Black Stars midfielder Thomas Partey purchases Spanish football club Alcobendas

Ghana Black Stars midfielder Thomas Partey has splashed out cash to buy Spanish third division club Alcobendas Sport, according to reports

Thomas Partey, who plays for Spanish top-flight club Atletico Madrid, has acquired a stake in the club with the mission of getting them promoted to the top level divisions in the Spanish football leagues

The 26-year-old astute footballer joined three of his Spanish advisers to complete takeover of the lower tier side based in the Spainish capital, Madrid

Partey and his advisers bought the club in July and all have equal share in the club and the mission is to the club gain promotion to the top divisions in the country as they intent to scout some of the best young players in Spain into the club’s set up

“I have joined three of my advisers who are also my good friends for us to takeover Alcobendas Sport to make it one of the great clubs in Spain,” Partey exclusively told football news outfit Ghanasoccernet.com on Tuesday

“It is an ambitious project but we have put together our plans of making it a success through a gradual proccess of growing Alcobendas Sport from the ground – up”

To carry out the ambitious mission, Partey and his colleagues have recruited the highly experienced and respected coach Javi Banos, the midfielder’s first coach at Atletico, who convinced the Spanish La Liga side to sign the Ghanaian as a youngster

Alcobendas Sport is a Spanish football club based in Alcobendas, in the autonomous community of Madrid

Founded in 1995 it plays in Tercera División – Group 7, holding home games at Polideportivo Luis Aragonés, which has a capacity of 3,000 spectators

The club was founded as Soto de la Moraleja, Alcobendas first reached the fourth division in 2006–07, finishing in fourteenth position

Changing its name to Soto Alcobendas Club de Fútbol in 2006, the team was again renamed the following year, to Alcobendas Sport, with the intention to cover the entire city

In 1970, another club in the city was founded, Alcobendas CF. It also competed in the same divisions.

By: Kanyiri Suburu Lucio/@SuburuAbdulai