Real Madrid welcomes you to the Abu Dhabi Santiago Bernabeu!

[O-ZoNe]

Apparently they will be renaming the place.

http://sport360.com/article/european...tiago-bernabeu

[persian-eagle-13]

money talks man, i do not blame Real Madrid or other teams using Arab money. Arabs are throwing around money like there is no tomorrow. it just makes business sense.

[O-ZoNe]

Ya but what the f does Abu Dhabi have to with the Bernabeu? Just name the stadium Abu Dhabi Stadium or something else...Money certain does talk, and you are right, but it's just hard to connect the two. We don't call teams Fly Emirates Real Madrid...we just call them Real Madrid and plaster that advertisement on the kids...stadiums should be the same deal.

[Kiarash]

Lool, soon everything will be bought by Arabs.

[EKBATAN]

whats next ?

Old Traffod will become Al-Trafford


Anfield will become Alfield


camp nou will become Qatar Al-Nou


Wimbley will become Wimbellah

[CHaMiLLionaire]

Well, its a sponsorship deal. Etihad (owned by Sheikh Mansour) sponsored City and now its called the Etihad Stadium.
Emirates sponsored Arsenal and their stadium is called Emirates Stadium.
Whats the big deal?

Its the same thing in the states, Bank of America Arena, CitiField, Mercedes SuperDome, Ford Field, Comerica Arena... etc


Whats the difference? Just because its now an arab company? If i were sponsoring Madrid for 800 million over 10 years, the stadium better be called Sam Bernabeu. Its a marketing scheme by the Abu Dhabi tourism agency, similar to what they have in agreement with City.
If you ask me, we are the dumb ones for criticizing them and not doing anything ourselves(by we i mean Iran). Didn't Azerbaijan do the same thing with Atletico?

[KC McElroy]

Hopefully they will not give the stadium a stupid arab name.

[Abtin]

Sv: Real Madrid welcomes you to the Abu Dhabi Santiago Bernabeu!

Well, its a sponsorship deal. Etihad (owned by Sheikh Mansour) sponsored City and now its called the Etihad Stadium.
Emirates sponsored Arsenal and their stadium is called Emirates Stadium.
Whats the big deal?

Its the same thing in the states, Bank of America Arena, CitiField, Mercedes SuperDome, Ford Field, Comerica Arena... etc


Whats the difference? Just because its now an arab company? If i were sponsoring Madrid for 800 million over 10 years, the stadium better be called Sam Bernabeu. Its a marketing scheme by the Abu Dhabi tourism agency, similar to what they have in agreement with City.
If you ask me, we are the dumb ones for criticizing them and not doing anything ourselves(by we i mean Iran). Didn't Azerbaijan do the same thing with Atletico?

The difference is, that Abu Dhabi Santiago Bernabeu sounds plain stupid, it's waaay to long a name.

[EKBATAN]

Well, its a sponsorship deal. Etihad (owned by Sheikh Mansour) sponsored City and now its called the Etihad Stadium.
Emirates sponsored Arsenal and their stadium is called Emirates Stadium.
Whats the big deal?

Its the same thing in the states, Bank of America Arena, CitiField, Mercedes SuperDome, Ford Field, Comerica Arena... etc


Whats the difference? Just because its now an arab company? If i were sponsoring Madrid for 800 million over 10 years, the stadium better be called Sam Bernabeu. Its a marketing scheme by the Abu Dhabi tourism agency, similar to what they have in agreement with City.
If you ask me, we are the dumb ones for criticizing them and not doing anything ourselves(by we i mean Iran). Didn't Azerbaijan do the same thing with Atletico?

difference is the arabs will soon make everyone wear hijab and prayer before games



also, azerbaijan's people are starving yet they spend money on that....most azeris arent really happy or could care less about those sponsorship deals.





p.s. its just funny cuz its arabs

[irani8perspolis]

real madrid need to money to fund their stadium after it is constructed

[EKBATAN]

real madrid need to money to fund their stadium after it is constructed

or to pay their over priced player purchases

[irani8perspolis]

or to pay their over priced player purchases

no its for the stadium. Those "overpriced" players who win champions leagues buy their transfer worth back with jersey sales in less than 1 month.

[Abtin]

Sv: Real Madrid welcomes you to the Abu Dhabi Santiago Bernabeu!

no its for the stadium. Those "overpriced" players who win champions leagues buy their transfer worth back with jersey sales in less than 1 month.

Please, do tell me more about those million Euro loans Real Madrid has got from European banks, now forcing them to rename their stadium to Abu Tokhmi..

[O-ZoNe]

Well, its a sponsorship deal. Etihad (owned by Sheikh Mansour) sponsored City and now its called the Etihad Stadium.
Emirates sponsored Arsenal and their stadium is called Emirates Stadium.
Whats the big deal?

Its the same thing in the states, Bank of America Arena, CitiField, Mercedes SuperDome, Ford Field, Comerica Arena... etc


Whats the difference? Just because its now an arab company? If i were sponsoring Madrid for 800 million over 10 years, the stadium better be called Sam Bernabeu. Its a marketing scheme by the Abu Dhabi tourism agency, similar to what they have in agreement with City.
If you ask me, we are the dumb ones for criticizing them and not doing anything ourselves(by we i mean Iran). Didn't Azerbaijan do the same thing with Atletico?

I get the sponsorship deal. Just call the Stadium Abu Dhabi Stadium. Why try to keep the historical aspect of the name with this new name...in fact, it prob hurts the sponsor as people will be to lazy to read out the full name (I am avoiding typing it for the same reason).

Also, right now, the economic and political climate (i.e., sanctions) would not permit Iranian companies or entities to plaster their logos on outside organizations. It might be wise for tourism purposes and so forth, but let's be real, how many people would fly Iran Air, or visit lovely Qom besides Iranians at present?

[EKBATAN]

no its for the stadium. Those "overpriced" players who win champions leagues buy their transfer worth back with jersey sales in less than 1 month.

CL money is nothing compared to what they pay for players. winning CL could earn you something like 50-60 mil. and they barely won after a long time. doubt they can repeat this year.