Internazionale’s main shirt sponsor is in such dire straits that the Italian club has not yet received a cent of this season’s sponsorship money. This is evident from figures that Inter itself published on Tuesday. The shirt sponsor, crypto company DigitalBits, is struggling financially.
Inter previously signed a deal with DigitalBits until the summer of 2025, but the collaboration seems to be coming to an end in the short term. As early as November it appeared that the company had overdue payments at the Milan club, which, according to Italian media, was looking for an alternative main sponsor.
Now the club’s figures show that DigitalBits, Internazionale’s main shirt sponsor has not yet transferred anything. The company should have transferred eight million euros in June, October and February, plus a bonus of just over one million. The amounts are still not on Inter’s account. “We understand that it is a crisis in the cryptocurrency industry,” the club reports.
In order not to get into trouble itself, Inter has received a loan of ten million euros from major shareholder Suning Group in China. That amount was paid on February 22. The money comes from asset management company Oaktree Capital Management, which would have already lent three hundred million to Suning.
Jay-Z to help Romelu Lukaku’s permanent move to Milan
Romelu Lukaku is approaching his top form at Internazionale. He shot the Italian top club in the Round of 16 of the Champions League. With a late victory over FC Porto. Is a longer stay in the fashion city beckoning?
Lukaku exchanged Inter for Chelsea a year and a half ago, but could not find his feet in London. On a rental basis in Milan, the Belgian attacker asserts himself again. La Gazzetta dello Sport knows that both clubs will meet each other in the coming months. The current agreement, good for twenty million euros, will expire next summer. It is clear that Inter wants to continue with Lukaku for longer, but also wants to go lower financially.
According to the pink sports newspaper, the club of Denzel Dumfries. And Stefan de Vrij could just get help from an unexpected angle. None other than Jay-Z can be the linchpin. The rapper maintains warm ties with Chelsea owner Todd Boehly and brought numerous top players to LA Dodgers with his record label Roc Nation. The American baseball club is also part of Boehly’s empire.
In addition, Jay-Z and Boehly jointly invested millions of dollars in the online sportswear store Fanatics, which also works with NFTs and betting and is valued at $18 billion. Compared to such amounts, helping out for Lukaku’s transfer is a tip.
