Chelsea parted company with adidas after becoming fed up with United receiving most attention & two-and-a-half times as much money. [Mail]
Chelsea were increasingly annoyed by the way adidas have been concentrating on United, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Juventus. [Mail]
The Chelsea shirt deal was worth £30m a year, compared to United’s £75m contract. The Londoners will want at least £50m a year. [Mail]
Nike would be prepared to pay that, but they're close to agreeing a deal with Spurs when they could be sharing Wembley with Chelsea. [Mail]
The other possibilities are Japanese firm Uniqlo, to complement the £40m-a-year shirt deal with Yokohama, or Li Ning from China. [Mail]