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Head of Marketing at Intelly • @Sportico Top 50 #SportBusiness Twitter accounts • MSc Economics & Management • SportsBiz • FootballFinance • FootballBusiness
Oct 5, 2022 8 tweets 16 min read
Adidas long-term sponsorship of #Arsenal was extended a few days ago. The deal will now run until the end of the 29/30 season, with its value increasing for the first time since 2019, from £60m p.a. to around £75m p.a, reports @DarrenArsenal1. The 8-year contract is worth £600m Image @DarrenArsenal1 @arseblog @DailyAFC @iemadAFC @now_arsenaI @ltarsenal @Matt5cott @nonewthing @VipArsenal @OsmanZtheGooner @ArsenalHarmoni Arsenal initially teamed up with adidas at the start of the 19/20 season, which reunited the two global brands after 25 years apart, in a deal worth a reported £300m over five years (was originally set to expire in 2024)
May 5, 2022 11 tweets 24 min read
/Thread/ Estimated amounts for #RealMadrid's participation and triumph in the #UCL (starting fees, fixed amounts, coefficient ranking, market pool), and then in the match for the UEFA Super Cup, will boost the club's revenue to a level close to €141 million #SportBusiness Image @fcbusiness @RMadridInfo @MMajeedSX @InfiniteMadrid @MadridXtra @RMADailyNews @FranceRMCF @RMadridHome @managingmadrid @LosMadridistas_ For making the group stage alone, the 32 clubs involved each took home a minimum of €15.64 million. Each victory in the group stage is worth €2.8 million, which means that #Real in five victorious games earned €14 million.
May 4, 2022 4 tweets 2 min read
/Thread/ Currently, #RealMadrid @emirates have the most lucrative shirt sponsorship deal in the world. The value to Emirates can be extrapolated from rights fee increases. In 2013, the deal was worth about €27m per season up front, with an additional €6m available each #UCL season depending on the club’s success. Today, the deal is worth more than double the maximum, at about €70m per year. Emirates deal comes with a number of increased rights package including branding on four new LED advertising banners by both goal areas at the Santiagio
Jan 17, 2022 10 tweets 20 min read
Economic snapshot. A new study by EY highlights how the #PremierLeague and its clubs have continued to generate widespread benefits for the economy, society and the entire football pyramid, despite the significant challenges presented by COVID-19 #SportBusiness @fcbusiness @utdarena @DailyAFC @SportByFort @MUnitedFR @iemadAFC @OsmanZtheGooner @AFC4AR @PrestwichBlue @InsiderCity_Ar The analysis reveals that Premier League football contributed £7.6bn to the UK economy during the 2019/20 season, which was suspended for more than three months due to the pandemic. Clubs' economic activity has grown by 840 per cent since the 1998/99 season.
Dec 23, 2021 38 tweets 96 min read
/Thread/ #PremierLeague clubs have smashed their own record for combined shirt #sponsorship deals, with the 20 clubs generating £358.75m for the 21-22 season, an increase of £14.25m from last yr. Sleeve sponsors are paying a further £83.75m to the 19 clubs combined (without EFC) @fcbusiness @utdarena @ChrisWheatley_ @martynziegler @mjshrimper @iemadAFC @DailyAFC @MUnitedFR @TheCitizensBR @PrestwichBlue This growth underlines the league's commercial strength also during the COVID-19 epidemic. The combined total in 2010-11, when @sportingintel first performed this exercise, was £100.45m. Main shirt and sleeve sponsorship deals have become a stable source of income for clubs
Nov 7, 2021 7 tweets 14 min read
/Thread/ #FCBarcelona have been on the hunt for a new sponsor for the past few months. The current sponsorship deal with Rakuten ends at the end of the current season and will not be renewed. At the start of the season, Rakuten reduced the sponsorship fee from €55m to €30m. @fcbusiness @SBI_Barcelona @muradahmed @Fernandopluri @amirsomoggi @SportByFort @Prof_Chadwick @barcagalaxy @JColagrossiNeto @RafaelH117 With the Blaugrana club looking to increase their revenues and turn their dire financial situation around, the front-of-shirt sponsorship has been identified as a key area where they could make some key improvements.
Aug 13, 2021 10 tweets 9 min read
/Thread/ How #PremierLeague shirt sponsors have changed. Data POWA analyses shirt sponsorship trends in England’s top flight football league. Once small and local, now sponsors are multinationals. In the late 1990s tech and telecoms companies predominated; then financial Image @POWAindex @utdarena @MUFR_ @iemadAFC @ChrisWheatley_ @MaaxiAngelo @mjshrimper @OsmanZtheGooner @theesk @arsenalbarclays and insurance firms muscled in. Since 2005, when gambling laws were liberalised, betting firms have worked their way up the league. This season they sponsor 45% of teams. The average size and type of the business sponsoring each tier of EPL teams has changed dramatically.
