Manchester United sign record 10-year kit deal with Adidas worth £750m

its a joke, really

why are they giving them so much money?
far better clubs dont even get half

seems like united jerseys etc are sold quite nicely

Cause this is the biggest club in the world.

This

most merchandising income goes directly to adidas/nike and hardly to the club. the club's part is rather tiny compared to the supplier.

always laughed when delusional peeps wanted to explain that the transfer cost of a player can be fully refinanced through shirt sales

Real Madrid got their £80m money back from Ronaldo with shirt sales alone...

of course they did. 9/11 was an inside job, the moon landing was faked and the holocaust never happened

see what I did there? now stop believing everything you read

This post was edited by stef1 on Jul 15 2014 08:38am

http://metro.co.uk/2010/04/15/cristiano-ronaldo-shirt-sales-have-already-paid-off-80m-fee-to-manchester-united-real-madrid-claim-242129/

The club claimed it themselves, says in here.

http://www.goal.com/en/news/12/spain/2010/04/14/1878445/real-madrid-have-sold-over-a-million-cristiano-ronaldo

Says they own 50% of his imaging rights so they benefit from deals with Nike etc.

Makes sense to me, and I don't understand why you can't accept that one of the most popular footballers in the world, playing for the biggest club in the world, can't earn back his fee in shirt sales.

This post was edited by dro94 on Jul 15 2014 09:01am

Its a bit more complicated. But real made a profit on ronaldo.

Costed 100.

1. Merchandising income. Selling 10.000 shirts a season or 2 million matters in terms of both revenue and sponsor one-time payment increase.
2. Club market value increase %, shares boosting when plc.
3. Player`s image rights usually the club takes a cut on this.
4. Plus the fact that iconic profile signings bring a lot of bandwaggoners into the club.

win, win, win.

This post was edited by B4al on Jul 15 2014 08:55am

So basically I'm right and he is wrong...and made himself look like a dick in the process