I-Emirates iyayithanda imidlalo. I-Olympique Lyonnais (OL), enye yeeklabhu ezibalaseleyo zebhola ekhatywayo eFransi namhlanje ibhengeze isivumelwano senkxaso-mali seminyaka emihlanu. Ngaphantsi kwesivumelwano, i-Emirates iya kuba nguMxhasi oMkhulu weklabhu ukusukela ekuqaleni kwesizini ka-2020/2021.
I-logo ye-Emirates "Fly Better" ye-iconic iya kubonakala ngaphambili kwiikiti zoqeqesho zeqela le-OL kunye nokudlala ijezi kuyo yonke imidlalo yeklabhu, kuquka i-French Championship kunye ne-European Cup de kube nguJuni 2025. Ukongeza ekubeni ngabaxhasi beehempe, isivumelwano siya kubonelela. I-Emirates enophawu olubonakalayo kwibala lemidlalo laseGroupama, kunye nokwamkela iindwendwe, amatikiti kunye namanye amalungelo okuthengisa.
Ethetha ngentsebenziswano entsha, uSihlalo weQela le-Emirates kunye noMlawuli oyiNtloko, u-Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum uthe: "Ibiyisicwangciso sexesha elide se-Emirates ukubandakanya kunye nokunxibelelana nabathengi bethu kwihlabathi lonke ngokusebenzisa imidlalo. Nge-Olympique Lyonnais, siye safumana iqabane elibonisa isithembiso segama elithi "Fly Better" lokuzama ukufikelela amanqanaba aphezulu empumelelo, kwaye sele kukho unxibelelwano phakathi kweLyon kunye neDubai kunye neenqwelomoya zemihla ngemihla ze-Emirates phakathi kwezixeko zombini. Le ntsebenziswano ingaphezulu nje kwesivumelwano sorhwebo, kodwa komeleza utyalo-mali kunye negalelo lezoqoqosho kwi-Emirates 'kuwo omabini ummandla waseLyon, naseFransi lilonke, ilizwe apho besikhona phantse iminyaka engamashumi amathathu.
“Kuyasivuyisa ukuba ne-Olympique Lyonnais, iqela elidibana nabalandeli balapha ekhaya nakwihlabathi jikelele, bazibandakanye nepotfoliyo yethu yenkxaso yebhola ekhatywayo.
I-Olympique Lyonnais ineyona rekhodi yebhola ekhatywayo ebalaseleyo phakathi kweeklabhu zaseFransi kwaye ithathe inxaxheba kwiNdebe yaseYurophu iminyaka engama-23 ilandelelana. Ukungaguquguquki kweqela, umdlalo, kunye nokulandela abalandeli abathembekileyo kwaba luncedo kwisigqibo se-Emirates sokujoyina imikhosi neqela.
UJean-Michel Aulas, uMongameli we-Olympique Lyonnais uthe: “Ukufika kwe-Emirates kubonisa ithuba elimangalisayo kwiklabhu yethu kunye nesixeko sethu. Kuyasivuyisa ukukhatshwa yinkokeli yokwenyani ekumgangatho wehlabathi. I-Emirates ibandakanya ubuhle kunye nomgangatho wenkonzo kwaye luphawu lweprimiyamu enerekhodi eqinisekisiweyo yebhola ekhatywayo kunye nenkxaso yezemidlalo. Le ntsebenziswano yexesha elide lithuba elihle kakhulu kuzo zombini iimpawu zethu. Siyalibulela iqela le-Emirates ngokusithemba kwabo kwaye sijonge phambili ekusebenzeni kunye. "
Ukongeza kwisibheno seqela lehlabathi, iLyon njengendawo yokusingwa ibiyeyona nto iphambili kubuhlakani. Ihlala ibekwe phakathi kwezona zixeko ziphezulu zaseYurophu, iLyon iyachuma njengendawo yokusingwa, ngokwembono yezoqoqosho kunye nezokhenketho. I-Emirates yayiyeyokuqala inqwelo moya ukudibanisa iLyon kwi-United Arab Emirates, kwaye ngokubanzi kuMbindi-Mpuma, iMpuma Afrika kunye ne-South Asian subcontinent nge-Dubai xa isungula iinqwelomoya eziya ngqo eLyon ngo-2012.
Le ntsebenziswano iqinisa ukuzibophelela kwe-Emirates kwingingqi yaseRhône Alpes, kunye negalelo layo ekukhuleni koqoqosho ngokudibanisa iLyon noqoqosho olukhula ngokukhawuleza kwihlabathi liphela kwinethiwekhi enkulu ye-Emirates' ye-158.
I-Emirates kunye ne-Olympique Lyonnais baya kusebenzisana ukufikelela kubalandeli kwihlabathi liphela kwaye bakhele kwimpumelelo engakholelekiyo yeqela.
Ngaphandle kobambiswano kunye nezinye iiklabhu ezinkulu kwibhola ekhatywayo, i-Emirates ikwaliqabane eliphambili kwimisitho yemidlalo kuyo yonke igalufa, intenetya, umbhoxo, iqakamba, umdyarho wamahashe kunye nemidlalo yeemoto.
