Not a chance it will be Addidas, we have way way too many links with Nike not to mention Rooney will be on some sort of contract with them and considering how much we pander to him....
So this new kit deal then
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
So is RVP, Mata and Shinji Kagawa (he has a whole asian Market who Adidas could explore) with Adidas. So Adidas has an Incentive too.
Ronaldo at Real Madrid says hi
I don't think that individual sponsorship deals effect whether they would sponsor the team as a whole. Obviously they'd like to sponsor a team with the majority of the players wearing their boots etc but it's business, if United went and won the treble next season then they'd look at signing us up as what better team for you to provide kits for than the champions?
My favourite kits have to be the first few Umbro designs we had. The red and green/gold lace up kits and the black away kit famous for Cantona's kung fu kick.
They did, however, produce some pretty gash kits too as i remember? Most famously the grey away top we changed at half time against Southampton because SAF said the players couldn't pick each other out against the backdrop of the fans (that top was apparently designed to look good with jeans).
I like Adidas as a brand (for the trainers) but don't like the fact that their kits all look a bit similar so would prefer us not to go with them.
Uniqlo?? errr.....UNI NO!
They did, however, produce some pretty gash kits too as i remember? Most famously the grey away top we changed at half time against Southampton because SAF said the players couldn't pick each other out against the backdrop of the fans (that top was apparently designed to look good with jeans).
I like Adidas as a brand (for the trainers) but don't like the fact that their kits all look a bit similar so would prefer us not to go with them.
Uniqlo?? errr.....UNI NO!
Kagawa has a whole Japanese market that is the 3rd biggest economy in the world, but other Asians don't particularly like Japan.
Other Asians particularly love Manchester United so I imagine Kagawa is fine in China and Korea
I couldn't give a shit who makes our kits, I haven't bought one in years anyway, just give it to whoever pays the most.
That's true, but little to do with Kagawa, in fact, I've rarely seen Kagawa shirts in China (except Hong Kong).
Probably made there
I cant be bothered as to who gets the deal as long as the club gets the highest amount possible from it.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...cord-60m-year-kit-deal-Manchester-United.html
Looks like Adidas has pipped Nike to the post.
Looks like Adidas has pipped Nike to the post.
According to the Mail? So we can expect confirmation of a new Nike deal any day.
You can never be sure what is a legitimate story, and what is simply the latest stage of a complex negotiation tactic.
haha or Slazenger have got the deal!
How can we structure a deal with Uniqlo also? That'd be amazing if we signed a high figure deal with those, along with Adidas.
The same story seems to have been repeated with differing brands each time since January, Nike were in pole, then Adidas, then Puma and at one point Umbro. The figure remains unchanged and so seems the length of the deal, the only unusual aspect of the Mail story that seems to be different is a separate fashion deal with Uniqlo. Has any other club or sporting franchise got something similar?
Charles Sale is pretty good though.
If we get 60m for Adidas for our kit and then negotiate a different deal for our fashion stuff then it's an amazing deal.
That is clearly the figure the club are among for. Wouldn't be surprised if it was the club behind all these various stories.
Daily Mail can't even get the details of the current deal correct, let alone any future one. Headline has deal as £300m over 10 years, when it was 13.
Every week has a different paper with a different supplier. We will just have to wait and see. I just wish they would hurry up.
They couldnt have made the Chevrolet logo any bigger, could they? Looks as bad as the rest of the shirt
Could have been worse I think, we always complain, then we see it on the players and get used to it. I'd still prefer just chevrolet without the symbol though.
Were there not rumours that the actual text "Chevrolet" would not appear on the kit, just the logo, and that was a contributory factor in the sacking of their marketing chief?
I like them, there is only so much you can do with a big golden cross. If it was only the word Chevrolet than that would look weird so the emblem has to be there.
In fairness, that is a good idea, some of the biggest companies in the World are recognised by their logo alone, it would also get people looking on the internet to find out what the logo is.
True, but if someone was on google looking for what the logo was it'd belie the idea that they're recognised by their logo.
I'd be shocked if it's Adidas, or anyone but Nike. I think that's just us turning the screw on them. Wasn't there speculation that we'd also want a larger share of sales too, similar to the Madrid set up?
You'd actually want the search term "Chevrolet" to be as prominent as possible - the logo wouldn't really help in that respect.
Yeah, however it's not widely known yet (in Europe anyway) Having their logo on the top of one of biggest clubs in the World would soon change that.
I really don't care of the size of the logo, personally speaking, I mean for the amount they're paying us I'd be ok with rubber stamping the logo on the players foreheads as well, also to be fair, at this point in time we should be quite used to our kits looking rather poor by now(mostly), as long as the shirt is still red these days I'm happy... /ignore and just get on with the season.
What was the last kit you liked?
That is a horrible kit bloody hell
I really liked the Gingham.
I have a bet with my college roommate who's an Arsenal fan that our next kit deal is at least 60 million pounds a year which he thinks is impossible considering how poor we've been this season. If I'm wrong, I have to change my name to Jennifer. (Top Gear fans will know what I'm talking about). So needless to say, Woodward needs to hurry and get this deal complete! And it should be whether it's Adidas or Nike, we need to take the highest bidder and I would hope that it's not a 10 year deal. For all we know by year 6 or 7 of the deal, getting the reported yearly sum could be less than say Madrid could get in their next deal. It should be a 5-6 year deal, nothing more.
GM have pulled the Chevrolet brand out of all European markets. They'll be completely gone by the end of 2015. I assume this deal with United is purely about far east expansion.
Doubt that's the kit. The Chevrolet logo looks so shite, I'm assuming it will be hollow black/white rather than gold and silver
The kit actually looks fine apart from the logo. Simple.
However someone really needs to talk to the branding and marketing team at Chevrolet. Gold to brown gradient? In this day and age? How very gauche.
However someone really needs to talk to the branding and marketing team at Chevrolet. Gold to brown gradient? In this day and age? How very gauche.
I think maybe there could be something going on with Adidas. They had their annual General Meeting this Thursday.
A spokesman from one of their biggest shareholders Union Investment complained that Nike are getting the better of Adidas in important markets. Union Investment even refused to grant discharge of management as a warning.
Maybe pressure could be growing enough to make Adidas desperate to land a big name signing.
A spokesman from one of their biggest shareholders Union Investment complained that Nike are getting the better of Adidas in important markets. Union Investment even refused to grant discharge of management as a warning.
Maybe pressure could be growing enough to make Adidas desperate to land a big name signing.