Real Unión’s hyperlinks with Aston Villa and Unai Emery look like paying off for the Spanish membership, as they’ve been in a position to safe a shirt cope with Adidas.
El Diario Vasco cowl the state of affairs right this moment after an finish of season presentation involving Unai Emery that exposed the Spanish’s aspect’s new kits for the marketing campaign, with one very clearly a homage to Aston Villa.
The newspaper clarify that Real Unión have a tendency to shut the season with an occasion involving sponsors and collaborators and this 12 months has been no completely different.
The occasion was held this week, with Unai Emery in attendance to talk to the group, comprising of businessmen and firms alike.
That naturally meant some extent needed to be made in regards to the new relationship with Aston Villa, after their house owners, the VGroup, invested within the membership this 12 months and made them a part of their community.
“We are the Real Unión. We are the Real Unión, with our identity, with our stabilization process and future growth,” he stated.
“The agreement with Aston Villa gives us the opportunity to grow even more open. We can be part of a network of clubs, within VSports Group, with Aston Villa at the head.”
What got here subsequent, although, ‘fit like a glove’ because the membership revealed their new package suppliers for the season could be Adidas, who’ve additionally simply taken up package duties at Aston Villa.
That deal has ‘greased the return’ of the model to Real Unión, who had worn Adidas shirts up to now however moved to Puma for the final two years.
The shock didn’t finish there because the Spanish membership then revealed their new kits, a black and white striped dwelling shirt and a maroon and blue away shirt.
Rather that the often yellow or pink and black numbers the membership have gone for what’s, to be completely clear, an Aston Villa design however with the Real Unión crest upon it as a substitute.
How that goes down with followers stays to be seen however the alternative is clear and one other signal of the rising relationship between the 2 sides due to Unai Emery.