Premier League: Carabao (energy drinks) becomes an official training wear partner of Chelsea

The Thai energy drink brand Carabao has become an official partner of Chelsea FC (Barclays Premier League), and will appear on the uniforms of the players' training outfits, the club announced on 26/11/2015.

The company will be visible on the training wear of Chelsea from the summer of 2016. Carabao -- the market leader in Thailand -- will also be visible in the technical centre of the club, at press conferences and receive special exhibitions during Chelsea tours abroad. "We are confident that adding Carabao to our family of global partners will, under Financial Fair Play rules, further enhance our competitiveness on the field while growing our popularity still further in Thailand where the club has always enjoyed incredible support. In return our global reach will help Carabao enter new markets and become synonymous with the Chelsea name," stated Christian Purslow, the managing director of Chelsea FC.

Chelsea have 25,000 Twitter followers in Thailand. The club also count 2.43 million Facebook fans in the country, or 5.5% its fan base (43,940,000) on this network. Chelsea…