Everton's shirt sponsor Chang beer will reward the Toffees for qualifying for the UEFA Cup by
improving the terms of their sponsorship deal.
"We are happy that Everton finished sixth in the past season and sealed a UEFA Cup spot," said a
senior official with Thai Beverage, the producer of Chang beer.
Terms were not disclosed, but the new deal will be more lucrative than the present £2 million a
year the club receives from the Thai firm.
The worst-kept secret in football has finally been confirmed: fallen German giants Bayern Munich
will pay 11 million euros for Fiorentina's Luca Toni.
Having scored 49 goals in the last two seasons, the 30-year-old Italian targetman will be expected
to fire Bayern back to the top of the Bundesliga and to the 2007/08 UEFA Cup final in Manchester,
but not all watchers are convinced that Bayern have made the best buy.
On May 10, Bernd Schuster's Getafe thrashed a woeful Barcelona 4-0 in the second leg of their
King's Cup semifinal, making good a 5-2 defeat in the first leg (The first leg being the scene, of
course, of THAT goal by Lionel Messi.) Aside from being perhaps the shock of the European season,
the victory also qualified unfashionable Getafe for the UEFA Cup as the club they will meet in the
King's Cup final - Sevilla - have already qualified for the UEFA Champions League.
