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English Premier League football club Manchester City has teamed up with FaZe Clan, one of the world’s top esports team organisations.
Man City said in an announcement post that the partnership will ‘bring together the worlds of football and esports across a number of exciting initiatives’.
FaZe and City will create content with talent and players and host exclusive fan events in the US and around the world.
They will also bring their FIFA players together in a shared training facility and launch limited edition co-branded retail products.
“Esports is the world’s fastest growing spectator sport and this collaboration with FaZe Clan marks the start of an exciting new chapter in Manchester City’s esports journey.”
Nuria Tarre, City Football Group
Man City currently has FIFA players representing the club at tournaments across the world, including British player Shellzz. It launched a FIFA Online team in China and hosted the Man City Esports Cup last year which saw 10,000 amateur gamers take part.
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Nuria Tarre, chief marketing officer at City Football Group, said: “Esports is the world’s fastest growing spectator sport and this collaboration with FaZe Clan marks the start of an exciting new chapter in Manchester City’s esports journey.”
Lee Trink, FaZe Clan chief executive officer, commented: “This alliance with Manchester City creates a powerful opportunity to join our collective fan base and cultures on and off the field.
“FaZe Clan will continue to push the boundaries of gaming and esports by engaging our fans with experiences that are meaningful, memorable and surprising.”
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Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