Aug 6, 2021 5 tweets 7 min read
Why did #Messi leave #FCBarcelona? It paints a striking picture. FCB & Real Madrid have ballooned their wage bills in recent seasons and are now not only having to trim the fat, but hack off some meat too. The financial hole they're in means FCB salary limits fall to a 10-yr low ImageImage @mjshrimper @RafaelH117 @SBI_Barcelona @lasource75006 @Jon_LeGossip @parisunited6 @City_Xtra @cityreport_ @utdarena @EiFSoccer Just when it seemed as if it was only a matter of days or even hours before there would be a long-awaited announcement of free agent Messi rejoining FCB on a new deal, the club announced just eight days before the start of a new league season that Messi would not be returning
Jan 15, 2021 13 tweets 5 min read
/Thread/ Continuing its long association with #ManchesterUnited, @apollotyres recently extended ‘Official Global Tyre Partner’ status with a parallel association with the company’s Vredestein tyre brand. The move is part of a wider growth strategy for the @Vredestein brand across the Europe and North American markets. The Vredestein Tyres brand is visible on the pitchside advertising boards at #MUFC home games. Additionally, the company says, once circumstances permit, consumers and business partners will experience the partnership across social platforms
May 7, 2020 11 tweets 6 min read
#Adidas has reported a massive fall in net income from continuing operations: from €631 million registered in the first quarter of 2019 to only €20 million in the first three months this year. Due to the coronavirus, more than 70% of Adidas stores had to be shut down via KPMG Image TOP5 clubs with the biggest kit deals (only #Adidas)

1⃣ #RealMadrid €120m a year
2⃣ #ManchesterUnited €94m
3⃣ #Bayern €90m
4⃣ #Arsenal €76m
5⃣ #Juventus €51m

Thirteen clubs generated agreements income of a total of approx. €470m. Only 5 clubs absorbs 91% of the total
Nov 21, 2019 36 tweets 74 min read
#ManchesterUnited’s long-standing relationship with Chevrolet, at £64 million, is the most lucrative shirt sponsorship deal in the Premier League. From the US automotive brand’s perspective, the agreement looks less attractive in view of #MUFC’s brand value declining since 2018 @utdxtra @utdarena @fcbusiness @utdreport @sistoney67 @MUFR_ @MUnitedFR @FlexUTD @UnitedPeoplesTV #ManUnited is the Premier League club most often perceived as having a rich heritage and history, coming behind only the top Spanish clubs and #Bayern Munich.
These factors are the driving force behind the rewarding partnerships that the brand attracts – at first look Chevrolet
Oct 20, 2019 5 tweets 13 min read
One of PL's £1bn games (£1.082bn) in combined club revenues. #LFC doing rather better in profit terms over latest 5yr (14-18) of accounts than #MUFC (15-19). #Liverpool's financial improvement under FSG ownership and #ManUnited's declining cumulative economic profit trend #MUNLIV @fcbusiness @utdarena @utdxtra @MUFR_ @ManDevilsUtd @MUnitedFR @FalseFMatt @DrRob_Wilson @Lasciencedufoot @vysyble #LFC's position may improve further following successful 18-19 UCL campaign. Third graphic shows comparative (and latest) revenue and economic profit profiles. #ManchesterUnited runs 2014-19, #Liverpool runs 2014-2018 #MANLIV #MUNLIV #MUFCLIV #SportBusiness
Jul 19, 2019 6 tweets 4 min read
#PremierLeague clubs have generated a record £349.1m from shirt sponsorship deals ahead of the 19/20 season. #ManUnited will earn the most money - up to £64m-a-yr. Second placed #ManCity will settle for just £45m from Etihad. #Arsenal, #Chelsea & #Liverpool will get £40m per year The #ManchesterUnited deal with Chevrolet (the brand of General Motors) was worth £47 million at the time of signing. After the current exchange rate is £64 million (avg $80 million) per season. Chevvy replace United’s previous deal with Aon, worth only £20 million a year
May 28, 2019 7 tweets 6 min read
#RealMadrid are the most valuable football club in Europe according to The European Elite 19 report, prepared by KPMG. The Whites have a value of €3,224 million, ahead of #ManchesterUnited (€3,207m), #Bayern (€2,696m), #FCBarcelona (€2,767m) and #ManCity (€2,460m) #SportsBiz The Premier League has confirmed its absolute dominance, having nine clubs on the full list (32 clubs) and accounting for 43% of the total aggregate value. The overall EV of the 32 most prominent European football clubs has increased by 9% (an impressive 35% over the past 3 yrs)