Over the past years, Indian Premier League sides have been keen in buying County and The Hundred Franchises. But now the IPL sides will face stiff competition from the Premier League clubs. Nottingham Forest are now keen to buy Trent Rockets, Reports from England claim that the Premier League side have held talks about buying stakes of the Hundred franchise side.
In their bid to extend their presence in the city, Premier League side Nottingham Forest are keen to buy cricketing clubs. And this has seen them halving talks with Trent Rockets. While the talks have begun, the process for the sale of the club is slated to commence from next month.
There are huge doubts about a name change. Reports claim that if the team is owned by a football club then the name can be changed to ‘ Nottingham Rockets’. In the meantime it is a huge fight against the Indian Premier League sides.
For the last couple of seasons, IPL sides have tried to expand their market in England. This came after Delhi Capitals acquired Hampshire for a whopping price of £120m, winning the battle against Lucknow Super Giants.
Meanwhile, 3 IPL clubs, Rajasthan Royals, Lucknow Super Giants and Sunrisers Hyderabad have been locked in a three way fight for buying Yorkshire.
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