Wednesday, March 7, 2007

Saha out for a month


07/03/2007 19:17, Report by Ben Hibbs

Saha
out for a month Louis Saha has been ruled out for four weeks with a hamstring strain.

The United striker picked up the injury in training and on Monday was sent for a scan.

The results showed a slight strain of his left hamstring and the French forward will now be out of action for a month.

It means Saha is not likely to return until United travel to Portsmouth in the Premiership on 7 April, although there is a chance he would be fit for the Champions League quarter final first leg tie should United progress to the last eight.

Saha will miss Saturday's FA Cup trip to Middlesbrough, but, fortunately, he should only miss two league matches, against Bolton and Blackburn.

Nevertheless, the news is a blow for United and Sir Alex Ferguson, who is already without Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who went for a "wash-out" operation on his knee.

The Norwegian striker is not expected to return until United face Blackburn at Old Trafford on 31 March, while Henrik Larsson's loan ends after Saturday's visit to the Riverside to take on Middlesbrough in the FA Cup quarter finals.

Thursday, March 1, 2007

Recent sponsorship



On 23 November 2005 Vodafone ended their £36 million, four year shirt sponsorship deal with Manchester United. On 6 April 2006, chief executive David Gill announced AIG as the new shirt[9] sponsors of Manchester United in a British record shirt sponsorship deal of £56.5 million to be paid over four years (£14.1 million a year). Manchester United now have the second largest sponsorship in the world behind that of Italian side Juventus, who have a deal with Tamoil worth in excess of £15 million per year.[10] The four-year agreement has been heralded as largest sponsorship deal in British history, eclipsing Chelsea's deal with Samsung. Other companies that Manchester United currently have sponsorship deals with include:

Nike - Official kit manufacturer
AirAsia - Official airline
Audi - Official automobile and dugout seat provider
Betfred - Official gambling partner
Budweiser - Official beer
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