Chelsea Soccer Membership reportedly hosted a delegation from Riyadh Air final Saturday through the membership’s match towards Nottingham Forest, wherein high Chelsea officers made a pitch for Riyadh Air to turn out to be the brand new Chelsea front-of-shirt sponsor.
Riyadh Air was solely created earlier this yr, and the provider doesn’t plan to start out flying till 2025 on the earliest, though that hasn’t stopped the airline from making its presence felt on the worldwide stage.
Bankrolled by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund Riyadh Air has already secured front-of-short sponsorship rights for Atlético de Madrid and the airline is alleged to be actively purchasing for different high sports activities sponsorship offers.
Chelsea may very well be an ideal match for the airline because the membership actively seeks a front-of-shirt sponsor after cell phone firm Three ended with contract with the workforce earlier this yr.
Thus far this season, Chelsea has been enjoying with out a front-of-shirt sponsor whereas the membership pursues two potential sponsors. Together with Riyadh Air, the membership can be stated to be in talks with a sports activities betting firm, based on a report in The Atheltic.
Chelsea has had sponsorship offers with a number of Persian Gulf airways, together with Bahrain’s Gulf Air, which had front-of-shirt sponsorship rights between 1983 and 1984 and Emirates, which sponsored the membership between 2001 and 2005.
Earlier this yr, Chelsea additionally introduced a separate sponsorship take care of Oman Air which gave the airline rights to color one among its plane in Chelsea colors.
Final month, Riyadh Air secured a multiyear settlement with Atlético de Madrid because the official airline accomplice and front-of-shirt sponsor.
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