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Manchester United Buy Back Training Kit Sponsorship

The club buy back training kit deal from DHL.

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The Sheiks Disagree on proposals on Premier League financial controls

David Gill as quoted by Telegraph: We were involved through the European Club Association, as were other clubs, such as Chelsea, who were on the working group to develop those proposals with Uefa. It made sense and was for the benefit of football clubs could operate within their own resources and it would bring about [...]

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George Soros Just Bought United’s Shares

The US-based investment titan has just become part of United’s ownership. Via @unitedrant.

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Manchester United ‘worth $2.2bn less than Glazers believe’

More brouhaha related to club’s IPO.

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Confirmed: Manchester United Don’t Have 659 Million Fans

The club’s IPO filling revealed.

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GM Marketing Chief Ousted After Manchester United’s T-shirt Deal

Interesting report by Bloomberg related to Chevrolet’s t-shirt deal with the club.

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IPO In Pictures

Manchester United shares began trading on Friday on the New York Stock Exchange. In pictures.

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$200 Million T-shirt Sponsor from Chevrolet

Mark Ogden reporting for Telegraph: The news comes on the day United confirmed they have surpassed Barcelona’s £125 million world record shirt sponsorship deal with the Qatar Foundation by striking a seven-year agreement with Chevrolet believed to be worth in the region of £200 million. Another ‘record’ sponsorship deal.

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Manchester United Action Figures Coming Soon

The club reportedly agreed to a three-year deal with UK-based Pattni Imaginations to continue producing authentic action figures of its players. Pattni Imaginations’ Managing Director, Mayur Pattni: Having Manchester United on board for a further three years is a massive boost as we move towards the release of a series two, as now have confirmed [...]

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Manchester United set to kick off IPO

Reuters is reporting that Manchester United is expected to launch its IPO in New York as early as next week.

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The World’s Most Valuable Sports Teams

According to Forbes’ list, Manchester United Football Club, valued $2.23 billion, is the world’s most valuable sport team. Top 10 sport teams: 1. Manchester United – £1.43 billion 2. Real Madrid – £1.2 billion 3. New York Yankees – £1.1 billion 3. Dallas Cowboys – £1.1 billion 5. Washington Redskins – £997 million 6. Los [...]

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Forget Football, Manchester United is a Media Company

Wired post an article about Manchester United IPO: Certainly, Manchester United, Google, Facebook and every other Internet darling aren’t in the exact same business, but they do have similarities. They all monetize eyeballs, sell ads, and are competing for people’s time by offering some form of content/entertainment or in Google’s case, services. For investors to [...]

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Manchester United files $100m US IPO

Manchester United plans to float on the New York Stock Exchange in an initial public offering that will see the Glazer family keep control of the most successful English football team of the modern era. Telegraph: The club will be seeking to raise $100m in the IPO, Manchester United said in a filing with regulators [...]

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The Most Expensive Game in History?

The Wall Street Journal reported that the Manchester derby this weekend at Old Trafford will be the most expensive game in history. The players on the field the the two benches will cost the teams roughly $850 million to acquire. To make this number into perspectives, it is as much as NASA spent to refurbish [...]

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United Move Office to London

The club has reportedly agreed a deal to occupy 11,500 sq ft of luxurious new office space in the heart of London’s West End. The 45-man operation is understood to have grown too large for the St James’s office, leading to the move to Mayfair. It said London was a more practical base for overseas [...]

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February 6th, 1958. Always Remembered

In memory of all those who lost their lives in the Munich air disaster on the 6th February 1958. Always remembered.

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The greatest challenge of Sir Alex Ferguson’s career is almost over

Well written piece by Daniel Taylor at the Guardian.

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Manchester United – Top Growing Facebook Page

It was only 6 months ago Manchester United launched their official Facebook fan page. Now the page has 7 million likes (fans), and become the top growing sport related fan page last week. Here are details. Join Manchester United fan age here if you haven’t.

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Ian Holloway: The Game is Wrong

Ian Holloway, the Blackpool manager, who is doing well at the moment at the Premiership has his brilliant take on Rooney-gate. Video after the jump: Transcription (emphasis added): I’ve got big problems with the people running football. They are so wrong it’s frightening. I think the game is in trouble and you cannot have the [...]

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Manchester United promoting Facebook Page During a Match

Saw this during the game against West Ham yesterday, when we won 3-0. The club set an advertising spot at Old Trafford to promote their Facebook page. Good move, having and maintaining an official website is surely not enough these days. You can head to Manchester United’s Facebook page here and click ‘Like’ to follow [...]

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