Spanish football’s second tier has acquired an unusual new off-pitch meeting point: Lionel Messi has become owner of CD Eldense, while Cristiano Ronaldo holds a 25% stake in fellow Segunda División club UD Almería.
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Messi’s arrival at Eldense takes the long-running sporting rivalry between the Argentine and the Portuguese into club ownership. The two players defined an era through their contests on the field; now their interests will overlap in the same division of Spanish football.
Ronaldo’s connection to Almería comes through his quarter shareholding in the club. With Eldense and Almería both competing in the Segunda División, the pair’s teams are set to face one another during the campaign.
No date for the Eldense-Almería fixture is provided in the available information.
