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| Man United approach Indian firm over shirt deal | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jan 20 2009, 12:54 PM (92 Views) | |
| loyalroyal | Jan 20 2009, 12:54 PM Post #1 |
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when was the last time you did something for the first time??
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NEW DELHI - European and world club champions Manchester United have sent a shirt sponsorship proposal to an Indian company, some 16 months before the end of their current deal with American insurance giants AIG. "We can confirm that we have received a proposal for team sponsorship, it is an elaborate one," Abhijit Sarkar, spokesman for the diversified Sahara Group, told Reuters on Tuesday. "We received the proposal a few days ago. At this stage I cannot give any more details," he said. United's four-year $100 million deal with AIG runs until the end of next season and a club spokesman confirmed on Tuesday that Sahara were one of the companies approached as a potential replacement. "Our current arrangement comes to an end in 16 months or so and we have begun approaching various organisations with a view to organising a new deal," the spokesman said. Once the world's biggest insurer by market value, AIG averted bankruptcy in September last year with an $85 billion federal bailout, which later swelled to about $152 billion. The company has started selling assets to raise funds to repay a part of the government bailout. There was no immediate comment available from AIG on their United sponsorship plans. Sahara, which sponsors the Indian cricket team, is an unlisted group with interests from financial services to real estate. The Hindustan Times quoted a club spokesman on Tuesday as saying United's commercial director Richard Arnold had written to Sahara about sponsoring the team shirt. The letter from United, the English champions and current Premier League leaders, said the club were contacting Sahara as a potential partner "for the world's most iconic sports marketing tool, the Manchester United shirt", the paper said. "The shirt sponsorship of Manchester United is a rare and high profile opportunity," it quoted Arnold as saying. |
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| flak | Jan 20 2009, 01:04 PM Post #2 |
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It's nearly Christmas
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I'm surprised AIG didn't pull out when they lost all of their money tbh. I'm sure United wouldn't have minded if they found somebody else. New sponsor will mean 3 new shirts. :rolleyes: |
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| King U no it makes sense | Jan 20 2009, 01:06 PM Post #3 |
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Bow to the king mother forkers!
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The top clubs have a new shirt every season now days anyway. |
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| Jeffers | Jan 20 2009, 02:59 PM Post #4 |
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Ginger Prince
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yer but not changing all 3 in the same year. thing is people r going to buy the shirts, this should make united bigger in india. |
| "I don't play against a particular team. I play against the idea of losing." - Cantona | |
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| flak | Jan 20 2009, 04:45 PM Post #5 |
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It's nearly Christmas
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Does football have much of a following in India? Thought cricket would be more popular. |
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| Deleted User | Jan 20 2009, 04:46 PM Post #6 |
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Cricket is by quite some distance the biggest sport in India. |
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| ukansodoff | Jan 20 2009, 04:51 PM Post #7 |
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Unopened Scar Tissue
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Get them kids stitchin like the little grafters they are. And before anybody points out that child slave labour is bad...... just look at the kids who aint workin in sweatshops, they are found outside being abused while feeding a glue sniffing addiction. which would you prefer them doin? |
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| mumanc | Jan 20 2009, 06:31 PM Post #8 |
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red thru and thru.
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agree but football is getting a big following,and man utd are at the moment the prefered team. |
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| flak | Jan 20 2009, 11:36 PM Post #9 |
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It's nearly Christmas
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Wonder why that is? :rolleyes: |
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