Ninety-four million a year for ten years. Nine hundred and forty million in all, starting from the 2015-16 season. Already guaranteed and already virtually spendable on the market, so much so that 44 million were immediately allocated for the assault on Vidal. Of which to become the richest club in the world.
Wall Street, where Manchester United's stock has been listed since 2012 and which after the announcement of the record-breaking contract with Adidas, gained almost 5% from $17,78, also realized this, and it could not have been otherwise. per share closing on Friday at 18,57 yesterday evening, touching 18,71 dollars in a couple of moments, very close to the historic record of last May 2 which saw the Red Devils stock exceed the 19 euro threshold at 19,04 ,XNUMX.
And precisely the temple of US finance, after the coup of the German brand that stole the English club from Nike's rivals, estimated that the value of Man Utd now jumps to 3,6 billion dollars, much more than the 2,81 certified in April by Forbes who saw Van Gaal's team in third place behind Real Madrid (3,44 billion dollars) and Barcelona (3,22 billion).
And so, despite the disappointing seventh place in the last Premier League and the flop in the Champions League (in which it will not participate next season), Manchester's most successful team is now the richest in the world, and not just to say the least. Contributing to the boom is not only the technical sponsorship contract, which far exceeds the one signed last year (and operational from the season that is about to begin) by Arsenal with Puma for 38 million euros and the historic one (valid until to 2020) from 30 million between Real Madrid and Adidas, but also the one on the game jerseys: even there the Red Devils surpass all with the 560 million dollars for 7 years (about 60 million euros per season) that they receive from this year by General Motors to advertise Chevrolet.
In second place there would be city rivals City, but the 47 million euros collected annually by Etihad also apply to the rights to the name of the stadium, therefore technically completing the podium - by sidereal distances - the 33 million euros that Qatar Airways offers to Barcelona and the 30th anniversary of the agreement between Bayern Munich and Deutsche Telekom. Needless to say, the Italian teams are very far away, which in terms of shirt sponsors are also surpassed by Sunderland, which takes almost 23 million euros a year from Invest in Africa.
