MILAN: Roma announced on Wednesday that Riyadh Season will be their new shirt sponsor, the latest move from Saudi Arabia in European football.
In a statement, Roma did not say for how long the sponsorship would last nor how much it was worth, but that the Italian club would play a friendly in Saudi Arabia as part of the new deal.
Italian media report that the deal is worth around €8 million ($8.3 million) a season. Roma did not say when they would play the friendly match, with the opposition also not specified.
Riyadh Season is an entertainment and sport festival held during winter in the Saudi capital organized by the Gulf country’s Entertainment Authority.
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