I made a joke earlier about players taping over the name with tape, similar to in Ted Lasso. I'd now think it quite poignant if players taped over it with blue and yellow tape.
Should the club drop Aeroflot as a sponsor? | Dropped
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
Why would they need to drop this sponsor? Is it Putin's personal company? I am just asking since we are sponsored by Arab oil companies and Newcastle have just been bought by Saudi Arabia so I was wondering if there was more to this sponsor.
Oh it's a weak response for sure. Pathetic from the club and surely they have to do the right thing. Schalke acted instantly with Gazprom
Great from the club
3 match ban for Sancho if we do that
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/60520927
It looks like we are doing it. Just and odd response when 100% behind the scenes they have been starting the process to drop them as sponsors evidenced by us not using them to get to Madrid and back.
It's Russia's national carrier...
Dear Julie,
I understand that message in general but this is not a matter of an opinion but a criminal unlawful act from one state against another. It is above all matter of humanity and the last but not leadt - your commercial partner is on sanction list of your own government and is banned to land in UK.
Robert
I understand that message in general but this is not a matter of an opinion but a criminal unlawful act from one state against another. It is above all matter of humanity and the last but not leadt - your commercial partner is on sanction list of your own government and is banned to land in UK.
Robert
damn. So its not privately owned. Fair enough there is no option. Hit their pockets. They will probably just raid Ukraine's resources while they are there
Nope, owned by Russian government
Yes. And ban Abramovic from Chelski too.
Ban Chelsea period.
It appears to be majority-owned by the Russian government, with around 40% owned by pension funds, retail investors and the like. Its shares are down 40% since the start of the year.
it seems like aeroflot so far quietly disappeared as our partner from the official website
https://www.manutd.com/en/partners
https://www.manutd.com/en/partners
The next sanction could be the liquidation of all Russian assets based in the UK.
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Right thing to do
The criticism on this thread has been bizarre. We can’t just instantly drop them. Obviously takes time. I’m sure the wheels were in motion instantly.
We didn’t fly with them on Tuesday. It was obvious we were withdrawing. It’s Manchester United though - so clearly “fans” on here will slag us off.
And strip them from their titles!
And strip John Terry from being a full Kit wanker in the CL final retrospectively
According to M.E.N the deal expires this year, so we may have been looking for another sponsor anyway.
Strip him of his NFTs too.
Saudi Arabia Airlines
Well done Man United.
Will give the club props on this, it hasn't been drawn out - Just a sensible decision.
How many emails to we have to send to Julie to get our Saudi Arabia based sponsors cancelled too?
Promote this dude!
This conflict of interest will always exists. Not just for Germany. Currently no countries have banned Saudi/UAE sponsors yet those countries have been doing atrocities in Yemen, and if tomorrow the USA fabricated another reason to invade Iraq, I doubt US businesses would have anything to fear about in Europe.
The club saying that they made the decision to travel to Madrid with a different airline before the invasion, doesn't really match up with our official TV channel showing ads for Aeroflot after the invasion.
We have ended the sponsorship, time to close this thread
Why? I highly doubt the team flew Aeroflot everywhere beforehand and do they even fly from Manchester to Madrid?
My thoughts exactly. Not sure why they're attempting to win points from it now, especially when they were still showing the ads after the Youth Cup game last night.
Surely the programming is set for the week ahead or whatever and it was just that no-one changed it before it aired or the decision wasn't made in time.
Aeroflot sounds like the dump you do after eating certain brand of chocolate
Pretty sure we bought our own 747 years ago. Or have we since sold it?
They only did that so that they didn't have to scramble to arrange a different carrier home in the event Aeroflot was banned from British airports.
Club showing how ill prepared they are as usual.
Correct decision, now Uefa must drop Gazprom.
Manchester United has released the following club statement...
“In light of events in Ukraine, we have withdrawn Aeroflot’s sponsorship rights.
“We share the concerns of our fans around the world and extend our sympathies to those affected.”
Bye bye
“In light of events in Ukraine, we have withdrawn Aeroflot’s sponsorship rights.
“We share the concerns of our fans around the world and extend our sympathies to those affected.”
Bye bye
The right thing to do.
Sense and deceny prevailed. At least hope it was that and not fear of what the fans / media would say otherwise.
Russia has banned all UK flights from entering it's airspace.