Tuesday, July 17, 2018

"Premier League club Arsenal is helping a Chinese investigation, after it was potentially caught up in a fraud around its sponsorship deal with carmaker BYD"

BBC:
The Arsenal-BYD partnership was announced to great fanfare in April this year, with the club saying it had reached a deal with "the world's best-selling electric vehicle manufacturer".

As part of the deal BYD would receive pitch-side LED signage and branding on dugout seats at the Emirates Stadium.

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The individual at the centre of the allegations has never has been an employee, nor been given authorisation to conduct business in its name, Shenzhen-based BYD said in a statement to the Hong Kong stock exchange.