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16.07.25 - 02:12
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Premier League fans in Asia want to feel valued – and not just as a source of revenue (The Guardian)
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Pre-season trips to Asia may not be new for English clubs, but they remain a huge global engagement opportunityFifty years ago, Arsenal lost 2-0 to Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur, with jet-lagged players struggling to deal with frogs bouncing around the Merdeka Stadium pitch as well as the legendary local striker Mokhtar Dahari.Since then, however, many aspects of Asian tours by English clubs have changed. They have become, mostly, slick affairs. This summer, Arsenal will visit neighbouring Singapore for games against Newcastle and Milan. Then to Hong Kong for an unusual north London derby against a Tottenham team that will also travel to South Korea to face Newcastle. Liverpool visit Japan and Hong Kong just weeks after Manchester United were in action there on a post-season tour, which they finished in Malaysia. Continue reading......
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16.07.25 - 02:12
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Manchester City sign partnership deal with Puma worth at least £1bn (The Guardian)
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Deal with kit manufacturer runs until at least 2035Contract worth £100m a year, up from £65m a yearManchester City have signed a new contract with Puma worth at least £1bn. The £100m a-year deal extends their agreement until at least 2035 and is a marked increase from the previous £65m-a-year deal with the German kit manufacturer that ran until 2029.The contract is thought to be the first £1bn deal in English football and a record per year for a Premier League club. In July 2023 Manchester United sealed a 10-year contract with Adidas worth about £900m, and four months ago Liverpool agreed a multi-year deal with Adidas thought to be worth £60m a-season. Continue reading......
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08.07.25 - 17:30
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Workforce diversity data in English football is welcome but transparency seems to have limits (The Guardian)
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Kick It Out makes 'moral case for change' as it finds staffs do not reflect the ethnic makeup of their local communitiesPremier League and EFL clubs were required this year to report details of their workforce diversity data for the first time under a new Football Association regulation. This was aimed at promoting greater equality of opportunities, but even people working in football are hard-pressed to find the numbers.The clubs dutifully published the results of their internal surveys on 1 June, other than Manchester United owing to a website glitch corrected a few days later, but the silence from the sport regarding the findings has been deafening. None of the FA, Premier League or EFL commented on the data or published a summary of the findings, indicating that the drive for greater transparency has its limits. Continue reading......
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20.06.25 - 06:09
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TAGESVORSCHAU: Termine am 20. Juni 2025 (DPA-AFX)
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FRANKFURT (dpa-AFX) - Wirtschafts- und Finanztermine am Freitag, den 20. Juni 2025^TERMINE UNTERNEHMEN08:00 GBR: Accenture, Q3-Zahlen18:00 GBR: Manchester United, HauptversammlungTERMINE KONJUNKTUR00:01 DEU: Bundesfinanzministerium, ......
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19.06.25 - 17:42
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TAGESVORSCHAU: Termine am 20. Juni 2025 (DPA-AFX)
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FRANKFURT (dpa-AFX) - Wirtschafts- und Finanztermine am Freitag, den 20. Juni 2025^TERMINE UNTERNEHMEN08:00 GBR: Accenture, Q3-Zahlen18:00 GBR: Manchester United, HauptversammlungTERMINE KONJUNKTUR00:01 DEU: Bundesfinanzministerium, ......
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08.06.25 - 09:06
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The smell of victory: boom in classic football shirts shows no sign of fading (The Guardian)
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What was once simply a garment that declared your affiliation to a club is now a global business earning millions from collectors of vintage kitsOn the second floor of an unprepossessing building on the outskirts of Amsterdam, there is a metal cabinet that destroys footballers' DNA. The contraption belongs to MatchWornShirt and was part of a deal to sell the kits of Real Madrid players to the public. To allay concerns that the genetic material of Cristiano Ronaldo might escape into the wild, the steel wardrobe was built so that every shirt could be blasted by a germicidal lamp.For new, read old, because MatchWornShirt sells precisely what the company's name suggests: kits that have been stuck to the bodies of professional athletes. Want the jersey Son Heung-min pulled on against Manchester United in the Europa League final? You can have it, if you beat the current auction price of £22,000. The very shirt Cole Palmer had on when he scored four first-half goals against Brighton last season? That went for...
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