Dutch club Roda JC's financial woes "have been aggravated by shirt sponsor Solland Solar filing for bankruptcy," according to Samindra Kunti of INSIDE WORLD FOOTBALL. The club is at least €1.3M ($1.45M) in debt.
Last month Solland Solar failed to pay €36,300 ($40,400) to Roda JC "as part of its sponsorship agreement with the Eredivisie club" -- Solland Solar only became the shirt sponsor of the Kerkrade-based club at the start of the season.
Roda JC has "refused to comment on the problems at Solland Solar, the club's main sponsor," but Roda Chair Wim Collard "sent a legal notice to remind the sponsor of its obligations." The club has accrued at least €1.3M of debts, according to Collard. In the '13-14 season Roda JC was relegated from the top flight, resulting in a deficit of €2.7M, but has since returned to the top league.
Collard promised to inject Roda JC with €3.5M ($3.9M), but "has so far failed to deliver." Roda JC's chairman has also faced Kerkrade's town hall after the club could not pay €400,000 ($445,000) to rent its Parkstad Limburg stadium (INSIDE WORLD FOOTBALL, 8/19).
