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20:53, 01-Mar-2019
Manchester City signs 10-year kit deal with PUMA
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Manchester City from Premier League reached a long-term kit deal with PUMA, the Germany-based sports company, announced the club on their official website on Thursday. According to the Guardian, it's a 10-year deal worth 650 million pounds (about 860 million U.S. dollars).
"Sports company PUMA and City Football Group have signed a global long-term partnership, which will see PUMA supply the reigning English Premier League champions Manchester City, as well as sister clubs in Australia, Spain, Uruguay and China," wrote Manchester City.
Sister clubs included men's, women's and youth teams of Melbourne City FC, Girona FC, Club Atlético Torque and Sichuan Jiuniu FC. From July, PUMA will work as the official partner of all of them.
Sergio Aguero #10, Vincent Kompany #4 and David Silva #21 of Premier League's Manchester City /VCG Photo
Sergio Aguero #10, Vincent Kompany #4 and David Silva #21 of Premier League's Manchester City /VCG Photo
At the signing ceremony, three players of Manchester United who helped the club win three Premier League championships, Vincent Kompany, Sergio Aguero and David Silva took photos wearing the new gear.
"This announcement marks the start of an exciting new chapter for City Football Group… PUMA share our vision for challenging expectations, and we are looking forward to what we believe will be a ground-breaking partnership," said Ferran Soriano, CEO of the English club.
"PUMA's partnership with City Football Group is the largest deal that we have ever done - both in scope and ambition. We are very excited to partner with City Football Group, whose success, ambition and drive for innovation has seen them setting new standards, on and off the field," said Bjorn Gulden, CEO of PUMA.
PUMA will replace Nike which was the kit-supplier of Manchester City from 2013 to 2018. The German company gave a good deal, but it's not the best in the Premier League. Manchester United is offered 73 million pounds (about 96 million dollars) each year. Barcelona from La Liga topped Europe by receiving 132 million pounds (about 174 million U.S. dollars) each season.