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Inter renew sponsorship with Pirelli

Inter Milan have renewed their sponsorship with Pirelli for a further three seasons, the Nerazzurri have announced. Pirelli have been a partner of the club since 1995 and will now be with them till 2019, with the extension reportedly worth around 10 million euros a season (plus bonuses in case of continental success)

However the 10 million figure is far less than what Pirelli’s previous agreement with Inter was worth (around 13 million euros a season). Part of it could be put down to Inter’s lack of success, both domestically and in Europe, in the last few seasons. Sponsors want eyeballs and Inter are currently not very prominent on the world stage.

The Nerazzurri have been on a downfall since lifting the Champions League in 2010, and were last present in Europe’s premier club competition in the 2011-12 season. In 2013-14, they missed out on European competition altogether, not even making it to the Europa League, following a disastrous ninth place finish in Serie A.

Participating in the group stage of the Champions League is itself worth 12 million euros. As per UEFA’s latest revenue structure, a team that goes on to win the tournament will earn well over 50 million euros in prize money, and this excludes their share of television cash, gate revenue and other commercial aspects.

Inter’s latest statistics show that the club have a staggering debt of 417 million euros. Their revenues have been around the 150-200m euro mark, and those too have been on a downward spiral in the absence of CL money.

Pirelli is run by Marco Tronchetti Provera, a close friend of Inter’s former owner Massimo Moratti. Continue reading →

Iceland fans launch petition to have first names on back of Euro 2016 shirts

Fans in little Iceland, who will be participating in their first major tournament this summer in France, have launched an online petition asking the KSI (Icelandic FA) and kit partners Errea to honour the country’s naming traditions by having players’ first names on the back of jerseys instead of having surnames like most other countries at the Championships.

Iceland follows the patronymic naming system, meaning that children’s surnames would reflect that they are the son/daughters of their fathers. By and large, there are no family names used, and everyone in the country is generally known by their first name (a well known exception to this is Eidur Gudjohnsen, the former Barcelona & Chelsea striker, who goes by his family name)

For example, Gylfi Sigurdsson’s name indicates that he is Gylfi, son of Sigurdur. Should the former Tottenham midfielder have a son, the latter’s surname would be Gylfason. If he has a daughter, her surname would be Gylfadottir

Phone books in Iceland are sorted alphabetically by first name and not by last name as it is done in most other countries. Continue reading →

New England Revolution Jersey 2016- NE Revs Home Kit 2016 MLS Adidas

This is the new Revolution home jersey 2016, New England Revolution’s new principal strip for the forthcoming MLS season. The Revs finished 5th in the Eastern Conference in 2015 and 10th overall and were defeated in the knockout round of the MLS Cup playoffs by D.C United

Made by Adidas, the new Revs home shirt features a design inspired by the jackets of the revolutionary war era, with a red and white bar adorning the centre of the jersey. While that’s how it’s been marketed, we can’t help but remember a similar design on the Hamburger SV top from a couple of seasons ago.

The Revolution were one of the founding clubs of Major League Soccer back in the 1990’s, and paying homage to that fact is the “Est. 1996” inside the collar. On the back of the neck is the New England flag.

United Healthcare are the sponsors of NE Revolution’s 2016 home strip, continuing an association that began back in the 2011 season Continue reading →