The head of the RFU, Alexander Dyukov, said that the national team will have a new technical sponsor in the first quarter of 2023
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The Russian Football Union (RFU) will refuse Adidas equipment, the team will get a new technical sponsor, he said TAX RFU Chairman Alexander Dyukov.
“We can say for sure that in 2023 we will not have an Adidas kit,” Dyukov said.
According to him, a contract with a new technical sponsor will be signed in the first quarter, negotiations are underway.
The RFU has been cooperating with Adidas since 2008. In early March, the German supplier suspended the deal until 2026, but the Russian team played three friendlies in the autumn in the form of Adidas.
Since the end of February, the Russian national team has been suspended from tournaments under the auspices of FIFA and UEFA due to a special operation in Ukraine. The Russian team has been excluded from the World Cup qualifying tournament in Qatar and the Euro 2024 qualifying draw.
In early May, due to UEFA sanctions, a sponsorship deal with Spartak finished Nike. Russian athletes have also had problems with equipment suppliers in other sports. So, Canadian CCM stopped collaborations with Alexander Ovechkin and other Russian NHL stars and with the French producer skiing Rossignol – with three-time Olympic champion Alexander Bolshunov and other Russian skiers.
