Liverpool’s sponsors Standard Chartered have made it clear that they are not happy about the way that the club handled the Suárez affair. The bank said, ‘We were very disappointed by Saturday’s incident [at Old Trafford] and have discuss our concerns with the club.’ An ‘inisder’ is quoted by The Times as saying, ‘It was a very robust conversation.’
Liverpool’s sponsors Standard Chartered have made it clear that they are not happy about the way that the club handled the Suárez affair. The bank said, ‘We were very disappointed by Saturday’s incident [at Old Trafford] and have discuss our concerns with the club.’ An ‘inisder’ is quoted by The Times as saying, ‘It was a very robust conversation.’
Apparently the bank’s anger has been mollified by the club’s apology: ‘Liverpool have come round to the right way of thinking on this.’ Standard Chartered is sensitive to issues related to racism given that 90 per cent of its income comes from Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
Liverpool’s shirt deal with the bank, worth £80m over four years, is among the most valuable in football history.