Have AIG just pulled the sponsorship deal

I've just heard that off someone. If so then good cos I think the logo is shit.

they aren't renewing, and i think 5 live inferred they were looking to see if they could get out of this contract

does that mean we'll have those shit WHU squares

now THAT would be shit

Originally Posted by denis lawless

does that mean we'll have those shit WHU squares

now THAT would be shit

We could just have a plain red shirt! would be nice but doubt Gill will go for it.

If we are sans sponsor for the rest of the season we could get Obama's or Ronaldo's face superimposed over the logo. Would look ace.

In the meantime can any of you readers suggest an inappropriate sponsor deal? Must be a real company of course. Lines close at midnight last night.

Originally Posted by redman

We could just have a plain red shirt! would be nice but doubt Gill will go for it.

that would look good....WHU look like @#%&!s (whatever they wear tbh )

Jan. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Manchester United, the English and European soccer champion, says it can eclipse its 19 million- pound ($26.6 million) shirt sponsorship deal with American International Group Inc. as the club looks for new partners.

The 17-time English champion sent letters to a “select number of worldwide companies” offering them the possibility of having their names emblazoned on United’s famous red shirts, club spokesman Philip Townsend said in an interview today.

Earlier today, Sahara India Pariwar, which sponsors the Indian cricket team, confirmed that it got a letter from United commercial director Richard Arnold that inquired about the company’s interest in becoming a partner for “the world’s most iconic sports marketing tool.”

“The club is in dialogue with a select number of top companies worldwide,” Townsend said. United “has so far received sufficient interest to be confident it can improve on its current 19 million-pound annual partnership with AIG.”

AIG’s sponsorship runs until the end of the 2009-10 season. In September, the U.S. government pumped $85 billion into the insurer and took an equity stake in the company, which is unlikely to renew the United agreement.

Any new partnership will tie in with the start of the Premier League’s new broadcast contract, which is currently under negotiation. The league is also seeking to play some competitive games overseas from 2010, with many to be staged in Asia.

Millions of Followers

United has millions of followers across the continent and the club will visit Asia for the fifth time in a decade this year when it plays a series of exhibition games in China, South Korea, Malaysia and, for the first time, Indonesia.

“If you look at the world market where we’re looking to develop football as a sport, Asia is a key market for us,” United Chief Executive Officer David Gill said in an interview last week. “A lot of our commercial partners have big operations there.”

AIG and Swiss watchmaker Hublot are using their agreements with United to promote themselves in Asia. South Korea’s Kumho Tire Co. and Saudi Telecom are also sponsors.

The Times of India reported that Arnold had sent Sahara a dossier explaining the benefits of the sponsorship, which displayed pictures of United stars Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo wearing a United jersey featuring Sahara’s logo.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...8CRNY&refer=uk

Originally Posted by Fuzzy Dunlop

In the meantime can any of you readers suggest an inappropriate sponsor deal? Must be a real company of course. Lines close at midnight last night.

Coca Cola?
The Abu Dhabi group?

Originally Posted by BryanRobson'sLiver

Coca Cola?

Would look quite good on the shirt....White on Red.

sponsership is inevitable, we are not west ham or villa, neither will we ever go the barca route. It'll be some huge company from the middle east or asia like the article says. hope it's an acronym or a logo rather than just 'saudi telecom' or something like that

Sahara

http://www.sahara.in/index.html

Top one is quite smart.

this would look brilliant on our shirts.

Originally Posted by Bunker Buster

Top one is quite smart.

Plans afoot to recreate that with the full squad on the halfway line at ot. Synergy the marketing boys call it.

Originally Posted by Smeggs

sponsership is inevitable, we are not west ham or villa, neither will we ever go the barca route. It'll be some huge company from the middle east or asia like the article says. hope it's an acronym or a logo rather than just 'saudi telecom' or something like that

Seems to emphasise how economic dominance is moving to China, India and the UAE.

America's time at the top is coming to an end .

Haven't got enough fit players to recreate that.........

Originally Posted by Bunker Buster

Haven't got enough fit players to recreate that.........

They only have to be able to lie down.

Chop Sauce.



I'd even consider buying a shirt.