The name of the main rival city of Roma for theExpo 2030 on the shirt of club yellow Red. The case did not go unnoticed because the mayor of Rome, Roberto Gualtieri and the administration are trying to secure the nomination for the international exhibition which will be decided in the coming months. So here is the formalization of the agreement between As Roma e Ryiad Season for a two-year sponsorship from 25 million euros was greeted by the mayor with dismay and displeasure. “It certainly won’t be a shirt that will influence the vote of the ambassadors of 180 member countries International Exhibition Office. But the fact that the name of the capital’s main rival for the Expo match will appear on the t-shirts of one of the two Rome teams cannot be pleasing” said the mayor.
With an injection of capital of which the team of Friedkin he definitely needed to make the management of the club more sustainable, the A child Seasona five-month winter event entertainment festival that draws approx 10 million of people, has ensured yet another expansion of Saudi influence on Italian territory. The Arab country not only competes for selection for the international exhibition, but has invested in 2022 11.5 billion of euros in Italy. An attitude that many read as an attempt to soften international criticism of the human rights violations taking place in the country.
However, the fact that the competition between Roma and Ryiad passes through the Giallorossi club is what left Mayor Gualtieri “surprised”. Among other things, Gualtieri would have been informed of the agreement after the end of the day, after the signing ceremony at the Roma headquarters in Trigoria and a fully-fledged shooting with handshakes with the team coach, Jose Mourinho and its star players Paulo Dybala, Romelu Lukaku e Lorenzo Pellegrini.
Even in the face of the “failure” in the Capitol, the move by soft power of the Saudi prince Mohammed bin Salman was interpreted as a signal that theSaudi Arabia “he fears our candidacy”. Not only. “This makes us understand the level of resources they have decided to invest,” underlined Gualtieri, also referring to the new contract of the former national team coach, Roberto Mancini, which passed to the Saudi football federation for 90 million. “We still consider the challenge open,” concluded Gualtieri. The next October 10th there will be the last meeting of the BIE in Paris, before the final vote.
However, the affair has stimulated criticism from the former mayor of Rome, Virginia Rays, who did not fail to underline that Gualtieri’s inactivity risks calling into question the candidacy obtained by his administration. The councilor of Movement 5 place, president of the Expo 2030 special commission, commented as follows: “For once, try being mayor and make yourself heard, because one of the two city teams has closed an agreement with the tourism board of a competitor city for the “the awarding of Expo 2030, a candidacy for which I worked as mayor and continue to work in the commission”. Raggi then underlined that although the sports club’s choice does not want to “damage the candidacy”, many still found it “inopportune“, adding in conclusion a message addressed to the Friedkin team: “It would be nice if As Roma put the Roma Expo2030 logo on their shirts to give a signal of support for our candidacy. He could do it there too Lazio. All Romans would be proud.”
2023-10-06 10:20:03
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