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Reds Campaign Against Drunk Driving in Asia

Manchester United launched a two-year partnership with an international drinks company, Diageo, for one (unsure which one) of its brands in Asia Pacific. The partnership between two parties will be activated with a  “Spirit of Champions” campaign theme later this September. The campaign will be launched in six key Asian markets, which include China, India, [...]

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Google Was Supposed to Sponsor Manchester United?

I missed this story. Really. It was published at November 28, 2005. I found this old article from Cnet reporting that after diminished the sponsorship contract with Vodafone the club has started sponsorship talk with some technology giants. Excerpt from the article: Manchester United is in talks with a number of global high-tech giants, including [...]

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David Gill Talk

Image via Wikipedia Player’s high salaries and the recent controversial ticket price hikes is an `integral’ part of the club’s global success story, David Gill told a gathering of business people at Manchester Business School. Some highlights of his speech: Business turnover has grown from £80m in 1991 to £245m as of the end of [...]

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Manchester United is The Richest Club In The World

Forbes announced that Manchester United is the most valuable soccer team in the world with estimated value around US $1,453 million and also the most profitable football club in the world with a $92 million in operational income (EBIT). Other team that has the most value change (growth) is Olympic Lyon beating out all other [...]

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