Sporting Lisbon and Manchester City join other teams in adapting Esports
Manchester City Football Club have signed a new young player, but not someone to play with ball. Instead the 18 years old Kieran “Kez” Brown joins the club as its first e-sports player. The English club joins a good list of other clubs to adapt Esports, like Manchester City and Schalke 04.
“Kez” will represent the club at e-sports tournaments, specifically playing FIFA football game that has been gaining much attention lately for its fun-to-watch competitive tournaments.
“It’s exciting, it’s something new for the club and it’s something new for me,” said Mr Brown. “I’m going to live stream on Twitch, I’m going to be making videos for Manchester City’s YouTube channel and I’m going to be playing some City fans and representing City in future tournaments, which I’m looking forward to.”
Similarly, the best Portuguese football club that brought us many legends like Ronaldo and Figo is reportedly making the move to Esports as well, as many sites revealed that Sporting Lisbon is planning to reveal its League of Legends and FIFA teams in the near future.
