Qatar Aiways Eyeing Premier League Sponsorship

Qatar Airways is not far from sponsoring a English Premier League team after the CEO confirmed they were approached by two clubs.

“Two English teams have approached us. We told them that we would consider it … but we are not yet ready to do it,” Akbar Al Baker said at the Farnborough Airshow.

He said the approaches had come from clubs looking to build new stadia and that Qatar Airways favoured a deal involving stadium naming rights – similar to Arsenal’s deal with Dubai-based Emirates Airline.

“If we do it we would like to do it in a big way,” he said.

Liverpool and Tottenham are known to be considering building new stadia.