Saint86 Posted 18 May, 2016 Share Posted 18 May, 2016 So, the daily fail are reporting that Chelsea are about to sign a new kit deal with Nike worth..... £65m a year. On top of that, here are the other current kit deals in the prem: 1) Manchester United - adidas (£75m-a-year) 2) *Chelsea - Nike (£60m-a-year) 3) Arsenal - Puma (£30m-a-year) 4) Chelsea - adidas (£30m-a-year) 5) Liverpool - New Balance (£25m-a-year) 6) Manchester City - Nike (£12m-a-year) It really puts our deal into perspective (United can buy the Leicester team each year purely on one kit deal...) and shows how much we need to step up commercially even now. Don't know what rock I have been living under, but I honestly did not realise we were so far behind the big clubs on this. Also, how on earth are city that far behind!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice2Eskimos Posted 18 May, 2016 Share Posted 18 May, 2016 Man city probably don't care. Even Man Utd's kit deal is chump change to them. £75M a year isn't gonna make any difference to City one jot. Have you read up on Sheikh Mansour?.. The guy is RIDICULOUSLY rich it's insane. His personal net worth (yup NET WORTH) is upwards of £20BN. The Family is apparently worth a reported 1 Trillion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 18 May, 2016 Share Posted 18 May, 2016 So, the daily fail are reporting that Chelsea are about to sign a new kit deal with Nike worth..... £65m a year. On top of that, here are the other current kit deals in the prem: 1) Manchester United - adidas (£75m-a-year) 2) *Chelsea - Nike (£60m-a-year) 3) Arsenal - Puma (£30m-a-year) 4) Chelsea - adidas (£30m-a-year) 5) Liverpool - New Balance (£25m-a-year) 6) Manchester City - Nike (£12m-a-year) It really puts our deal into perspective (United can buy the Leicester team each year purely on one kit deal...) and shows how much we need to step up commercially even now. Don't know what rock I have been living under, but I honestly did not realise we were so far behind the big clubs on this. Also, how on earth are city that far behind!!!! Because fewer people want to buy a Man City shirt. Whether they like to admit it or not, they've only been big time for about 5 years, not long enough to acquire the depth in fan base of the other clubs above them. We don't, "need to step up," commercially, that's just where we are as a club. We don't have tens of millions of fans wanting to buy our shirt in China and South East Asia, hence nobody is going to pay us £30m for the right to sell them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O_RLY Posted 18 May, 2016 Share Posted 18 May, 2016 We don't, "need to step up," commercially, that's just where we are as a club. We don't have tens of millions of fans wanting to buy our shirt in China and South East Asia, hence nobody is going to pay us £30m for the right to sell them. ^^ THIS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted 18 May, 2016 Share Posted 18 May, 2016 It's simple, win things and lots of plastics around the world will attach themselves and start buying club tat left, right and centre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nta786 Posted 18 May, 2016 Share Posted 18 May, 2016 (edited) It's simple, win things and lots of plastics around the world will attach themselves and start buying club tat left, right and centre. Exactly. Leicester's fan base has gone through the roof. Apparently everything in their club shop got sold, and we can't even sell out our kit which has been reduced from £50 to £15. Plus, Leicester, if they didn't already, have basically got Thailand supporting them now, apparently their stuff sold out in Thailand and Singapore. Leicester now have 725k followers on Twitter and 800k on Instagram, whereas we have 556k on Twitter and 189k on Instagram, though social media is not of course the only measure when deciding the size of a fan base. Would love to know what these figures were back in July 2015. Edited 18 May, 2016 by nta786 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donatello Posted 18 May, 2016 Share Posted 18 May, 2016 It's simple, win things and lots of plastics around the world will attach themselves and start buying club tat left, right and centre. I recall seeing a news segment documenting *insert big name club* 'fans' who had recently switched to being Leicester 'fans'. Whatever though, it's their buck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodles34 Posted 18 May, 2016 Share Posted 18 May, 2016 we get enough money from selling players, I guess we don't need to top it up with shirt deals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danbert Posted 18 May, 2016 Share Posted 18 May, 2016 Our net spend is (supposedly) the second lowest in the league. Also, there is no correlation between transfer spend and league position. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/may/18/tottenham-only-premier-league-club-to-make-transfer-profit-in-past-year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Biscuits Posted 18 May, 2016 Share Posted 18 May, 2016 And just watch all those Leicester fans disappear when they don't win the league again next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat Posted 18 May, 2016 Share Posted 18 May, 2016 Their stadium will be half full of tourists next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice2Eskimos Posted 18 May, 2016 Share Posted 18 May, 2016 I recall seeing a news segment documenting *insert big name club* 'fans' who had recently switched to being Leicester 'fans'. Whatever though, it's their buck. Aston villa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted 18 May, 2016 Share Posted 18 May, 2016 I recall seeing a news segment documenting *insert big name club* 'fans' who had recently switched to being Leicester 'fans'. Whatever though, it's their buck. apparently a lot of southeast asian fans are now 'dual-supporters' of leicester and a big name club like arsenal or Man U. Gotta love being a fly on the wall on the two games a season those clubs play each other Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st alex Posted 18 May, 2016 Share Posted 18 May, 2016 I recall seeing a news segment documenting *insert big name club* 'fans' who had recently switched to being Leicester 'fans'. Whatever though, it's their buck. This one did have a bit about a dad bringing his kids to matches after switching allegiance from Liverpool, although that seems to have disappeared from the article now. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-36160621 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redslo Posted 18 May, 2016 Share Posted 18 May, 2016 Man city probably don't care. Even Man Utd's kit deal is chump change to them. £75M a year isn't gonna make any difference to City one jot. Have you read up on Sheikh Mansour?.. The guy is RIDICULOUSLY rich it's insane. His personal net worth (yup NET WORTH) is upwards of £20BN. The Family is apparently worth a reported 1 Trillion. They do care. Kit deal money is money that can be spent under the Financial Fair Play rules. Sheikh Mansour's personal wealth is, for the most part, not money that can be spent under Financial Fair Play rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice2Eskimos Posted 18 May, 2016 Share Posted 18 May, 2016 They do care. Kit deal money is money that can be spent under the Financial Fair Play rules. Sheikh Mansour's personal wealth is, for the most part, not money that can be spent under Financial Fair Play rules. Since when has that ever stopped Man City?.. They've been flouting that for yonks. But good point about FFP RE: Kit money though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redslo Posted 18 May, 2016 Share Posted 18 May, 2016 Since when has that ever stopped Man City?.. They've been flouting that for yonks. But good point about FFP RE: Kit money though. They did get put on probation and paid a fine for flouting it. Last I heard, the ridiculous sponsorship deal was being devalue to put it at fair market value. Of course, they are trying some tricks with the non-English Clubs they own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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