Baro compete for AA Gent

Two parties are officially still in the race in the bidding war for football club AA Gent. It concerns the American billionaire Bill Foley and the East Flemish entrepreneur Sam Baro, who owns the HR service provider Planet Group.

 

[Sorry Roger]

Their nickname is “The Buffaloes”, so if this comes off they’ll presumably be “Bill’s Buffaloes”.

 

[Hoof_It]

Their nickname is “The Buffaloes”, so if this comes off they’ll presumably be “Bill’s Buffaloes”.

That prompted me to lookup the nickname for Lorient

"The Hakes". Blimey.

Buffaloes
Cherries
Hakes

One hell of a Masterchef invention test.

 

[Neil Dawson]

That prompted me to lookup the nickname for Lorient

"The Hakes". Blimey.

Buffaloes
Cherries
Hakes

One hell of a Masterchef invention test.

There’s a Gastropub surf and turf if ever I’ve seen one.

 

[Valencian]

I went to two of there games last season. Really is a great set up. Hotel and shops/offices which keep the costs down etc
Lovely stadium too

 

[Newman104]

If this deal goes through my eyes are on Gift Orban. Just 20 years old and had 9 goals and 2 assists in 10 games for Gent in league last season. He also scored 5 goals in 6 games in the Europa Conference League, including the fastest hattrick in UEFA history. He's also made it clear that he's looking to move to the EPL.

Most interest has come from Ligue 1 and the Bundesliga for him and Gent want around $50 million for him. But if Bill Foley buys the team?

 

[BFC1]

Their nickname is “The Buffaloes”, so if this comes off they’ll presumably be “Bill’s Buffaloes”.

Well it would certainly be a big buffalo bill to pay

 

[Braithwell]

And there was me thinking that it was Ghent, apparently because they speak Flemish it's Gent to them but Ghent to us and Gand to the French glad we came out

 

[SlowDownDerek]

And there was me thinking that it was Ghent, apparently because they speak Flemish it's Gent to them but Ghent to us and Gand to the French glad we came out

So what the bloody hell is a Genk then?

 

[Smidsy]

So what the bloody hell is a Genk then?

Very popular with kids years ago.

So what the bloody hell is a Genk then?

 

[Hoof_It]

So what the bloody hell is a Genk then?

A town 150km East of Ghent

 

[thegazzyb]

So what the bloody hell is a Genk then?

I've no idea but I believe this is a Gonk, if that helps (?)

 

[sarfender]

So what the bloody hell is a Genk then?

A Gonk that is 'gender fluid' perhaps??

 

[Nevillez66]

Maybe Bill can nick the plans for their stadium as it's a pretty good match for what we're after.

 

[Nevillez66]

Posted this a while back.....funny old game innit

 

[wellsworld]

Posted this a while back.....funny old game innit

looks perfect, holds 20.5k. job done!

 

[Sandman2]

I like the large high roof as it could enable a pretty good atmosphere, maybe something similar to Coventry when we played at the Ricoh in the Championship promotion season.

If Bill Foley decided to go for something similar, and the people of BCP go for it and we continually get good crowds turning up, is there much room for expansion in that sort of design? Seems to have layers of corporate boxes above the seats, so where could any additional seats be built, should it ever be required?

 

[MB1980]

I've no idea but I believe this is a Gonk, if that helps (?)
View attachment 11188

Hahaha beat me to it.

 

[leekeypants]

And there was me thinking that it was Ghent, apparently because they speak Flemish it's Gent to them but Ghent to us and Gand to the French glad we came out

A bit like the underground in Brussels. The Eurostar stops at Brussels Midi, also known as Brussels centrale, can be confusing as they use Flemish, French and English and you can easily miss your stop on the train system.

 

[LewSwimmin]

If this deal goes through my eyes are on Gift Orban. Just 20 years old and had 9 goals and 2 assists in 10 games for Gent in league last season. He also scored 5 goals in 6 games in the Europa Conference League, including the fastest hattrick in UEFA history. He's also made it clear that he's looking to move to the EPL.

Most interest has come from Ligue 1 and the Bundesliga for him and Gent want around $50 million for him. But if Bill Foley buys the team?

Good article about him in the June edition of World Soccer