Jon Uriarte stressed that once participation in the Europa League next season has been secured by winning the Cup title, “the new challenge” for the red and white team in the final stretch of the season is “to fight for the Champions League.” “Ambition is one of our mottos. We have secured the Europa League, but we aspire for more. We live on challenges and now the new one is to fight for the Champions League starting with tonight’s game,” stressed the red and white president, remembering the match against Granada at 9:00 p.m. in San Mamés.
The president made this reflection in the press room of ‘La Catedral’ after signing a new sponsorship agreement with Petronor and Repsol by which both companies become “energy suppliers” of Athletic “through the supply of renewable electricity and gas for consumption.” In addition to Uriarte, this alliance was signed by the president of Petronor, Emiliano López Atxurra, and the general customer director of Repsol, Valero Martín.
The Bilbao entrepreneur also highlighted that the agreement will have a “positive impact” for the club “not only in economic aspects” that will allow Athletic to “invest in talent in all areas” but also “helping to achieve sustainability” and get closer to be a “net zero emissions” club. This agreement will be in force for the current season and the next two, 2024-25 and 2025-26, and does not contemplate the presence of advertising from the two companies on the first team kits.
Among other aspects, the document contemplates that The three buses that transport the first team “will run with 100% renewable fuel” thus allowing Athletic to “move reducing its carbon footprint.”
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