Bruno Fernandes & Juan Mata join De Gea\u2019s esports org Rebels as shareholders Rebels GamingDavid De Gea\u2019s esports organization Rebels Gaming have announced that fellow football stars Bruno Fernandes and Juan Mata have signed on as shareholders. The crossover between traditional sports and esports continues to grow. Sports personalities like Lando Norris, David Beckham, and more have invested in the esports space by starting their own organizations. One such sportsman who has made the jump over to esports is Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea \u2013 who founded Spanish esports organization Rebels Gaming in 2021. And now, Rebels has added two more high-profile sports stars to its retinue. On October 11, Spanish football stars Juan Mata and Bruno Fernandes were announced as official shareholders in Rebels Gaming. In a statement, De Gea claimed that he \u201cknew they would both bring positive values to esports\u201d, and that he was \u201cdelighted to welcome two great colleagues and friends\u201d to the world of esports. The esports\/sports crossover Both players stated that they were excited to be a part of the world of esports, a new realm of competition for two parties with a plethora of experience competing in traditional sports. \u201cEsports are a new form of competition, and that\u2019s something that really motivates me and grabs my attention,\u201d explained Fernandes. \u201cI\u2019ve watched David (De Gea) enjoy Rebels\u2019 games, and I\u2019ll be delighted to be able to do that by his side as a part of this project.\u201d Rebels currently compete domestically in League of Legends, Valorant, and Rainbow Six Siege. They\u2019ve won titles in both Valorant and Rainbow Six, and are one of a select few European organizations to also host a women\u2019s team in Valorant\u2019s Game Changers initiative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Bruno Fernandes & Juan Mata join De Gea\u2019s esports org Rebels as shareholders Rebels GamingDavid De Gea\u2019s esports organization Rebels Gaming have announced that fellow football stars Bruno Fernandes and Juan Mata have signed on as shareholders. The crossover between traditional sports and esports continues to grow. Sports personalities like Lando Norris, David Beckham, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66362\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}