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Insurer Aon to sponsor Manchester United training kit

By Keith Weir LONDON (Reuters) - Insurer Aon will sponsor Manchester United's training kit and have its name attached to the club's training ground under a new eight-year agreement announced on Monday. The commercial appeal of the Premier League giants means they can do separate sponsorship deals for their training kit and the famous red shirts they play in. It is the first time United have sold naming rights to their training ground in Carrington on the outskirts of Manchester in northern England.

Man Utd broadens palette with Japanese paint sponsorship

By Keith Weir LONDON, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Manchester United signed a three-year sponsorship deal with Japanese paint maker Kansai on Friday, proving the English soccer club's global fan base gives it an appeal stretching way beyond consumer brands. Not surprisingly, Kansai is the first official paint partner signed up by United, 19 times English champions and nicknamed "The Red Devils".
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