Italian Giants AS Roma have announced they are to terminate their kit deal with Kappa, citing ‘serious defects’ as the reason for cancellation.
Roma announced via their official site that they were ending their agreement with Kappa’s owners Basic Italia, with immediate effect.
“In consideration of the serious defects found in the technical material and the line of clothing produced by BASIC ITALIA S.p.A. for the 2012/13 season, the A.S. Roma S.p.A. board of directors has decided to cancel the contract with the technical sponsor with immediate effect due to BASIC ITALIA’s non-performance of contractual obligations. The board of directors reserve the right to pursue A.S. Roma’s best interests through the appropriate channels.”
Rumours have already begun to swirl over a possible quick-fire deal being agreed with Warrior – whose deal with Liverpool is a Premier League record, and will take the reigns from Umbro at Sevilla at the start of next season.
Whilst the deal would give Warrior presence in (arguably) the top three leagues in Europe, we’d have to cast suspicion over the validity of Roma’s sudden dismissal of Kappa.
Kappa have long supplied AS Roma, and their deal was set to run through to 2016 – however, we’d speculate that the club’s new American owners might be looking to bring in someone of their own choosing – and high-spending fellow Americans Warrior might just be the perfect fit.
Either way, Kappa have begun court proceedings against AS Roma and will presumably be looking for Roma to, at least, buy out the remainder of the contract.
What do you think of the sudden loss of AS Roma for Kappa?
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Pretty sure Adidas are looking to pick up Roma unless Warrior spends more than the club is worth again(Liverpool).
It’s hard to believe that Kappa would drop the ball on such a high profile team.
im pretty sure the american owners did this to get warrior, since they will more than likely overpay them like liverpool. i will miss kappa if this happened, roma was their flagship team and they always stood out in the classic and tight-fitted shirts Kappa was known for.
whatever it is warrior or adidas, what they did is not fair, i know the story from inside, they really dont even know what they are doing themselves. Truly kappa roma kit i can say was the best ever kit made, in terms of design and quality, all their products
with sadness but i was awer when the american came along.
KAPPA is the best ever and getting repleaced with something like liverpool are wearing is a shame and anyway the kit is ugly.
the only natural replacement would be nike, we have seen season in and out how depressingly bad the adidas and puma kits are, nike would be a natural fit in terms of design and material.