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Manchester Evening News
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Alex Brotherton

'A disgrace' - Fans react to City Football Group's proposed takeover of NAC Breda

Last week the news broke that City Football Group - the parent company of Manchester City - is set to add an 11th team to its ever-expanding worldwide portoflio of clubs.

NAC Breda of the Dutch second division announced that the club's shareholders had agreed to sell their shares to CFG, joining the likes of Troyes, Lommel, Girona and New York City FC as a member of the conglomerate.

However, on Sunday supporters belonging to the Breda Loco group protested against the move by hanging a banner outside the Etihad Stadium that read: "Stay out of our territory, NAC is not a City Group story." Supporters also travelled to the stadiums of Troyes and Lommel to protest against the club becoming an affiliate of City.

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