Il y a quelques jours, Panini Angleterre annonçait un accord exclusif avec les instances de la première division anglaise, la fameuse Premier League.
En effet, à partir de la saison 2019/2020, la firme italienne deviendra le seul éditeur de cartes et stickers de football pour ce pays.
La collection MATCH ATTAX de Topps fera donc place à une autre, sans doute intitulée ADRENALYN XL, dès l’année prochaine.
On peut parler d’un joli coup pour Panini qui possède déjà les droits de trois championnats majeurs du continent : la LIGA SANTANDER en Espagne, la LIGUE 1 CONFORAMA en France et bien sûr la SERIE A en Italie.
Le communiqué officiel :
Panini and Premier League sign exclusive worldwide agreement
October 9th, 2018, by: Panini
Panini UK has signed an exclusive worldwide agreement to become the Official Stickers and Trading Cards Licensee of the Premier League from Season 2019/20. The agreement covers retail and promotional product, both physical and digital.
Peter Warsop, Panini Group Licensing Director said ‘The coming together of Panini and the Premier League is wonderful news for the global collectables market. Panini’s international reach of both retail and promotional collectables provide the perfect platform to grow the business.’
Mike Riddell, Managing Director of Panini UK added ‘This is a game-changer for the UK market. The Premier League is the strongest league in the world and our challenge is to restore the UK football collectables market to number one.’
Richard Masters, Managing Director, Premier League said ‘Panini has an excellent reputation for producing high quality and popular collectable football stickers and trading cards that are popular with fans across the world. We look forward to working with them from season 2019/20 onwards.’
(source paninigroup.com)
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