Blackstar at the Palmeiras? What you need to know about the sponsorship proposed by a billionaire | palms

The offer – allegedly from R $ 1 paid in advance, for a contract of 10 years – had been presented to the club by the plate of opposition beaten in the last elections. Maurício Galiotte was elected president. The GloboEsporte.com heard from everyone involved and gathered all the information available about the company to try to explain the details of the negotiation, which will probably not be completed.

The cited company in the proposal presented to Palmeiras is called Blackstar Limited International and is not headquartered in Brazil, but was opened on January 22 this year in Hong Kong, according to international databases. Rubnei Quícoli entrepreneur who introduces himself as financial director and partner of Blackstar, has a holding company holding five other companies. He says that he can not divulge the names, but he can advance the fields of action of four of them, who would have their marks exposed under the Palmeiras jersey in case the negotiation would advance:

• One of the agro-industrialists, headquartered in Brazil,
• Uma
• An aircraft builder based in the United States
• A bioenergy power plant, of which the seat is also in the United States.

There would be a fifth company, which is not yet incorporated, on which it can not give any details. Quicili indicates in general that the group "intends to invest 50 billion rubles in Brazil from 2019". Of this total, 1 billion rubles would be for sponsorship in Palmeiras.

Quícoli had problems of justice . He was arrested in flagrante delicto for receiving a vehicle and using counterfeit money. In 2010, he denounced an alleged stratagem of corruption in the Civil House during the second term of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Today, the businessman prefers not to talk about these problems.

Genaro Marino, who accepted Quiccoli's offer to the club, claims that the proposal "belongs to a company" and that the personal problems of the entrepreneur should not be taken into account.

Rubnei Quícoli and lawyer Miguel Valente, who signed a letter of intent, claimed to have come to the club because they came from Palmeiras. The proposal initially conditioned the sponsorship of Genaro Marino's victory in elections held last year. The plate lost to the situation, which reelected Galiotte, but decided to bring the proposal to the club anyway. Marino explains:

– We received his visit [Quícoli] during the elections. He saw a statement from Leila [Pereira, dona da Crefisa e conselheira do Palmeiras] saying that he would leave the club if his candidate did not win. And he presented us this proposal. We then asked for bank guarantees and presented them. After the election was lost, I asked the club to officially review the proposal. I think we have to badyze everything.

Quicho said his first meeting with Palmeiras executives was held in 2016, when he had been received by the then president, Paulo Nobre. The proposal at the time was to buy the WTorre stadium for $ 800 million and, in return, to acquire the club's properties to sell sponsorship – naming rights , space reserved for jerseys, etc.

The idea did not unfold because WTorre did not want to talk. Palmeiras executives say that during this second attempt at commercial relations with the club, Quicke introduced himself as a friend of former President Paulo Nobre. He would have quoted until he won a shirt for him (see photo above). Wanted, Noble was not found to talk about it.

Is there a negotiation going on?

No. On Tuesday, 11, two directors of Palmeiras – Gesner Guiguet, marketing, and Alexandre Zanotta, of the legal framework – met Quícoli and left the meeting with more doubts than answers. On Thursday the 13th, at 12:44 pm, Zanotta sent Quichoi an email containing 19 questions, which they would like clarified "so that we can move forward in our conversations". Here is what Palmeiras wants to know:

1. Organization chart of the economic group of which Blackstar is a part, with identification of the companies and the shareholders that make it up;
2. Which companies will be established in Brazil and which will maintain relations with society.
3. The last published annual report for the market with the companies of the group;
4. The last published annual report for the market with the companies of the group;
5. Details of the company's investments in Brazil for the next 10 years
6. How the company
7. What guarantees will Blackstar present in the negotiations with the club
8. What other bank references can the company give? wants to badociate its brand with Palmeiras and what kind of marketing action should be made possible by the club;
9. If other Brazilian clubs can be sponsored during the term of the contract,
10. What would it be
11. If the continuation of the sponsorship is conditioned to the sports results
12. What attributes can the brand Palmeiras she strengthen the image of Blackstar? the duration of the contract, if there is a possibility of a duration greater or less than 10 years;
13. How would sponsorship payments be made;
14. How can the company contribute to strengthening the Palmeiras brand? other sponsorship contracts with Blackstar in other countries
15. Number of brands that Blackster intends to exhibit during the contract
16. Who made the decision to sponsor Palmeiras
17. Si the interest of the club is exclusive to football or there is an interest in other sports.