Italian amateur side gifted lifetime subscription to escort website after winning promotion to Serie D
AN AMATEUR Italian side has been gifted a lifetime subscription to an escort website after winning promotion to Serie D.
Athletic Palermo are based on the island of
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An escort website has given a lifetime subscription to a team for achieving promotion
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Athletic Palermo will be playing in Serie D for the first time next season
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But fans are now celebrating after the club achieved promotion to the big leagues for the first time.
Athletic Palermo will now be playing in Serie D after securing a spot in Italy's fourth division for next term.
Players have been toasting their success ever since confirming their new status with a win over rivals Partinicaudace.
But they have now been given an extremely bizarre gift by their sponsors.
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Athletic Palermo are backed by an escort website called Escort Advisor.
And the adult platform decided to pay homage to the players by giving them a lifetime subscription.
CEO Mike Morra declared the present in a congratulatory message.
He said: 'We wanted to mark this achievement with a practical gift.
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'Now the players and coaches can finally relax… with a little extra bonus.'
Palermo's escort present came as there were
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