According to the Turkish newspaper “61saat”, Mohamed Salah has become the owner of the largest number of names printed on Trabzonspor shirts in the club’s history, in a new indication of the amount of popularity that the Egyptian star has gained since the announcement of his move to the team.
She pointed out that the demand is mainly focused on new season shirts, which represents an important commercial boost for Trabzonspor, whether in terms of kit sales or increasing the public presence associated with the Egyptian star.
Ertugrul Dogan, President of Trabzonspor, announced that the club had exceeded the barrier of 25,000 season tickets for the first time in its history, after sales reached 25,190 tickets, exceeding the previous record of 14,500 tickets.
The impact of the deal also extended to social media sites, as the number of posts that combined the names of Trabzonspor and Mohamed Salah reached 74,700 posts outside Turkey, compared to 59,600 posts inside the country, making the volume of interaction outside Turkey exceed its local counterpart by 25%.
Trabzonspor is preparing to face Qasim Pasha this Saturday evening at the Recep Tayyip Erdogan Stadium in Istanbul in the first round of the Turkish League, in Salah’s anticipated first official appearance with his new team.
