Google Was Supposed to Sponsor Manchester United?

business, club, internet May 24th, 2008

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 Google, about replacing Vodafone as its shirt sponsor, according to reports.

The paper, citing sources in London’s financial center, said the Vodafone brand is not well-known in the U.S. and the termination of the deal gives the Glazer family the opportunity to bag a bigger global brand that will help give Manchester United a higher profile in America.

Two of the nontech brands believed to be in talks with the soccer club are Coca-Cola and Levi Strauss.

Given Google’s high reputation in Open Source communities and it is now the biggest internet company in the world, i was wonder how big ManUtd can be now in terms of the internet presence. And, we, bloggers who blog about The Red Devils must be… um… much more bigger thing than now. Um… maybe.

But i’ll be super glad if Google sponsoring the club.