Friday, July 16, 2010

Madariaga looking for sponsors

Euskaltel and the other main sponsors, namely the Basque Government and the delegations of Bizkaia, Gipuzkoa and Álava, will reduce their financial support next year. That's no big surprise; the team's future has been up in the air for quite a while now. But luckily they'll only trim their support with 15%, or 850 000 Euros to be presice. I feared worse, far worse, so the future of the team does not look that bleak I reckon. Miguel Madariaga is now on the hunt for new sponsors to fill that void in the budget. "I have contacts with several companies", he told el Diario Vasco yesterday. "Two of them are very interested. Five others have also not discarded the possibility. If we reach and agreement with some of them we'll put their name on the jersey." The team's budget is currently at 7 million Euros. They would be able to keep the team running with only six million, but to keep hold of their treasured stars like Samu, Beñat and Igor, they need that extra 850 000.

1 comment:

arnout said...

I hope they keep the shirt nice and clean just like it is now. Other shirts are full of bright sponsors everywhere, I hope the shirt design won't be spoiled next year.

That's not the most important thing though. 850,000 should be doable, especially in the Basque country. No worries as of yet.

 

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