{"id":119874,"date":"2026-09-08T09:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T09:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/119874\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T09:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T09:14:09","slug":"turkish-airlines-to-replace-standard-chartered-as-front-of-shirt-sponsor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/119874\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkish Airlines to replace Standard Chartered as front-of-shirt sponsor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Turkish Airlines will become Liverpool&#8217;s front-of-shirt sponsor from the start of the 2027-28 season in a \u00a3300m deal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The five-year contract is worth in excess of \u00a360m a season, an increase on the current \u00a350m-per-season deal with Standard Chartered, which has been the club&#8217;s main partner since 2010 and is the existing front-of-shirt sponsor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Liverpool believe the agreement with Turkish Airlines is the the most valuable front-of-shirt-only commercial deal in Premier League history &#8211; with <a data-ylk=\"slk:Arsenal;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/arsenal?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bsport%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Arsenal<\/a> and <a data-ylk=\"slk:Manchester City;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/manchester-city?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bsport%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester City<\/a>&#8216;s deals with Emirates and Etihad Airways respectively also involving stadium naming rights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In February, Liverpool announced record revenues of more than \u00a3700m for the most recent financial year and were the highest-placed Premier League club in the Deloitte Football Money League.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Turkish Airlines will become only the third different front-of-shirt partner in 35 years at Liverpool, following Carlsberg and Standard Chartered, with the latter remaining in position this season before transitioning to become a global partner from 2027-28 onwards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The airline will be the sixth front-of-shirt sponsor in the club&#8217;s history, following Hitachi (1979-1982), Crown Paints (1982-1988), Candy (1988-1992), Carlsberg (1992-2010) and Standard Chartered (2010-2027).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Negotiations with Turkish Airlines started before 1892 Holdings &#8211; a consortium led by Liverpool vice-chairman Amit Bhatia &#8211; purchased a stake of about 38% in the club last month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Chief commercial officer Ben Latty said the front of the shirt &#8220;holds a special place in the history&#8221; of Liverpool, adding that the partnership will build on &#8220;strong foundations&#8221; from the Reds&#8217; Champions League win in Turkish city Istanbul in 2005.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Turkish Airlines chief executive Ahmet Olmustur said: &#8220;This partnership brings together two global brands united by their international reach, commitment to excellence and ability to inspire millions of people around the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Turkish Airlines will become Liverpool&#8217;s front-of-shirt sponsor from the start of the 2027-28 season in a \u00a3300m deal.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":119875,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[21387],"tags":[48719,48721,48720,48718,47024,48717,7850,2756,579,20677,48716,48715],"class_list":["post-119874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-standard-chartered","tag-48719","tag-2010-2027","tag-2027-28","tag-2027-28-season","tag-carlsberg","tag-clubs","tag-getty-images","tag-liverpool","tag-premier-league","tag-standard-chartered","tag-turkish","tag-turkish-airlines"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/117234661022778107","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}