Manchester City and Nissan sign five-year sponsorship deal July 17, 2014 Manchester City and Japanese car maker Nissan have signed a five-year sponsorship deal that includes a tie-up with the club's growing portfolio of football teams around the world. Nissan’s partnership with Manchester City owner City Football Group will include branding of the football club’s Etihad stadium, and sponsorship of the newly created US team New [...]
Neville sets out Van Gaal target July 16, 2014 ENGLAND assistant Gary Neville says fourth place in the Premier League would represent “par” for new Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal, who started work yesterday. Winning the title would be an albatross, the former United defender said, adding: “I actually think we will finish third.”
How NFL death played a part in Germany triumph July 16, 2014 World Cup winners used cooling tech born out of tragedy YOU probably won’t have heard of Korey Stringer, the NFL player who died aged 27 when extreme heatstroke caused his organs to fail, one by one, during pre-season training in summer 2001. The Minnesota Vikings lineman’s passing forced American football to rethink its player welfare [...]
Manchester United hungry to win with Japanese noodle maker sponsorship deal July 16, 2014 Manchester United may have been waiting for Louis van Gaal to begin work as the club's new manager before getting down to the real business of the transfer market, but they've certainly been busy signing up sponsors. After announcing a blockbuster £750m kit deal with German sportswear giant Adidas on Monday, the Red Devils today [...]
United share price boosted by £750m kit deal windfall July 14, 2014 MANCHESTER United’s share price surged yesterday following confirmation of the Premier League club’s record-breaking £750m shirt deal with German sportswear giant Adidas. The 10-year agreement, which takes effect from the 2015-16 season, is the most lucrative of its kind in any sport and worth more than double any other shirt deal in football. United’s share [...]
Manchester United agree biggest ever football kit deal with Adidas July 14, 2014 German sportswear giant Adidas has agreed a bumper 10-year deal worth £750m to supply Manchester United's kit from next season, as the firm looks to strengthen its global position amid a battle of the sports brands. Adidas will provide training and playing gear to all the club's teams from the start of the 2015-16 season, [...]
Chelsea to ditch Viagogo for own ticket exchange July 14, 2014 Chelsea Football Club has severed its ties with ticket exchange site Viagogo, ending its nine-year relationship with the firm, in favour of an in-house exchange that doesn’t charge fees. The new system is similar to that of Arsenal, which has operated its own ticket exchange since 2008, and comes after pressure on the club since [...]
Arsenal’s £30m Alexis Sanchez deal highlights Arsene Wenger’s shift in transfer policy July 11, 2014 Arsenal fans rejoice. Arsene Wenger has got his chequebook out – and it's still 52 days before August 31 and transfer deadline day. The signing of Chilean international Alexis Sanchez from Barcelona for a reported fee of £30m so early in the transfer window – the Mesut Ozil deal famously came with just a few [...]
Arsenal on brink of sealing £30m Sanchez signing July 8, 2014 ARSENAL were last night edging closer to completing the signing of versatile Chile forward Alexis Sanchez from Barcelona for a fee believed to be around £30m. Sanchez, who starred for his country at the current World Cup, has been trailed by the Gunners, Liverpool and Juventus since Barca made it clear he was surplus to [...]
Nike ends Manchester United kit sponsorship deal after 13 years due to rising cost July 8, 2014 Nike will no longer sponsor the kit of Manchester United after the next Premier League season due to the mounting costs of the deal. It marks the end of a 13-year partnership between the world’s biggest sport brand and one of the most popular football clubs in the world. Nike said in a statement: "Any [...]