Malta Tourism Authority Faces Backlash Over €150,000 Sponsorship of Foreign Football Club

Revealed: MTA sponsorship of Portelli’s SPAL to cost taxpayers €150,000

The Malta Tourism Authority will pay €150,000 to sponsor an amateur-league Italian football club owned by Gozitan construction magnate Joseph Portelli, The Shift can reveal. The one-year sponsorship agreement will place VisitMalta branding on the shirts of SPAL, formally known as Ars et Labor Ferrara, which currently competes in Eccellenza Emilia-Romagna – the fifth tier … Continued

By The Shift Team