This meeting will be one of the key moments of “Riyadh Season”, an event organized every year since 2019 in Riyadh to attract foreign visitors to Saudi Arabia. This match is part of Roma’s partnership with “Riyadh Season”. Neither the duration of the contract nor its amount was specified when it was made official, but according to the Italian press, it could bring in eight million euros per year to Roma.
AS Roma remained without a jersey sponsor between April and October after ending its partnership with the cryptocurrency company DigitalBits which was no longer honoring its financial commitments. Roma is currently 7th in the Italian Championship with 28 points, twenty less than the leader, Inter Milan. The Italian Super Cup which pits four teams against each other (Naples 2023 champion, Lazio vice-champion, Inter winner of the Italian Cup, Fiorentina, beaten in the Cup final) will also take place in Riyadh, from 18 to January 22.