AIG Financial Turmoil; Manchester United's future?
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Just watched the news about AIG in severe financial trouble. Them being Manchester United's principle sponsor, does this put the Glazers and the club in huge trouble as well?
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56 million pound deal (apparently) that'll hurt
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it lloks like they will soon be covering up there shirts in much the same way as west ham did.
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Perhaps they'll replace the AIG with AFC ??
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Perhaps they'll replace the AIG with AFC ??
AFC???
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Perhaps they'll replace the AIG with AFC ??
AFC???
like AFC Wimbledon
Proud to have attended the first 175 Consecutive "Home" Wellington Phoenix "A League" Games !!
The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!
The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!
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I can't see how it would be anything but a short term set back, if we lose AIG as sponser then we will pick up another quick. A casino group (Mansion, who now sponsor Tottenham) actually offered more when our deal with Vodafone ended, but the club wasn't keen on it (I think it was the gambling aspect, could be wrong). But I mean it is Manchester United, they are slightly marketable. One or two people round the world have heard of them.
But I just got my new away shirt, and I don't want it to change straight away! Suppose it could be an excuse to get another...
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true, but the glazers have massive loans with the major american banks - thats more of a worry for the mancs
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Just watched the news about AIG in severe financial trouble. Them being Manchester United's principle sponsor, does this put the Glazers and the club in huge trouble as well?
ha f**king ha
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If anything happened to the Glazer's money or the sponsorship fronm AIG there'd be a queue to replace them.
If I was a United fan I'd rather have the club in Glazer's ownship than that of some Arab looking for a hobby.
Nix, Leyton Orient and Alloa Athletic supporting schmuck.
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The size of AIG's business is equivalent to the entire economy of Australia (not Andorra) so it's no wonder the Fed Govt have helped them out... if they go tits up then so does Wall St...
Ugly.
Ugly.
E + R + O
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Hopefully.
well thats not very nice :P
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Dont panic we are know sponsored by the American Government and i cant see them running out of money.
GET YOUR SHIRTS OFF FOR THE BOYS
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Does it put MUFC in trouble? NO.
In the worst case, Glazers go bust, the club would have to be sold. We can be sure that there would be NO shortage of buyers.
Arab buyers are a little more astute than that.
In the worst case, Glazers go bust, the club would have to be sold. We can be sure that there would be NO shortage of buyers.
If I was a United fan I'd rather have the club in Glazer's ownship than that of some Arab looking for a hobby.
Arab buyers are a little more astute than that.
Profile pic. Should you be interested. Lakhsen, on the right, lost touch with him.
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's now living in Agadez, Niger. More focused on his animals now as tourism has dried up. Is active with a co-op promoting local goods, leather work and bijouterie, into Europe.
20/5/20
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's now living in Agadez, Niger. More focused on his animals now as tourism has dried up. Is active with a co-op promoting local goods, leather work and bijouterie, into Europe.
20/5/20
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Does AIG "own" manyoo or are they just the sponsor? If they're just the sponsor they'll be sweet, they'll be replaced in a heart beat with a better deal, they'll just end up with new strips! Hardly worth worrying about. I'm pretty sure Sir A wouldn't let sh*te like this effect their footy, JUST PLAY!
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Hi Guys,
Seeing as im now living in NYC, I can tell you whats going on with Man Utds shirt sponsor. Its not looking good for AIG, as the US government has just bailled them out to the tune of 85 billion dollars. Fox Soccer is saying that there will be no change in the realtionship between Man U and AIG, and I can see any reason at the moment for that to change. But people on Wall Street yesterday wernt looking to happy about the impending doom around the city.
Maybe Man Uts next shirt sponsor will be Honest John's Auto from Newtown Heath!!!
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AIG - http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9c0e75cc-84e1-11dd-b148-0000779fd18c.html?nclick_check=1
But AIG takes the biscuit. Here was a huge multinational insurance group with a reputation for solid underwriting and risk management that decided to diversify from insuring risks it knew well � car crashes and fires � to covering derivatives it did not understand.
Profile pic. Should you be interested. Lakhsen, on the right, lost touch with him.
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's now living in Agadez, Niger. More focused on his animals now as tourism has dried up. Is active with a co-op promoting local goods, leather work and bijouterie, into Europe.
20/5/20
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's now living in Agadez, Niger. More focused on his animals now as tourism has dried up. Is active with a co-op promoting local goods, leather work and bijouterie, into Europe.
20/5/20
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Meh, all that would happen is we'd get a new shirt sponsor. Suits me tbh, the aig logo is fugly as.
Bring back Sharp!
tbh the premier league needs to go to a tv rights deal like american sports have which stipulate clean shirts and stadiums.
I know this will never happen but how much better are football shirts without ads on them?
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Meh, all that would happen is we'd get a new shirt sponsor. Suits me tbh, the aig logo is fugly as.
Bring back Sharp!
tbh the premier league needs to go to a tv rights deal like american sports have which stipulate clean shirts and stadiums.
I know this will never happen but how much better are football shirts without ads on them?
Depends on the brand
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sharp and vodafone I could live with but that aig logo is hideous, better blank imo.
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I know this will never happen but how much better are football shirts without ads on them?
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I couldn't get them side to side but you get the picture.
Three for me, and two for them.
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am waiting for the zeros subs one....
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mmmm... Zeros Philly Cheese Steak...
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Buffon II: those are also two diferent shirts to start with in case you didn't notice, not sure which side you're on either tbh.
I didn't mean get rid of the emblems too lol.
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http://www.sportinglife.com/football/premiership/manu/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/08/09/17/SOCCER_Man_Utd_AIG.html&TEAMHD=manu&DIV=prem&TEAM=MANCHESTER--UNITED&RH=Manchester--United&PREV_SEASON=
Seems there are no problems at all
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I remember last season When United played in a plain red shirt in respect for munich. It looked a really cool jersey, then they switched back to the top with the racing stripe on it - yuk!
If I was a United fan, I'd go back to the kit from 75/76, that looked heaps better than the last few years efforts.
Proud to have attended the first 175 Consecutive "Home" Wellington Phoenix "A League" Games !!
The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!
The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!
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mmmm... Zeros Philly Cheese Steak...
Zero Subs Grinder. Double mmmmm. Shame they went belly-up - they had a very good product.
Nix, Leyton Orient and Alloa Athletic supporting schmuck.
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