West Ham United Announces New Sleeve Sponsor - Replacing Bankrupt Basset & Gold
West Ham United today announced that Scope Markets, the Club’s Official Online Trading Partner since 2018,will be the sleeve sponsor the for the remainder of the season. West Ham had to sign a new sleeve sponsor since the financial collapse of Basset & Gold, who previously held the rights.
Scope Markets began working with the Premier League side in 2018 as partners.
Scope Markets Becomes West Ham United Sleeve Sponsor
The trading platform Scope Markets will appear on West Ham’s home and away shirts for the first time. According to SportBusiness, "the multi-year deal is worth between £1m (€1.1m/$1.2m) and £1.5m per year".
Karim Virani, Chief Commercial Officer at West Ham United stated: “I am delighted that we are able to announce the expansion of our relationship with Scope Markets, as our new Sleeve Partner. Scope Markets are a Global forward-thinking organisation and with their core values of service and innovation mirroring our own, to be able to now call Scope Markets our sleeve partner is a very proud moment for all of us at West Ham United.”
Jacob Plattner, CEO of Scope Markets added: “The Scope Markets team and I are extremely excited about our new partnership with West Ham. We have had an amazing partnership since we signed our first deal with the team in 2018. Becoming the sleeve sponsor shows our increased commitment to the team and what we look to achieve with our new partnership.
“West Ham has always shown that they believe in the same goals and visions we have as a group such as teamwork, fair play, helping the community and at the same time trying to win at the highest level!”
The Scope Markets logo will appear alongside tributes to the NHS and the Black Lives Matter, with the new logos also added to all the club’s shirts for the 2019-20 season.
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