Turkish Airlines rumoured to replace Samsung

[Waterfall 893]

Chelsea line up Turkish Airlines to replace Samsung as shirt sponsors

• Chelsea's current deal with Samsung ends at end of the season
• Turkish Airlines are already sponsors of Barcelona, Manchester United and the Turkey national team
• Europe's fourth biggest airliner made a memorable commercial deal with Lionel Messi and Kobe Bryant

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2748563/Chelsea-line-Turkish-Airlines-replace-Samsung-shirt-sponsors-end-season.html#ixzz3ClbzsH5d
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Personally liked Samsung as the shirt sponsor, but I guess we should deal with the highest bidder. And cue the Messi-to-Chelsea rumours haha

[Amblève. 4,995]

Ignoring the fact that it's a DM article...

A big "no" from here. As one of the biggest clubs in the world we simply need a shirt sponsor with a brand as big and well-known as ours. Turkish Airlines, with all due respect, simply doesn't fit the bill.

[Reddish-Blue 2,488]

Ignoring the fact that it's a DM article...

A big "no" from here. As one of the biggest clubs in the world we simply need a shirt sponsor with a brand as big and well-known as ours. Turkish Airlines, with all due respect, simply doesn't fit the bill.

I guess it depends on how much Turkish Airlines is willing to offer per year

£13.8 Million per year from Samsung isn't enough...considering the other top 4 sides are getting 20+ million per year

[The Skipper 20,609]

Surely we can get a better brand.

[zolayes 14,489]

in this situation I will trust the board

[Myself 793]

Oh God no. Turkish Airlines have a horrible logo as well

[nyikolajevics 2,689]

It'd be nice to replace Samsung. It's a little boring after ten years.

[HD3D 1,038]

Ugly logo. Please no!

[Vytis33 1,261]

Turkish Airlines...really? Hope we can land a bigger fish than this.

[OneMoSalah 8,883]

Hopefully get them on board as an additional sponsor but to have them replace samsung on the shirt, would look odd. Put it this way, United got away with spending 160M this year because of their revenue and money generated from various sponsors they have. More sponsors the better, FFP has a loop hole.

[Beepu 1,714]

I love the simplicity of the Samsung logo, it fits well with the shirt and not distracting. But the money from Samsung is not comparable with other big club sponsors.

[nyikolajevics 2,689]

"Bigger fish" and "better brand"? What do you mean? If Qatar Airways is good enough for Barca we can put up with Turkish Airlines. What brand would you prefer? Pampers?

Also, I think a little red patch would look great on the blue shirt.

[didierforever 7,349]

Trust the board.

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

I don't care who and how the logo looks like, as long as we get big improvement of deals.

[Cosmin 2,484]

Money is all that matters in this kind of situations. If they pay us well enough, well, they can have it.

[gary gordon 1,777]

What about Qantas? A jumping kangaroo would look great on our kit!

[CHOULO19 24,332]

I really doubt that. Didn't we just this year start the new contract with Samsung that we signed last year or the year before?

[Sidzeret 2,257]

They can sponsor out training kits. With FFP, we should look for such a deal as well.