{"id":180990,"date":"2025-06-13T11:48:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T11:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/180990\/"},"modified":"2025-06-13T11:48:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T11:48:11","slug":"manchester-united-lose-training-kit-sponsorship-worth-24m-per-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/180990\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United lose training kit sponsorship worth \u00a324m per year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Man Utd&#8217;s training kit has been sponsored by Tezos but the agreement is set to conclude at the end of this month.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1_GettyImages-2219791686.jpg\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Matheus Cunha wore a Tezos-sponsored training hoodie when he signed.(Image: 2025 Manchester United FC)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Manchester United&#8217;s training kit sponsorship deal with Tezos is ending this month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Blockchain company Tezos struck a deal worth around \u00a324million a year to sponsor United&#8217;s training kit in 2022, but the contract is ending and another sponsor will be found.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Club sources are confident that a new training kit sponsor will be agreed once Tezos&#8217; sponsorship ends. There is thought to be a &#8220;strong pipeline&#8221; of potential replacements.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The Tezos-branded training kit has been worn by <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/manchester-united-fc\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">United<\/a>&#8216;s first-team squad across the last three years, and the logo has also featured on training kit worn by the women&#8217;s team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Matheus Cunha was pictured in a Tezos-sponsored hoodie in unveiling pictures on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Tezos replaced AON as the club&#8217;s training kit sponsor when they struck their deal in 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The news of Tezos&#8217; sponsorship agreement ending comes after it emerged <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/manchester-united-suffer-financial-blow-31848330\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Marriott International would not be extending<\/a> its sponsorship deal after its contract expired.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">United have been sponsored by Marriott International since 2019, but the world&#8217;s largest hotel company has decided not to extend its sponsorship agreement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Marriott International are cutting company-wide costs and opted against extending their deal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Club sources have said they are &#8220;proud of their successful partnership with Marriott&#8221;, and they insist United continue to have the most attractive portfolio of partnerships in football.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8212;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Here at The Manchester Evening News, we are dedicated to bringing you the best <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/manchester-united-fc\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Manchester UnitedLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Manchester United<\/a> coverage and analysis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Make sure you don&#8217;t miss out on the latest United news by joining our free WhatsApp group. 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Our shows are available on all podcast platforms, including <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/6Rf3zHSgSYkYIA4zaYPz5y\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"[object Object]Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Spotify<\/strong><\/a> and <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=76202X1528180&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fpodcasts.apple.com%2Fgb%2Fpodcast%2Fmanchester-is-red-manchester-united-podcast%2Fid1264579243&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.manchestereveningnews.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Ffootball-news%2Fhes-ready-man-united-already-31228583\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"[object Object]Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Apple Podcasts<\/strong><\/a>, and you can also watch along on <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@ManUtd_MEN\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"[object Object]Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">YouTube<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Man Utd&#8217;s training kit has been sponsored by Tezos but the agreement is set to conclude at the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180991,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,393,4884,2465,423,235,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-180990","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-manchester","12":"tag-manchester-united-fc","13":"tag-matheus-cunha","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114675902291056402","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}