{"id":3584,"date":"2016-09-02T15:27:26","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T09:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/theres-a-rumour-that-zenit-st-petersburg-are-about-to-become-zenit-burger-king\/"},"modified":"2016-09-02T15:27:26","modified_gmt":"2016-09-02T09:27:26","slug":"theres-a-rumour-that-zenit-st-petersburg-are-about-to-become-zenit-burger-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/theres-a-rumour-that-zenit-st-petersburg-are-about-to-become-zenit-burger-king\/","title":{"rendered":"There’s a rumour that Zenit St Petersburg are about to become Zenit Burger King…"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a well-known fact that money talks in football, with transfer spending increasing year-on-year, and player wages a constant source of anger.<\/p>\n

But it doesn\u2019t stop there. With big companies realising how fruitful naming rights can be, it looks like Burger King may have decided to make their move. <\/p>\n

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Zenit have received a \u00e2\u0082\u00ac6.8-million offer from @BurgerKing to change team's name to "Zenit Burger King".<\/p>\n

\u2014 Artur Petrosyan (@arturpetrosyan) September 2, 2016<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As you would expect, the standard reaction was shock and disbelief.<\/p>\n

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Zenit Burger King? You having me on?\u00f0\u009f\u0098\u0082\u00f0\u009f\u0098\u0082\u00f0\u009f\u0098\u0082\u00f0\u009f\u0098\u0082\u00f0\u009f\u0098\u0082<\/p>\n

\u2014 Will (@Willstevenss) September 2, 2016<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And it was the perfect opportunity to have a little fun with some gifs.<\/p>\n

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#BurgerKing have offered #Zenit \u00e2\u0082\u00ac6.8m to change their name to 'Zenit Burger King' pic.twitter.com\/jlRaxbOqIw<\/p>\n

\u2014 NetBet (@netbet) September 2, 2016<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Zenit St. Petersburg to change name to Zenit Burger King?! pic.twitter.com\/JQZQdHkekO<\/p>\n

\u2014 Football Tips (@footballtips) September 2, 2016<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The puns are strong with these ones. <\/p>\n

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I personally can't wait for Zenit Burger King vs. KFC Barcelona!!<\/p>\n

\u2014 MrFootyTips.net (@MrFootyTips) September 2, 2016<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Zenit St. Peter….. Oh right, my mistake. Zenit Burger King! Can't wait to see the Fast Food Derby vs Lokomotiv McMoscow<\/p>\n

\u2014 Neil Tyler (@77_NDT) September 2, 2016<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Others rued a potentially missed business opportunity.<\/p>\n

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@BurgerKing I'd change my name to Kyron Burger King for half that. https:\/\/t.co\/4Z9dmBEGDx<\/p>\n

\u2014 #GEEZER (@KyronDS) September 2, 2016<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I mean, it sounds ridiculous, but is it\u2026?<\/p>\n

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Disgusting what is happening to football. I would never play for 'Zenit Burger King'. I only play for proper teams, like Red Bull Leipzig.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Jason Bent (@Jason9Bent) September 2, 2016<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If Zenit St Petersburg accept the offer, fair enough. But it could be little more than a marketing ploy.<\/p>\n

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Almost definitely a publicity stunt from Burger King. How many people are talking about this? Free advertising. https:\/\/t.co\/oMAdq3pOA8<\/p>\n

\u2014 Jason (@BasonJoardman) September 2, 2016<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If it isn\u2019t true, supposedly that makes it a Whopper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s a well-known fact that money talks in football, with transfer spending increasing year-on-year, and player wages a constant source of anger. But it doesn\u2019t stop there. With big companies realising how fruitful naming rights can be, it looks like Burger King may have decided to make their move. Zenit have received a \u00e2\u0082\u00ac6.8-million offer […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3585,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3584"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}