Champions League finalists Liverpool will go into their Athens showdown with Milan having just agreed to extend their record-breaking shirt sponsorship agreement with Carlsberg by a further three years.
The signed contract will take the partnership, which started in 1991, into a 19th year — by far the longest period for a kit sponsorship deal in English football.
The timing of the announcement should be a positive omen for Liverpool because their existing deal with the lager company was settled on the eve of Liverpool's Champions League victory in Istanbul two years ago against the same opponents.
There has been regular speculation over recent years that Carlsberg would end their backing of Liverpool due to the belief that the association had run its course.
But Carlsberg remain so committed to Liverpool that there has been talk of extending the new £7.5million-a-year sponsorship to a five-year term. However, Liverpool want to move into their new Stanley Park home free of sponsorship obligations. This will allow them to attract a stadium title sponsorship along with a new shirt deal, similar to the Arsenal Emirates model.
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The signed contract will take the partnership, which started in 1991, into a 19th year — by far the longest period for a kit sponsorship deal in English football.
The timing of the announcement should be a positive omen for Liverpool because their existing deal with the lager company was settled on the eve of Liverpool's Champions League victory in Istanbul two years ago against the same opponents.
There has been regular speculation over recent years that Carlsberg would end their backing of Liverpool due to the belief that the association had run its course.
But Carlsberg remain so committed to Liverpool that there has been talk of extending the new £7.5million-a-year sponsorship to a five-year term. However, Liverpool want to move into their new Stanley Park home free of sponsorship obligations. This will allow them to attract a stadium title sponsorship along with a new shirt deal, similar to the Arsenal Emirates model.
CLICKY - Daily Mail






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