Only three Mexican teams are among the top ten clubs that sell the most shirts on the continent
Amaury Vergara, the owner of Chivas, asked fans to buy the team’s jersey in order to bring reinforcements, however, according to a 2019 study by the agency Euromericas Sports Marketing, The rojiblanco team is the fifth team on the American continent to sell the most shirts.
The inhabitants of Guadalajara sold, from August 2018 to August 2019, a total of 1 million 590 thousand units, being the second team of Liga MX in the Top 5, only in the back America, which ranked third and had a sale of 1 million 717 thousand shirts.
This Thursday, through a live broadcast on Instagram, the head of Chivas He claims that he cannot offer T-shirts due to the crisis that Mexican football is going through due to the pandemic Covid-19, so he called to buy the official clothing.
– “Could you give me a Chivas shirt?” stressed Chivas’ follower.
– “If you buy it, I have them sign it, right now I can’t offer t-shirts to everyone; I need you to support and buy t-shirts to bring reinforcements,” admitted Amaury Vergara.
According to the average cost of the official Chivas shirt (men’s replica version, not the player’s edition) with a price of 1,599 pesos, the club obtained in 2019 profits of approximately 2,542 million 410 pesos, which translates to 127 million dollars at present exchange.
Only the eagles earned more money in this area with a total of 2,745 million 483 thousand pesos, around 137 million dollars, from the sale of their shirts in the same period.
Even the same study, conducted almost two years ago, placed the 10 clubs on the continent that sell the most clothes, in which River Plate came in first, Corinthians in second, América in third, Boca Juniors in fourth and Chivas in fifth.
Here are the Top 10:
River plate-2 million 270 thousand
Corinthians2 million 134 thousand
America-1 million 717 thousand
Boca Juniors-1 million 622 thousand
Chivas-1 million 590 thousand
Flamengo-1 million 455 thousand
National Athletic-1 million 012 thousand
Monterrey-1 million 678 thousand
Guild-Brazil 998 thousand 556
LA Galaxy-944 thousand 908