... | 🕐 --:--
-- -- --
عاجل
⚡ عاجل: كريستيانو رونالدو يُتوّج كأفضل لاعب كرة قدم في العالم ⚡ أخبار عاجلة تتابعونها لحظة بلحظة على خبر ⚡ تابعوا آخر المستجدات والأحداث من حول العالم
⌘K
AI مباشر
206948 مقال 299 مصدر نشط 38 قناة مباشرة 6574 خبر اليوم
آخر تحديث: منذ ثانيتين

'We're not arrogant' - NRL chief says Super League talent will not be drained

رياضة
BBC Sport
2026/04/18 - 08:35 501 مشاهدة
'We're not arrogant' - NRL chief says Super League talent will not be drainedTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedMedia caption, 'We want to globalise it' - NRL chief on Super League investmentByDan Roan, Sports editor and Craig Wall, BBC Sport senior journalistPublished9 minutes ago1 CommentsThe chief executive of Australia's National Rugby League says concerns that a multi-million pound investment into Super League could drain talent from the game in the UK "are completely unfounded".Andrew Abdo has been in the UK holding talks with British officials over the potential ground-breaking deal between the sport's two leading competitions."What we're trying to achieve is to make rugby league in the UK and Europe as strong as possible," he told BBC Sport."That's the exact opposite of it become a feeder pathway program."We're doing this to grow and to attract players in this market from other codes and to make sure that there's good investment in pathways to produce even stronger talent for the competition here, for it to thrive."Abdo has insisted the National Rugby League (NRL) is seeking a partnership with Super League, rather than a takeover.But Leeds Rhinos chairman Paul Caddick is among those to have raised concerns at the prospect of investment, saying, "we have no intention of being swallowed up"."If Australia takes value out of the English game, the gap will only get bigger and we will only become subservient to them, which I would never agree to sign up to," said Caddick."It all boils down to that first question of 'why?', and confirmation that it's not just about extracting our riches or to be enablers for them."When such concerns were put to Abdo, he said: "I certainly understand that in the absence of information, people sometimes default to the negative."But ce...
مشاركة:

مقالات ذات صلة

AI
يا هلا! اسألني أي شي 🎤