Nissan Unveils Bale & Agüero As Ambassadors
Nissan, the official global automotive sponsor of the UEFA Champions League, has confirmed Real Madrid CF winger Gareth Bale and Manchester City FC striker Sergio Agüero as the brand’s new global ambassadors and ‘Engineers of Excitement’.
As Nissan’s new global ambassadors, Bale and Agüero will help the Japanese car manufacturer bring football fans closer to UEFA Champions League action. They will play a role over the course of the season in exciting fans, had have a lead role in a film created by Nissan.
Showcasing their skills, the film reveals the star players as they go head-to-head in a competitive rally, with the players challenged to return the ball back and forth.
Jean-Pierre Diernaz, vice president for marketing, Nissan Europe commented: “We are absolutely delighted to welcome Bale and Agüero to the Nissan family, as our new ambassadors and Engineers art of the UEFA Champions League partnership, we wanted to work with ambassadors that demonstrate and share our same principles of innovation and excitement. Why them? Because like Nissan they are challenging convention, are true innovators of the game and every time that step on that pitch they deliver excitement to fans.”
Gareth Bale, who also signed a new record six-year deal with Real Madrid this week, said: “I’m thrilled to be working with Nissan on their partnership with the UEFA Champions League. Having won the tournament twice with Real Madrid the competition is very special to me and I know it takes a tremendous amount of hard work to win. It is one of the most exciting competition in the world, and I’m looking forward to sharing in that excitement with the fans.”
Sergio Agüero added: “I’m very happy to be working with Nissan. The UEFA Champions League is such an exciting tournament which features some of the best teams, players and managers in the game. The week-in-week-out drama on and off the pitch makes it a great competition to be a part of as a player, and to watch as a fan.”
