TeamViewer, based in the southwestern town of Goeppingen, is the only German major shirt sponsor in the English Premier League, where managers Juergen Klopp at Liverpool and Thomas Tuchel at Chelsea are the Germany’s best-known soccer expats. The club last year extended its record US$559 million deal with General Motors that was due to expire in June 2021 by six months after COVID-19 lockdowns ate into its finances. The biggest Premier League shirt deal struck during the coronavirus pandemic is nevertheless worth less to the Red Devils than its last one with Chevy, which was wider as it included providing cars to players.
While the 20-times English soccer champions, currently second in the Premiership, did not disclose financial details, two sources told Reuters that the annual value of the five-year deal was around 55 million euros (US$65 million).ĪLSO READ: Zagreb stun Spurs, ManU edge Milan in Europa LeagueĪ third source, however, said the deal with TeamViewer was worth less than 40 million pounds (US$55 million) a year. “TeamViewer will enable Manchester United to bring its fans even closer to the team they love through ground-breaking AR solutions and remote access to the Theatre of Dreams,” Manchester United said in a statement on Friday.
The deal seeks to raise the global profile of TeamViewer, a remote connectivity software company that floated in Frankfurt in 2019 and has since expanded internationally. TeamViewer, based in the southwestern town of Goeppingen, is the only German major shirt sponsor in the English Premier League
(MARCO BERTORELLO / AFP)īERLIN - Manchester United will sport German software firm TeamViewer’s logo on their shirts from next season, drawing a line under a deal carmaker Chevrolet which has sponsored them for the past seven years. Manchester United's France's midfielder Paul Pogba (second left) celebrates after opening the scoring during the UEFA Europa League round of 16 second leg football match between AC Milan and Manchester United at San Siro stadium in Milan on March 18, 2021.
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