Very off topic and old, but the cafe seems stuck on financial doping - lumping us in with PSG as oil backed nation tentacles.
So I thought back to the Chevrolet deal, so I imagined the conversation as the Hot-shot corporate sponsorship marketing bod explained the deal to the board:
HotShot: I've just concluded and signed the best and biggest sponsorship deal in football.
This will blow Ford out the window and back to the Model-T.
Boardmember1: wow , that's sounds very profitable, well done.
HS: I went to England and...
BM2: you got New England!
HS: well it's really old, but anyway, if you bear with me...
BM3: you got Chicago!
HS: well, no, but I managed to ram home the deal...
BM4: you got l a!
HS: heh, no, not Liverpool or even Derby for that matter.
BMall: <blank looks>
HS (1st bead of sweat): heh, I didn't get the Saints either, or Southampton as they are known.
BM1: <drums fingers> you alright son?
HS (trickle): yes, must be the jet l...
BM2: you got New York!
HS (stream): err no, but they are Giants...
BM3: you did get New York!
HS (river): I think you may have mistaken which football I'm talking about, ha, been in England too long.. heh!
BM4: what other football is there?
HS (puddled): soccer?
BMall: <much drumming>
HS (adrift in an ocean): I got Manchester United...
BMall: who?
HS: ... on a 10 year , 750m deal..
BM1: <presses intercom> Cindy? Yes... could you send security to the boardroom, Mr HS will be leaving the building, along with his desk, his reputation, but not his sanity... as that's clearly been lost already.