‘Pirelli sponsorship might end’

By Football Italia staff

The 20-year partnership between Inter and main sponsor Pirelli might come to an end at the end of the season, the club’s CEO has hinted.

Former Manchester United and current Nerazzurro CEO Michael Bolingbroke suggested to reporters today at this possibility during a meeting between shareholders held in Milan.

“In June we’ll celebrate 20 years with Pirelli as a partner and as far as I know it’s the longest partnership in football history,” Bolingbroke began to reporters.

“Not even the one between Liverpool and Carlsberg lasted as long as this.

“It seems impossible to imagine ourselves without Pirelli, but everything comes to an end.

“We are currently negotiating with them in order to understand what to do. In a commercial partnership both partiess must take advantage.

“We are not talking about money but rather advantages that we could bring to Pirelli through our project.”

Bolingbroke also told the assembled journalists that Inter will keep following Financial Fair Play rules in the near future.

“We favour FFP because we believe that it will make European football stronger. As a club we are developing a five-year plan within the FFP limits.”

The Milanese club will undergo an audit on November 7 and the former Manchester United man reckons that the club will be ready.

“Facts will have to confirm our intentions so far. Then in February there will be sanctions and we’ll be ready to pay whatever we need to pay. But we can only be responsible for our future plans.

“Our approach will be to be as transparent as possible. That’s the only way to make sure that every club is treated in the rightist way possible. This is necessary.”

Investment on the academy and infrastructures are not taken into account as part of a club’s spending as far as FFP goes and Bolingbroke said that there could be some news soon about the new stadium.

“I can’t say much now. I have to meet a few clubs, which I have already met before. Internally we are always talking about this.

“But I believe that between now and January we’ll clarify our position. The stadium is important to us.”

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