Nike to make Kits

Bluemoonbaldboy said:
Matty said:
A shame in some respects as Umbro's kits have, in the main, been of a very high standard, both in the look and in the materials used, Nike I'm not sure will be able to match this. However you've got to assume that a company the size of Nike will have viewed City as the "next big thing" in English, and European, football and will have paid us a huge sum of money. If you look at the Warrior Deal Liverpool have organised (even considering it's clearly a dodgy "mates rates" deal from the Boston based company) City must be getting £20m a season as a benchmark, Umbro simply won't have been able to compete financially with that kind of offer, and with FFP kicking in City have to maximise as many revenue streams as possible.
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But with Nike owning Umbro anyway surely they'd back any big deals? just seems a pointless exercise why not because of their links with Citys past keep the Umbro branding.
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With City's increased profile Europe wide it's far more profitable to Nike for their emblem to be on our shirts etc than it is for Umbro to be on them. I doubt Umbro has too much presence in Italy, Spain etc however Nike will be huge.
 
Matty said:
Bluemoonbaldboy said:
Matty said:
A shame in some respects as Umbro's kits have, in the main, been of a very high standard, both in the look and in the materials used, Nike I'm not sure will be able to match this. However you've got to assume that a company the size of Nike will have viewed City as the "next big thing" in English, and European, football and will have paid us a huge sum of money. If you look at the Warrior Deal Liverpool have organised (even considering it's clearly a dodgy "mates rates" deal from the Boston based company) City must be getting £20m a season as a benchmark, Umbro simply won't have been able to compete financially with that kind of offer, and with FFP kicking in City have to maximise as many revenue streams as possible.
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But with Nike owning Umbro anyway surely they'd back any big deals? just seems a pointless exercise why not because of their links with Citys past keep the Umbro branding.
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With City's increased profile Europe wide it's far more profitable to Nike for their emblem to be on our shirts etc than it is for Umbro to be on them. I doubt Umbro has too much presence in Italy, Spain etc however Nike will be huge.
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The States too.
 
So has the 10 year deal we signed in 2009 essentially been transferred over to Nike now they're the same organisation?

Rather we stuck with Umbro to be honest but hopefully the kits will be fairly similar given their partnership.
 
Blue Coop said:
Umbro are part of the Nike family so the designs may not change that much.
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It's a possibility, however I'd imagine both are run, from a design perspective, as entirely separate entities. Nike will have it's own research, development and design departments which will handle kits and will be entirely separate from Umbro's. Plus I'd be surprised if we get the same "hands on" concentrated attention as we did with Umbro. England and City, they were Umbro's 2 big deals, and they could concentrate on those 2, Nike has deals worldwide with numerous teams, we'll not be getting anything like the specialist attention Umbro gave us, I'd be expecting a kit that is, in materials and design, about 85% similar to most other kits they design, just with our colours and bandges thrown on and maybe a little flourish to make it slightly unique.
 
Bluemoonbaldboy said:
acton28 said:
Nike own Umbro. Makes sense.

"The Umbro sponsorship, which has been in place since June 2009, will continue to the end of the 2012/13 season, after which all kit, training wear and related products will be designed, manufactured and distributed by Nike. The contract will run until 2019."

Does this mean Nike abandon U****d and are replaced by Carbrini or someone?

I personally hate Nike and have never wore a Nike item of clothing since I was 13.
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Technically If you've bought any umbro products since we moved back to them you've been wearing Nike...and that's why I don't get the point in the switch they are one and the same just Umbro are a subsidiary company
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It's quite simple mate, Nike want there brand associated with the very best just as we do, I think there was always an agreement with Umbro (Nike) from 2009 that once the club really started to progress and grow it would be handed over to Nike to produce our sports branding. It makes perfect sense to all involved and is a big move for us in relation to FFP.
 
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Your honour.
 
10 year deal hardly relevant if both sides agree to change it or move it across and the deal was probably signed with a Nike parent entity anyway. Essentially this will allow us to get a new deal and allow Nike to change the deal. We needed it to keep growing for FFP
 
Relegation battling

Mid table obscurity

Title challenging

Doesn't matter about the sponsor, brand or design as long as this is on it:

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and say once (twice, thrice) a season...

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Would of liked City to stick with Umbro because Umbro usually make some classic kits wheras I think Nike try to hard in their designs.

If it means more money then so be it, you cant get much better than Nike really!
 
To be fair, the juventus and psg ones are pretty mint.

They won't change that much, then again, they might want to change our logo to a graffiti one to look appealling for the scallies.
 
We're only making about £6million a season with Umbro, I'd expect the Nike deal to bag us something like £25million a season. United are on a £30million a season deal with Nike so people couldn't complain if we make £25million a season.
 
sam-caddick said:
Would of liked City to stick with Umbro because Umbro usually make some classic kits wheras I think Nike try to hard in their designs.

If it means more money then so be it, you cant get much better than Nike really!
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I'd imagine Nike saw how well Umbro has done out of City, and wanted to add its flagship brand to the up and coming City. Adidas is Nike's only real competitor, Nike pulled a City and signed a Kompany-esque club.
 
Well, I'm more interested to know if we'll get any additional revenue for officially being sponsored by Nike. They must have improved the contract based on our current standing and the players we have..
 
I loved the simple Umbro kits from the last few years (excluding this years of course).

But to look on the bright side of this: better, more simple sizing with the nike kits. especially for those of us with the beer guts to match our passion. A Nike XXL is actually XXL, unlike Umbro, where I am running out of X's...

let the fat american bashing commence...

(but I know you big lads are out there, because the size 54 Umbro kits sell out almost instantly every year! 52 is fine for me, but only just.)
 
LoveCity said:
We're only making about £6million a season with Umbro, I'd expect the Nike deal to bag us something like £25million a season. United are on a £30million a season deal with Nike so people couldn't complain if we make £25million a season.
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Really? wow, that would be immense..why haven't they released the figures or at least an estimate..
 
Nike make some decent kits and are probably the leading supplier. They're a great brand to move to.
 
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