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Breaking: Atleti buy 50% of Atlético… of Ecuador
Newly promoted Guayaquil side Atlético Fútbol Club join Ottawa, San Luis and the Kazakhstan academy
Rubén Uría announces live on air the purchase of Ecuador's Atlético Fútbol Club
Atlético de Madrid have announced the purchase of a 50% stake in Atlético Fútbol Club of Guayaquil. Rubén Uría frames the move as part of the club's international expansion plan.
In the middle of the afternoon talk show, Rubén Uría brings some major news: Atlético de Madrid have just announced the purchase of a 50% stake in Atlético Fútbol Club of Ecuador, a Guayaquil club recently promoted to the country's top flight.
Rubén points out that this is not the first, second or even third time Atlético have made a deal of this kind, and places it within an expansion plan. The discussion runs through the pieces of that network: Atlético de Ottawa in Canada, Atlético de San Luis, a team in Venezuela, the academy in Kazakhstan and now Ecuador.
CLICK ON THE VIDEO to watch the reaction to the news on 'Club Uría'.