Real Madrid are on the verge of signing a record breaking £1b+ kit deal with Adidas that dwarfs all existing deals on the park. Real’s current contract with Adidas expires only in 2020, but they’ve managed to bring the German giants to the negotiating table a good four years in advance, and have agreed a deal worth 140 million euros per year (close to £107m) per year. Over ten seasons, that amounts to well over £1 billion.
How do Real’s rivals stack up? Manchester United’s £75m/year deal (also with Adidas, negotiated in 2014 & starting from 2015-16 season) now seems to pale in comparison. Before United’s deal with Adidas, Arsenal’s £30m/season contract with Puma was the biggest kit deal in UK football.
Real’s bitter rivals Barcelona are with Nike, and earn somewhere around £24m per season (30m euros +) . However that deal was agreed in the 2007-08 season, and you can be sure that Barca will be keen for a significant hike when the deal expires at the end of the 2017-18 season. If Messrs Messi, Suarez and Neymar are still at the Nou Camp come 2017-18, then the Blaugrana have some real bargaining power at their end.
Juventus switched to Adidas at the beginning of the 2015/16 season, and their deal is worth 139.5 million euros over six seasons (approximately 24 million euros per season)
Earlier this season (April 2015), German Bayern Munich extended their contract with Adidas till 2030. The original deal was till 2020 and Bayern negotiated a 10 year extension worth 90 million euros per season Continue reading →
