Arsenal Kit Thread: Adidas Deal Rumoured

[Jury]

How the **** did we pull that off?! Are the Puma bigwigs stuck in a timewarp, where we're still invincible?

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

Puma? didn't except that to be honest i think it will be Adidas but its all about money to be honest 170m in 5 year is decent for us.

 

[Hunta]

I'M FAPPING IN MY PANTS.

 

[Floating]

Hello kitty! Arsenal agree £170m kit deal with Puma.. the biggest in English football

New agreement should see Arsène Wenger spend big in the summer with a reported £70m transfer budget


No more excuses! Wenger will have money to spend now

Arsenal have agreed the biggest kit deal in English football with sports giants Puma.

They have struck an agreement worth in excess of £30m-a-year which could see the five year contract worth £170m in total.

The deal worth more than Liverpool’s new £25m-a-year contract with Warrior and brings to an end Arsenal’s 20-year tie-up with Nike.

The deal, which will not be announced officially for some time, will give Arsenal major additional financial clout on top of the £150m five year shirt sponsorship deal with Emirates.

Arsenal boss Arsène Wenger has already been promised £70m to spend on transfer targets this summer as the club looks to rebuild and strengthen the squad.

Fiorentina’s striker Stevan Jovetic tops the list of targets but his price could go above £20m and that would be new territory for Arsenal.

Kop that! Arsenal deal exceeds Warrior's £25m-per-year promotion of Liverpool
However, the new kit deal will give them confidence that they can spend big.

It will also be a major coup for Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis on top of the Emirates deal and will strengthen his belief that the club are making major strides forward off the pitch which will enable them to compete for the biggest signings.

The new agreement dwarfs the current kit deal with Nike, which is worth £55m over seven years and expires at the end of NEXT season.

American sportswear giant will now concentrate on Manchester United, Barcelona and the England team. They are also due to renegotiate with United shortly as their current 15 year deal worth £287m is due to expire soon.

Nike had an exclusive renegotiation clause with Arsenal which has now expired and they have clearly decided not to renew. Nike declined to comment last night. Arsenal are also bound by a confidentiality agreement.

A source close to Nike said: “Nike were keen to work with Arsenal, keen to keep it going, but not at any price.”

Adidas were in pole position for the Arsenal deal and had even put forward designs but they announced last month that they would not be bidding. Liverpool’s kit makers Warrior were also keen.

But Puma are understood to have blown the opposition away in negotiations with Arsenal who were driving a hard bargain.

Puma were Tottenham’s kit makers before Under Armour and are clearly hoping that a tie-up with Arsenal will put them back as major players in the football market.

Furthermore, Puma have strong links with the African market and that is an area where they believe Arsenal are particularly strong and have even bigger potential.

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Wow. Is this true?

 

[leo_ense]

What the actual ****

 

[mo50]

B..b..but 5 years from now 30m will be peanuts!
/s

If true this is a mindblowing deal.

 

[silent_shadow]

****, massive news. Great to hear.





Cesc is sponsored by Puma... Just saying

 

[Jury]

The Mirror and silly bollocks, Cross, the only paper running with it.... Hmmm.

 

[Floating]

Kudos to Fox and Gazidis if this is true - massive news.

 

[silent_shadow]

Waiting for accountants on twitter to put a negative spin on it like they did with the Emirates deal...


We'd be the biggest team with Puma. Hopefully that'll make them out extra effort in designing it as well.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

So if this news true when we will start wear the puma kits in 2014-2015 season?

 

[squallkid]

Absolutely fantastic news if true.

 

[ArseGod]

In the words of piers Morgan: boom!

 

[Warship]

Do Puma make nice kits? I haven't seen one around in ages, other than Newcastle's kits.

As it says in the article, Puma have a lot of kits for African nations (especially Cameroon) but I can't really think of any others.

They make Dortmund's kits which I like but one from this season looks kinda like a bumble-bee (fortunately we won't have those loud colors that they do)

 

[glaveror]

What the..sounds too good to be true but IF it is then well done Gazidis-well done indeed!
Now excuse me,I'm off to the wishlist thread.

 

[Loken]

Do Puma make nice kits? I haven't seen one around in ages, other than Newcastle's kits.

As it says in the article, Puma have a lot of kits for African nations (especially Cameroon) but I can't really think of any others.

 

[GOONER1991]

Puma?! Where the f**k did that come from.

If those figures are genuine, it's a brilliant deal and again reinforces all the reports that Arsenal are coming to the end of their financial restriction.

 

[evoh_1]

**** off nike

 

[Lakersgooner24]

Nice! Hope this is true. Should help us in the transfer market.

Puma also make Dortmund's kit and the Azzurri's.

 

[Hunta]

Here is the new Italy shirt by Puma.