RCS - Blue Star Capital - Guild Signs Top Three FIFA Player

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06/12/2021 08:00

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RNS Number : 6536U  Blue Star Capital plc  06 December 2021

6 December 2021

 

Blue Star Capital plc

("Blue Star" or the "Company")

 

 

Guild Signs Top Three FIFA Player

 

Blue Star Capital plc (AIM: BLU), the investing company with a focus on
esports, payments, technology and its applications within media and gaming,
notes the announcement by Guild Esports plc ("Guild"), one of its investee
companies, earlier today.

 

Guild has announced that it has signed Nicolas Villalba ("Nicolas99fc"), to
its FIFA roster.

 

Nicolas, from Argentina, has ranked in the top 3 FIFA players worldwide since
2018 and is Argentina's second highest earner within esports, with $290,000 in
lifetime earnings to date. His most notable international Major wins include
the FIFA 19 PS4 Playoffs and the FIFA 19 eClub World Cup.

Nicolas previously played for FC Basel 1893 E-sports based in Switzerland and
has signed a one-year contract with Guild, which has the option to renew for
another year. He will be moving from Argentina to London in order to compete
from Europe, one of the first moves of its kind in FIFA. The move will enable
Nicolas to benefit from Guild's Academy system and coaching, with the aim of
becoming the number 1 FIFA player globally.

Nicolas has a combined social media following of over 180,000 across his
channels, comprising 67,500 followers on Twitch, 64,600 followers on Twitter,
27,800 followers on Instagram and 21,000 YouTube subscribers.

The board of the Company is pleased to see Guild continuing to develop its
high-calibre teams. Nicolas will join Niklas Raseck ("Nraseck") on the Guild
2022 FIFA roster and will be competing in the 1vs 1 FIFA Global Series as well
the FIFAe Club Series, a new professional 2v2 format.

 

For further information, please contact:

 Blue Star Capital plc                          +44 (0) 20 3608 3019
 Derek Lew

 Stanford Capital Partners Limited              +44 (0) 20 3650 3650

 (Broker)

 Patrick Claridge / John Howes / Bob Pountney

 

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About Blue Star Capital

 

Blue Star is an investing company with a focus on new technologies. Blue
Star's investments include SatoshiPay Limited, a payments business using
blockchain technology; 6 early-stage to mid-level esports companies, including
Guild eSports plc, a global eSports business headquartered in London whose
lead investor is David Beckham and Dynasty eSports Pte Ltd., an eSports
platform with a mission to become the largest eSports franchise in Asia; Leaf
Mobile Inc., a mobile leading free-to-play mobile games group; NFT Investments
plc, a company that engages, partners, incubates and develops non-fungible
tokens; and Sthaler Limited, an identity and payments technology business
which enables a consumer to identify themselves and pay using just their
finger.

 

Forward looking statement disclaimer

 

Certain statements made in this announcement are forward-looking statements.
These forward-looking statements are not historical facts but rather are based
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shareholder holders not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking
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will not undertake any obligation to release publicly any revisions or updates
to these forward-looking statements to reflect events, circumstances, or
unanticipated events occurring after the date of this announcement except as
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