Blackburn Rovers sued for £500k by kit suppliers

Blackburn Rovers sued for £500k by kit suppliersImage source, PA MediaImage caption, The Lancashire club is facing the proceedings after negotiations for a renewal deal with its former kit suppliers broke downByGeorgie DockerNorth WestPublished19 minutes agoBlackburn Rovers are being sued for at least £500,000 in damages over an alleged breach of a kit deal, High Court documents show.The Lancashire club is facing the proceedings after negotiations for a renewal deal with its former kit suppliers broke down.The club signed a deal with Italian company Macron in 2021 but after the five-year deal expired last month, the UK branch of the company, Macron Sportswear UK, is suing Rovers for damages over alleged breaches in the renegotiation process.Blackburn has defended the legal action. A hearing in the claim is yet to take place.In legal documents setting out the claim, Macron's barrister Nick De Marco KC said that the 2021 deal entitled Macron to 90 days to exclusively negotiate the deal's renewal from the start of 2025.The barrister continued that Blackburn could negotiate with other suppliers if no agreement was reached, but had to send any third-party offer it intended to accept to Macron, which then had 10 days to submit a "matching offer".He added that the contract stipulated that the matching offer had to include four criteria - the retainer fee, the amount of free sporting goods, royalties and bonuses, and that Blackburn was obliged to accept any such offer.If they did not, Macron was entitled to £500,000 and "all charges and costs incurred" in claiming the sum.De Marco said that after renewal negotiations failed, Blackburn sent a third-party offer to Macron that it planned to accept, to which the company returned a matching offer.Image source, PA MediaImage caption, Blackburn Rovers is in the dispute with its former kit supplier MacronHe continued that on June 20 2025, Blackburn informed it that it had decided to "decline Macro...