Red Bull is considering buying a traditional club in Italy

Red Bull is thinking about getting started in Italian Football Serie A and conducts discussions Torinothe club of Valentino Lazaro. Like the Turin daily newspaper The Press (Monday edition) reports, Red Bull’s CEO is negotiating Mark Mateschitz with Torino’s owner, the media entrepreneur Urban Cairo. Three meetings have already taken place, according to the paper. Red Bull had one in September one-year sponsorship contract signed with Torino.

Up to this point, the Salzburg group still had no Italian club sponsored. Now Red Bull is thinking about acquiring Torino. With the takeover there is also the plan to acquire the Turiner Olympic Stadium connected that the municipality of Turin could soon privatize. Red Bull did not want to comment on reports of its interest in the club.

Between Red Bull and Torino there is some similarities. The club’s symbol and sign is a unbridled bullthe traditional symbol of the city of Turin, from which the club’s nickname “Il Toro” comes. Red Bull also has two bulls in its company logo. Torino maintains a historic rivalry with local rivals Juventusthe most successful team in Italian football.

The club has had a coach since the start of the season Paolo Vanoli trained last season Venezia returned to Serie A after two years. Lazaro from Graz has been under contract with Torino since 2022. The club is on 14 points Ninth place in the table.