Manchester United and Chevrolet, the largest shirt sponsorship contract in the world

The contract between General Motors' automobile brand, Chevrolet, and Manchester United (Premier League) will be the largest shirt sponsor partnership in the world, paying €51 million for 2014-15 season. The amount will increase by 2.1% each year to reach €58 million in 2020-21. This will be the most profitable shirt partnership in the history of football. Chevrolet will also pay €28 million for the 2012-2014 period, without being present on the shirt.

The 2013-14 partnership between FC Barcelona (Liga BBVA) and Qatar Airways is the largest current shirt sponsorship, at €32 million per year. Emirates airline, with Real Madrid (Liga BBVA), and Deutsche Telekom, with Bayern Munich, (Bundesliga) complete the top 3 of current shirt sponsor contracts - both valued at €25 million in 2013-14.

Manchester United is presently in 4^th position with the insurance company Aon, which pays €23.4 million per year for the Red Devils' shirt sponsorship.

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