Deal focus: ACA seeks Asia-Europe sporting synergies
Japan’s ACA Group has acquired a Belgium-based KMSK Deinze as part of a multi-club investment strategy that will – in part – bring Asian players into the middle tiers of European football
When STVV, a football club competing in Belgium’s first division, acquired Vietnamese striker Cong Phuong Nguyen in 2019, its followers on social networking platforms doubled almost overnight, according...
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