Have you ever wondered regarding the fate of the clothes that football players wear following matches? And whether there is a specific system to deal with it or not?
In fact, there is no fixed answer to this question, as it mainly depends on the financial ability of the clubs, money determines what happens to the football players’ shirts following the matches are over.
“sports eyeThe following lines explain the fate of football players’ shirts following the matches are over.
What do the rich clubs in the match shirts?
Clubs – or teams – with financial ability usually prepare 3 shirts for each player in the match, with a shirt for each half, along with a spare shirt to be used in cases of rupture or dirt, which is facilitated by the presence of large financial capabilities and contracting with a specialized company to provide sports supplies.
These shirts are worn by players only once, following which the club collects and donates them, usually given to charities that profit from them by holding auctions.
The clubs receive huge sums in return for the agreement with the sportswear companies to supply them with shirts, and this means that the club does not get the full amount of sales of the shirts, but rather concludes a deal with a sportswear manufacturer according to which it receives a fixed amount and a percentage of the profits, while the company gets The rest of the amount.
What do poor clubs in the match shirts?
The less financially able clubs do not have the luxury of playing once with a shirt, so they rely on washing shirts and playing with them more than once, and one shirt is often used between 3 and 5 times.
The shirts are collected following matches under the supervision of a staff member, to be re-washed in a certain way so as not to change their color or quality.
In 2015, the Italian Parma suffered a severe financial crisis, so that Alessandro Lucarelli, the former captain of the team, confirmed that the players will have the task of cleaning their clothes themselves, following selling the dressing room furniture and shirt washing tools.
Poor clubs sometimes decide to prevent players from exchanging shirts with opponents following matches, or pay for the shirt if it is replaced, which is what happened with former Spanish goalkeeper Victor Valdes, when he was a player in the Belgian Standard Liege ranks in 2016.
The fate of the shirts following the end of the season
It is usual for clubs to change their designs every season for commercial reasons, as the new design prompts fans to buy the shirt permanently, but on the other hand it means that players will not be able to wear the same shirt following the season is over.
Clubs tend to donate the shirts to charities following the season ends, while some of them go to sell them to fans at discounted prices to benefit financially.
The poorer clubs also tend to keep these shirts, so that the players can wear them during training.
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