City & FFP | 2020/21 Accounts released | Revenues of £569.8m, £2.4m profit (p 2395)

[Gordyola]

Indeed. It doesn't get more state sponsored than Aeroflot.

Here's their route map, and I wonder who the 'Official Carrier of Manchester United' is?

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The only time Aeroflot appear in Manchester is when they send an aeroplane to fly the rags somewhere which is madness since they have to position it in from Russia and back again empty not very good for the plant

 

[Gordyola]

There’s certain things the club don’t or won’t do to improve our image, one of them is to get rid of Etihad and all the signage, get them off our kit, off our stadium name etc etc Etihad is pure toxic, it perpetuates the myth that the others cling to. I would rather we cut a less lucrative deal and juggle our books even if that means cutting a player or two, it’s now way past a joke. The Etihad deal is a millstone, my understanding is it’s about 10% of our total income and these days hardly represents a good deal.

The Etihad is not a neither toxic or millstone and makes perfect sense for both club and owners Shirt football sponsorship is all about getting a brand known and kept in the public domain this is exactly what the Etihad sponsorship has done. Its been fantastic value for the airline how much would the exposure time cost worldwide if they had to pay for the Tv time it gets? Etihad and City are linked forever and whatever this "myth" you refer to that I say fuck it grow a pair and do it soon

 

[Marvin]

Manchester City spend a lot of money in the transfer market but we are now following the Manchester United model under Gill and Ferguson which was to earn money off the pitch and plough it into the football team.

And in the last few seasons Manchester City have not been the biggest spenders in the transfer market. For example, it's ironic that in the last three years Alan Davies team, Arsenal, have significantly outspent Manchester City:

2021-22 (to date)
Arsenal - £121m
City - £30m
2020-21
Arsenal - £60m
City - £86m
2019-20
Arsenal - £96m
City - £80m

Net spend sourced from transfermkt.co.uk

There's an opportunity for Arsenal to re-establish themselves as a top 4 club. They should do it. They have a core of young players and they have a fantastic opportunity to build a team around them, and once they get into the Champions League places they should stay there. Rather them than Man Utd. It looks like City, Chelsea, Liverpool plus one with Arsenal the most likely.

 

[Hart of the Matter]

Asking for a friend, do Standard Charter have a High Street presence that would in any way attract your average Britain consumer...

It's just that RAWK asks why Etisalat would have any need to sponsor City. You know, being only available in the Emirates and Egypt...

Never change, Dippers. Never change.

Standard Charter global brand washing through Slitherpool FC...

 

[Marvin]

It's now 23:00 hours on the 24 hour life-cycle of Liverpool FC but you concentrate on City's spending whilst Salah and Van Dijk grow old.

 

[Jam Tomorrow]

The Etihad is not a neither toxic or millstone and makes perfect sense for both club and owners Shirt football sponsorship is all about getting a brand known and kept in the public domain this is exactly what the Etihad sponsorship has done. Its been fantastic value for the airline how much would the exposure time cost worldwide if they had to pay for the Tv time it gets? Etihad and City are linked forever and whatever this "myth" you refer to that I say fuck it grow a pair and do it soon

you tell him big man

 

[Blue Mist]

Well I'm flying Etihad on Tuesday so up everyone's that doesnt like them sponsoring us

 

[laserblue]

Standard Charter global brand washing through Slitherpool FC...

Seeing as Standard Chartered have recently been found to have arranged financial transfers between Iran and the Taliban they should rename their ground Talibanfield.

 

[Blue Llama]

Questions would be asked if they come up with a big deal while losing over $1b a year on a regular basis. It certainly isn't perfect commercial sense.

Advertising is a perfectly normal way to improve your trading position.

 

[Cityleaks]

Be a sad day when the Etihad sponsorship finishes.

I can’t see why it would, possibly the kit but I can’t see the value for the stadium sponsor and campus having the same value for another company.

This is no conspiracy but it is known as the Etihad, if it became the Amazon Stadium it would still be known as the Etihad.

Think of the Emirates

Time will tell.