Sentences with phrase «amid much hype»

Gil joined Aston Villa from Valencia during the January transfer window last season amid much hype and the Spaniard had initially managed to win over the Villa supporters with a couple of promising performances.

Atsu joined Chelsea from Portuguese giants Porto during the summer of 2013 amid much hype but the Ghanaian international has endured a downward spiral in his career since the switch to Stamford Bridge.

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Still, in 2007 The Simpsons Movie was released to theatres amid much fanfare and hype — including a marketing campaign that turned actual 7 - Eleven stores into fictional Kwik - E-Marts — grossing more than $ 525 million at the box office.

After all, even if you believe, as he does, that the cryptocurrencies have much further to run — he compares the current phase of the industry to the third inning of a baseball game — investors who bought in amid crescendoing hype have still gotten burned in the meantime.