So, the end of the Nike relationship and the start of a new one with Adidas, which will be worth £750 million over 10 years! A new sponsorship record!!!

Quote:Sportswear giant Adidas has signed a £750m deal to make Manchester United's kit for 10 years from next season.

It comes after US rival Nike decided to end its association at the end of the 2014-15 season.

Nike has been paying United £23.5m a year, and the new deal is worth a world record-breaking £75m ($128m) a season to the Old Trafford club.

Champions League winner Real Madrid's £31m-a-year deal with Adidas was previously the biggest club deal.

Adidas will provide training and playing kit to all the club's teams and will have the exclusive right to distribute dual-branded merchandising products worldwide.

The huge sum involved is only £40m less than the Glazer family paid for the club in 2005.

With the new sponsor, Chevrolet, on board, Manchester United launched another new kit. Back to the traditional RED shirt, white shorts and black socks, there is no tablecloth styling this time around.

Quote:The shirt welcomes the return of the white collar, which for the first time is a ribbed crew neck design. The collar also has a subtle chevron finish, replicating the pattern used on the chest of United shirts from the early 20th century and in more recent times.

A hidden button in the collar is unique to the shirt – red with a black trim and engraved with the club name – while there is a small label inside the back of the neck with the message "Youth, Courage, Greatness" to represent the club's values.

On the back of the shirt, below the neck, is a black devil from the club crest. Across the back is an engineered mesh in a series of chevrons to again emphasise the importance of the shape to United.

First part of this post is to remind all our members of the tour dates, once the inconvenience of the World Cup is out of the way

United will spend pre-season in Denver, Washington D.C., Michigan and possibly Miami when they play in the International Champions Cup in the US in July and August.

The tournament features Real Madrid, Liverpool, AC Milan, AS Roma, Inter, Olympiacos and Manchester City, although the Manchester rivals are in different groups and could face each other in the final.

United's tour kicks off against Roma in Denver before they head to Washington D.C. to face Inter and finish their group games against Real Madrid in Michigan. If they reach the final they will play the Group B winner in Miami on August 4.



Group A
Manchester United
Real Madrid
Inter
AS Roma

Group B
Liverpool FC
Manchester City
Olympiacos
AC Milan


July 26
Manchester United v Roma (Kick off 9:10pm GMT). Venue: SA Field, Denver

July 29
Manchester United v Inter (Kick off 12am July 30 GMT). Venue: Fedex Field, Washington

August 2
Manchester United v Real Madrid (Kick off 9:06pm GMT). Venue: Ann Arbor, Michigan

This is awesome, considering the pilot cannot even see the 'stool' he has to land the front of his plane on! His nose landing gear has broken and he needs to land his plane on a moving aircraft carrier.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-28065288

so not football related, but I came across it while on the BBC website.