Absolutely."Man United has bought out DHL training kit sponsorship early to secure more cash after $559M Chevrolet deal."
The commercial people at the club are working ridiculously hard to try and get the best deals possible. Can't fault that.
United are also understood to be close to announcing a £100million-a-year tie-up with a leading airline following the end of their agreement with Turkish Airlines.
Snippet from the Telegraph:
The figure seems a little high. Could be a typo/mistake.
Qatar Airways is the rumoured airline. Crazy money if true.
"It (financial growth) has been fantastic and that’s credit to the commercial people," Ferguson said. "Of course, the football team has been the platform for that and they’re capitalising on the great profile of the club. Worldwide it seems to get bigger.
"We’re happy where we are at the moment, that’s for sure. They are interesting and valuable partnerships."
LONDON (AP) - Manchester United says it has refinanced more than $290 million of high-interest debt, cutting the club's interest costs by around $15 million a year.
Fresh from winning a 20th English title, United says in a statement to The Associated Press that it has secured a new loan from Bank of America with far lower interest rates.
United has refinanced 177.78 million pounds ($269 million) of outstanding 8.75 percent interest sterling bonds and $22.09 million of 8.375 percent dollar bonds.
United says the new loan would have an estimated starting interest rate of around 2.78 percent and that interest payments should come down from around 31 million pounds to 21 million pounds per year ($31.7 million).
The club has a total debt of 370 million pounds ($559.4 million).
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