Africa-Press – Angola. Schalke 04 announced the end of the club’s connection to Gazprom, a Russian company that also sponsors the European Champions League.
Since 2007, the main sponsor of the German emblem, the Russian state natural gas company, will no longer be linked to Schalke, which ensures that the decision “will not affect the financial capacity” of the club.
Faced with the Russian offensive in Ukraine, the world of sport continues to join the long list of sanctions and actions against companies in the country led by Vladimir Putin. Now, in football, one of the companies that has been most associated with the game in Europe over the last few years has been Gazprom.
Best known for being one of the main sponsors of the UEFA Champions League, the Russian state-owned natural gas company was, since 2007, the main sponsor of Schalke 04, a German club based in Gelsenkirchen – one of the most popular sets in the country, despite , this season, find themselves competing in the 2nd Bundesliga, the German second tier.
On the first day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Schalke soon announced that it would remove the Gazprom symbol from the front of the shirts of its team, which no longer displayed this sponsorship in the last round of its championship. Now, the club has gone further, ending with Gazprom’s link and sponsorship of the Gelsenkirchen emblem.
Schalke stated that the club’s management “has reached an agreement to end the partnership with Gazprom prematurely”, indicating that it is “in talks with representatives of the sponsor” and ensuring that “further information” will be given “later”.
The management of Schalke 04 also assures that the decision “will not affect the financial capacity” of the entity, expressing “confidence” in “announcing a new partner in the near future”.
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