Manchester United Announces Sponsorship with Denizbank, Turkey
November 19 2012 - 9:22AM
Business Wire
(NYSE:MANU) The World’s biggest football club, Manchester
United, has today announced a four year sponsorship with prominent
Turkish bank, Denizbank.
The new agreement, the first of its kind to be forged by the
Club and a Turkish bank, will give Denizbank the exclusive rights
to offer the official Manchester United Credit Card to the Club’s
9.5 million followers in Turkey.
The unique Manchester United and Denizbank branded credit card
will offer cardholders a number of attractive incentives and
benefits, including discounts at the Club’s Red Café and Museum and
Tour as well exciting competitions and money-can’t-buy prizes.
To celebrate these great ‘saves’ legendary United goalkeeper,
Peter Schmeichel attended a press conference in Istanbul ahead of
the team’s Champions League clash against local team,
Galatasaray.
Manchester United Commercial Director, Richard Arnold comments
on the partnership: “This is the eleventh sponsorship to be
announced by the Club so far this season, which demonstrates not
only the strength of the Manchester United brand but also our
desire to engage with our fans through our global network of
likeminded businesses. Denizbank has over 11,250 employees and now
has 610 branches across Turkey, opening 10 new branches within the
first six months of this year. Much like Manchester United,
Denizbank’s rapid and continuous growth demonstrates its aspiration
for success. The company shares many of United’s core values and I
am confident this will be a very successful partnership, bringing a
fantastic product to our Turkish fans.”
For more information on the Denizbank Manchester United Credit
Card please visit www.denizbank.com.
About Manchester United
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sports teams in the world, playing one of the most popular
spectator sports on Earth. Through our 134-year heritage we have
won 60 trophies, enabling us to develop the world’s leading sports
brand and a global community of 659 million followers. Our large,
passionate community provides Manchester United with a worldwide
platform to generate significant revenue from multiple sources,
including sponsorship, merchandising, product licensing, new media
& mobile, broadcasting and match
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