Comments on: Sponsors are making headlines in South America

By: Macca

Macca — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 23:59:52 +0000

Re. Aston Villa.

As former Champions of Europe I would suggest Villa have as good a chance as any of competing in The Champions’ League.

By: Geoff Edwards

Geoff Edwards — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:29:16 +0000

Their chances of getting into the CL are slim so I guess we’ll never know! Since Randy Lerner took over at Villa he’s done a lot to instil certain values in the club and strengthen ties with the local community. This sponsorship deal is part of that I think.

By: Steven Jones

Steven Jones — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:21:57 +0000

I didn’t know that Geoff – always nice to find things like that out. I wonder if they’d swap it for a big sponsor if they could get into the Champions League?

If Villa got a sponsor for £10 million a year say and this enabled them to get into the Champions League it could increase it so £20-£30 million a season.

Nice to see that life and can take precedence over money sometimes though!

By: Geoff Edwards

Geoff Edwards — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 07:59:48 +0000

Aston Villa also deserve a mention here. Their shirt sponsor, Acorns, is a local children’s charity which I believe Villa put on their shirt for free. Another nice gesture.

By: Fabricio

Fabricio — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:34:40 +0000

Hi Steven, aparently tha is true. Robinho’s wages were supposed to be paid by some external investors in exchange for a sponsoring deal with Santos, that seem not to happend at all so becomes really difficult for a Braziliam tem to pay him 300.000 pounds a month, that is surreal for us. The Barcelona sponsor isn´t made just to get fans accostumed with a name in the shirte, so they can get a lucrative deal after that season? Even so is a nice gesture for the last two years.

By: Steven Jones

Steven Jones — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:06:22 +0000

I like what Barcelona have done with Unicef and paid them to have their sponsor on the shirt. A great gesture from Barcelona and maybe the other teams could also do the same if they produced as many youngsters as them.

I’ve been reading recently (even though I might be a bit behind times) that the Brazilian economy is really strengthen and it’s showing with sponsorship and investment in football, even if it is external to the clubs. A little bit off topic, but I heard that Robinho is still awaiting his wages – is that true and way the hold up?

*Just a quick note as well. I’ve not posted here in a while but I plan to post soon if work allows!