Zenit St Petersburg reportedly offered £5.7m to change name to 'Zenit Burger King'
By Gillian West
Russian football team Zenit St Petersburg have reportedly rejected a £5.73m offer from Burger King to change their name to ‘Zenit Burger King’.
According to reports from Russia, the fast food chain approached the club with the naming rights deal at the beginning of the week, but despite the lucrative offer the team said no.
Football writer Stefano Conforti revealed the news on Twitter posting a picture of the letter Burger King has sent to the club.
Burger King has offered around 500M roubles to rename Zenit to Zenit-Burger King. That’s crazy! pic.twitter.com/0MkSD1cOTG
Source: The Drum
