Arsenal-Related General Discussion & Random News Thread

[Va-Va-Voom]

Sagna joins some pubber team in Serie A.

[CrimsonGunner11]

Arsenal are targeting a first-ever sleeve sponsor from next year in an attempt to tackle their commercial shortfall compared to other clubs & help fund a series of club-record contracts. [@JWTelegraph] #afc

Source: @afcstuff

[Sims]

reported to be worth £12m p/y

[CrimsonGunner11]

Emirates and Arsenal sign record deal

Emirates and Arsenal have announced a five-year extension to their long-running shirt partnership. This will see Emirates branding feature on the shirts and training kit of all of our teams until the end of the 2023/2024 season.


It is the largest sponsorship deal ever signed by the club and will see the shirt partnership with Emirates, which started in 2006, run to at least 18 years.

Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis said: "Our shirt partnership is the longest running in the Premier League and one of the longest relationships in world sport. This mutual commitment is testimony to the strength and depth of our unique relationship. Emirates are again demonstrating their great belief in our approach and ambition and their significantly increased investment will help us continue to compete for trophies and bring more success to the club and our fans around the world.

"Emirates is a great partner for Arsenal - a world-class brand with a truly global reach. The airline plays a significant role in our ambitions to extend our influence and following around the world. The new deal, extending our shirt partnership until 2024, underlines how much both organisations value and benefit from the relationship."

As part of the extended deal, we will fly on Emirates' award-winning planes on pre-season tours. Emirates will retain marketing rights to develop campaigns and initiatives around the world. Our home will continue to be known as Emirates Stadium up to 2028, as part of the extension agreed in 2012.

Emirates president Sir Tim Clark said: "Arsenal's strong appeal and influence around the globe, combined with their ambitions as a club, make them an ideal partner for Emirates, with values that reflect ours as a brand. As a long-standing supporter of football, we are passionate about the game and are a proud partner to the team.

"As a business, we are hugely committed to supporting sports all over the world and our relationship with Arsenal is no different. Our partnership with Arsenal Football Club is a great combination of two truly global brands and we're very pleased to have extended this relationship for five more years - connecting fans from around the world with one of the greatest teams in the world."

Emirates first signed its sponsorship agreement with the club in 2004, providing the airline with naming rights to the stadium until 2021 and a shirt sponsorship that began in the 2006/2007 season.

Source: https://www.arsenal.com/news/emirates-a ... ecord-deal

Arsenal's new Emirates deal is worth around £40m a year until 2024. Similar to Chelsea's as second highest in PL after Man Utd on £47m. Spurs and City are around £35m and L'pool deal, which is up next year, is about £30m.

Worth also noting that Arsenal can hope to get extra £5-10m from sleeve sponsorship after negotiating freedom to do that from 2019 with Emirates but the new deal does not allow separate training kit sponsor. That will still be Emirates

Source: @JWTelegraph

Arsenal on verge of announcing an deal with a significant tech company who are installing cameras at the Emirates, which will mean from next season we serve 3D highlights. Only team in league to have the technology.

In terms of kit supplier, as reported Adidas, Nike, Under Armour as well as Puma all moving towards final decision. Ultimately with a matching right clause could be down to Puma if they want to match.
Huge uplift on current deal expected, given Arsenal emerging market popularity

Source: @DarrenArsenal1

[SuperJackyWilshere]

Very good news that. We've been making big moves off the pitch lately.

If rumours are true then things will only get bigger and better as it looks like we will be cutting our deal short with Puma in the summer with Adidas being very keen

[Va-Va-Voom]

Don't renew with Puma ffs, I'd rather have Dunlop.

Back to Nike or back to our roots with Adidas.

[Ach]

But puma have given us the biggest laugh in gw history with their announcement on twitter and the Twitter lovers on here certain it was of a signing. Balotelli I believe.

RIP AFC10 and others

[GoonerAlexandre]

But puma have given us the biggest laugh in gw history with their announcement on twitter and the Twitter lovers on here certain it was of a signing. Balotelli I believe.

RIP AFC10 and others

Imagine thinking Twitter is reliable ffs

[UFGN]

It's highly unlikely that the company that already sponsors the club just so happened to be the same company that offered the most money for the new deal

This smells of laziness and a lack of imagination imo

[Ach]

3D highlights. It's something we really needed tbh. Money well spent.

Other clubs win to win the treble. We win the first to show 3D war.

Forgetting that 4D is the new thing today and once again our club lags behind.

[Ach]

We will be playing a pre-season match in Stockholm in August.

As part of the International Champions Cup, we will face Chelsea at the Friends Arena in Stockholm, Sweden on Saturday, August 4.

This match comes as part of our pre-season schedule, when we will also be playing two other matches in the International Champions Cup against Atletico Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain, both in Singapore.

The first match in Singapore will see us take on Atletico Madrid on Thursday, July 26, with the match against Paris Saint-Germain being played on Saturday, July 28. Both matches kick off at 7.35pm local time (12.35pm UK time). Both Singapore matches will be played at the National Stadium at the Singapore Sports Hub.

Fans wishing to attend any of the ICC matches can get further details and sign up for access to pre-sale tickets here

All fixtures are subject to change. Any developments will be communicated accordingly.


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[Ach]

An Arsenal fan has turned down a £1,000 offer for the tie outgoing Gunners manager Arsene Wenger gave his seven-year-old son. (Sun)

What a dumbass

[Santi]

Be worth £5000 in a few years

[Ach]

Arsenal have suspended Under-23s coaches Steve Gatting and Carl Laraman following complaints of bullying from some players.

It is understood the complaints have come from members of the U23 squad.

Gatting is Arsenal's U23s head coach and played for the club 76 times from 1977 to 1981. Laraman is his assistant.

"We have suspended two coaches and launched an investigation following complaints from some players," a club spokesman said.

"These are private matters and we will not discuss any further detail."

Both men are yet to comment on the suspension.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44088614

Not sure how serious this is or just a case of our pansied pussy players not liking being told off

[Va-Va-Voom]

Likely our mollycoddled pussies overreacting in this PC era.