Manchester City
Behind CFG is the ambitious City Football Group (CFG), which has a global reach and is now targeting Dutch second division side NAC, but the takeover has met with strong resistance from local fans. Recently, NAC fans have taken action, hanging banners in the home stadiums of the major European clubs that CFG has partnered with to denounce its attempted takeover of NAC.
The acquisition has sparked ongoing controversy, particularly among NAC fan organizations, who led their teams to the
Manchester City football club
Etihad Stadium, hung a "Keep our stadium away from you, the NAC doesn't belong to the City Football Group!" on a protest banner. They also took the same action, traveling to CFG's club home stadiums in France and Belgium to protest and issue a statement exposing the fact that the money behind City may be sourced from places with serious human rights issues.
Currently, CFG has 10 clubs around the world, of which
Manchester City
As the brightest club in its portfolio, the club has produced a number of young talents in recent years, such as Anzulino, who are often loaned out to NAC for training. The partnership between the two teams has grown stronger over the years, and in 2019, NAC was relegated from the Dutch Eredivisie to the Dutch Bundesliga, where it is now fiercely competing for a place in the Dutch Eredivisie.
