New Name But No New Logo?! Red Bull Buys Brazilian Club Bragantino
Mar 28, 2019, by Chris
Austrian energy drink brand Red Bull has expanded its global club football empire through a major deal with second-tier Brazilian side Atlético Bragantino.
Under the deal, Red Bull will invest BRL$45m ($11.2m/€10m) in the club this season, according to Bragantino president Marquinho Chedid. The money will be used to finance stadium and training ground renovations, pay player and staff salaries, and pay partnership rights fees.
CA Bragantino To Be Rebranded As RB Bragantino
A key part of the deal is the transfer of naming rights to Red Bull, which will see the club rebranded as RB Bragantino. The partnership will go live on April 5 ahead of the start of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B season on April 26.
According to Brazilian news site Epocas Negocios, the deal came together at the end of last year, after Bragantino rejected a BRL$35m offer to merge with neighbouring São Paulo side Oeste Futebol Clube.
2018 Home Kit
The deal is Red Bull’s fifth football club acquisition following its takeover of RB Leipzig and Red Bull Salzburg in 2005, the New York Red Bulls in 2006, and Red Bull Brasil in 2007. Red Bull Brasil competes in Campeonato Paulista, the top-flight (fifth division overall in Brasil) regional league of São Paulo state.
Ralf Rangnick, managing and global sporting director at RB Leipzig, said: “It is important for RB to ensure in the next few years that more players are developing in locations like New York or Brazil, who qualify as reinforcements to us.”
CA Bragantino Logo History
RB Bragantino will aim to secure promotion to the top-flight Campeonato Brasileiro Série A this season.
However, while Red Bull usually also changed the crests of football clubs it buys, this time we might not see a new logo for Bragantino. The club said on Twitter that "Will not change the logo".
Não mudará ESCUDO
— CA Bragantino (@cabragantino_) 27. März 2019
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