George More Santos (1963), current owner of 90% of shares of the MLS Miami Interthe first division of football United Stateswith the investment group that it leads, is close to closing the agreement by which it would also acquire 90% of the shares of the Royal Saragossa and it would inject some 16 million euros immediately in order to negotiate the expiration of pending payments.
ambition and growth
George More And his brother Joseph They are children of the anti-Castro Jorge Mas Canosadied 25 years ago, and visible heads of the Cuban-American National Foundation. This pressure lobby of Cuban exiles in Florida advocates for the democratization of the Caribbean island and the fall of the Cuban regime.
Majority shareholders of MasTecan infrastructure construction company, joined the project of Beckham when he began the procedures for the establishment of the 25th team of the MLS in 2018 together with Marcelo Clauretelecommunications company owner Sprint (and now shareholder of FC Girona) and Simon FullerBritish music producer and former manager of the Spice Girls.
ambition has led to George More to acquire, since last summer, the shares of the Japanese billionaire Masayoshi Sonfrom claire and of Fuller to keep 90% of the Miami Inter. The other 10% is in the hands of Beckham.
The signing of Messi
In his eleven kind, the Miami Inter has the ex of the Juventus, Milan, Chelsea and Real Madrid Gonzalo Higuain but Jorge has between eyebrow and eyebrow take to Messi a Florida when the Argentine star ends his contract with the Paris SG. He already made an attempt through Luis Suarez to take the two a couple of seasons ago but the efforts did not bear fruit.
Jump to Europe
Historically, the MLS It has always been a final destination for many European players, but it is currently a launching pad for South American players who use it as a springboard to make the jump, usually after a couple of seasons, to Europe. Up to 33 players have signed or been loaned in the winter market from teams from the MLS to teams of the Premierthe Bundesligathe A league o la Eredivisie as most important, highlighting the signing for 20 million dollars of the promise Ricardo PepiAmerican signed by the Ausgburgo 19 years old from FC Dallas. In 2019, the Newcastle paid 24+2 million dollars for the Paraguayan Miguel Almiron from Atlanta United.
This season, the Miami Inter has signed the Brazilian John Mota 28 years old from Santos and top scorer of the Paulista Championship in 2019 under the orders of jorge sampaoli.
Now, Motamidfielder with arrival whose position is inside left, has as coach Phil Nevilleex-partner of Beckham at Manchester United and brother of Gary and who led the women’s team England between 2018 and 2021.
closed deal
In the absence of some signatures, the pertinent administrative steps and the validation in Spainas reported The Herald, George More would be done with the majority shareholding package of the Royal Saragossa. The acquisition would entail assuming the total debt of the club, which amounts to almost 70 million euros, and carrying out a capital increase of around 20 million, exceeding the current salary limit, in order to put together a squad capable of rising to La Liga Santander in the 2023-24 season. To this day, the Zaragoza It occupies the 16th position, very far from the promotion positions that give access to the playoffs.
The intention of the new owners would be terminated in the event that the Zaragoza stayed in the Smartbank League to make the jump to the First Division in the maximum time of two years.
An ambitious project that would finally return the club to the elite of Spanish football.