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Biggest football shirt sponsorship deals: Chelsea’s £40m-a-year agreement second only to Manchester United’s

Manchester United's seven year deal with US car brand Chevrolet is worth more than £50m a year

Zachary Davies Boren
Friday 27 February 2015 13:42 GMT
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Chelsea may have just entered the shirt-sponsorship big leagues, but it's still a long way off the Manchester United behemoth.

Teams at the top of the Premier League enjoy the most lucrative shirt sponsorship deals around, relegating European giants Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich to places 4, 5 and 6.

Chelsea's new partnership with Japanese tyre company Yokohama brings its yearly sports sponsorship earnings up from £18 million to £40 million.

And for once Arsenal aren't in fourth place. Their £30 million-a-year deal with Emirates Air, struck in 2012, is the is the third biggest.

Largely because they also name its stadium, Emirates pay Arsenal more even than they pay current European champions Real Madrid; they get £25 million a year.

Bayern Munich's performance related deal with Deutsche Telekom is worth £25 million, the same as Barcelona's soon-to-expire partnership with Qatar Airlines.

Manchester City and Liverpool both take in £20 million a year from Etihad and Standard Chatered respectively.

These rankings illustrate the financial might of England and Wales' elite league.

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