United sign deal with Indian company

Fri, 08 May 14:19:21 2009

Manchester United have broken new ground by announcing a five-year sponsorship deal with Indian telecom services provider Airtel.

Despite the current global economic crisis, United have negotiated a string of new partnerships, further enhancing their claims to be the biggest club in the world.

The latest deal, the first between United and an Indian company, was confirmed at an Old Trafford ceremony attended by Sir Alex Ferguson and chief executive David Gill and will give Airtel customers across India and Sri Lanka access to United content, including matches and interviews.

 

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  1. are any of you business people? this is a sponsorship­ deal, not transfer of ownership. what nonsense.

    From Adrian H, on Sat 9 May 11:17AM

  2. Great deal indeed.

    From Sonny, on Sat 9 May 4:50AM

  3. Hmmmm automated spell checker. @#$% was t o s s up.­ Must be a yank spell checker.

    From Menace, on Sat 9 May 1:53AM

  4. Citydave, what's the problem. Your are owned by a­ company that has UNITED in it's name and who­ bought your club to run as a hobby. If it was a @#$% up­ between keeping city or his favourite camel you would­ be on ebay in the blink of an eye. Your previous owner­ Frank Sinatra is on the run, you play your games in the­ council house. Why not give your money to an honest­ company for a change. Cheer up, everyone knows using a­ mobile rots your brain.

    From Menace, on Sat 9 May 1:51AM

  5. If that's the case i will be changing my ISP first­ thing in the morning. There is no way i will be giving­ my hard earned cash to a company that sponsors the­ Rags,,,,.END OF!!!!

    From citydave356, on Fri 8 May 11:16PM

  6. thats lovely for taking bold steps towards the new­ deal.man utd great team

    From Animashaun A, on Fri 8 May 4:01PM

  7. Americans refer to cents as pennies too... ;-)

    From BIGBAD, on Fri 8 May 3:31PM

  8. the glazers got plenty of DOLLARS - NOT STERLING :-).

    From bobfairchild_20170, on Fri 8 May 3:16PM

  9. Who cares? The glazers won't have settled for­ pennies

    From XS, on Fri 8 May 3:02PM

  10. brillant news but no word on how much the deal is worth­ though

    From Paul T, on Fri 8 May 2:44PM
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