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Manchester United shirt sponsors Aon, have seen a significant increase in interest since taking over from AIG in July.

Manchester United takes the field today against newly promoted Newcastle United and they should be in their new 2010/2011 home kit (pictured).� There are two things you will notice immediately about this new jersey.� The first is that there is a new sponsor on board.� Aon replaced AIG on United's shirts this season in what is the first of a four year deal.

Manchester United has a new kit. Unfortunately, the football giants hadn't planned on releasing their new kits, but someone gave the reserve team the green light to wear them. Looks like someone is getting fired. In other news, I guess AIG didn't have any money left after the US government bailed them out.

The news is not confirmed yet, but it seems that these two kits, one for home and one for away, will be the new kits for Manchester United next season, a kit which somewhat resembles that of the early 80′s (without the AON logo of course replacing AIG). Confirmation will be made may be [...]

Bookmaker Fred Done has revealed himself to be one of the "Red Knights" aiming to takeover Manchester United.

Fred, a lifelong United fan, is the first of an alleged 50 investors keen to take the football club away from the Glazer family, who have burdened the club with huge debts.

He was approached by fixer Keith Harris.

Nike Manchester United Line Up Jacket - White with Black

I gotta say that Manchester United has a some of the best looking jackets and jerseys in the English Premier League, or any league for that matter. I have a Man. United black sweater that I wear all the time and now I just got the new Nike Manchester United Black/White Jacket.

With the Ballon d'Or nominations finally releasing this weekend, the headlines have mostly been devoted to the fact that world champions Italy have no representation whatsoever. But why blame the press for paying excessive attention to an irrelevant detail? After all, the award itself is destined to be heading Lionel Messi's way, which means very little is there to be talked about in terms of debating the winner, right?

There is no denying that Liverpool F.C. is the form team in the Barclays Premier League at the moment. Rafa's Reds have defied all odds to overcome a frustrating start to the campaign and surprisingly,� the Steven Gerrard - Fernando Torres pairing isn't exclusively responsible� for leading� the revival.

Another week of Premiership action is now in the books, and Thursday means one thing: it's time for the Thursday Throwdown from A to Z. Here we go...

A� is for Anelka. Chelsea fans should be counting their lucky stars that both Nicolas Anelka and Didier Drogba are in spectacular form.

Officiating in modern day football has already received its fair share of flak. Of course, whenever a certain team is at the receiving end of harsh refereeing decisions, its passionate fans jump at the opportunity to hit back at the match officials with great force. In this article, however, I will not go ahead with the oft-repeated idea of accusing the referees of lacking the ability to call big games without the heavily proposed use of technology.

Stability. Composure. Quality. These are just a few adjectives that England's defense certainly doesn't deserve based on the Three Lions' 2-2 draw against Holland in their most recent international fixture. However, only the aforementioned adjectives can do justice to one defender that England's system failed to recognize.

This coming season promises to be the most exciting in years. Of course, every coming season promises to be the most exciting in years. This is one of the many truisms of English Football. Last season we gaped open mouthed as Manchester City clumsily wooed Global Franchise Entities with the promise of dreams and Ferrero Rocher.

On the 20th of June 2006 in Cologne, Germany, I was sat high behind the goal in the RheinEnergieStadion (then called simply 'The FIFA World Cup Stadium') when in the fourth minute, a figure crumpled to the ground. It was hard to see who it was from my unique vantage point, but the man sitting to my left immediately turned round and said 'any money it's Owen'.

Barcelona winning everything last season could have deeper repercussions for the Premier League beyond felling Manchester United in the Champions League. They've awoken the sleeping spending giant that is Real Madrid. Desperate to overtake the unstoppable Barça, Real Madrid have obliterated all transfer records and don't look anywhere near stopping.

While Arsenal skipper Cesc Fabregas has� clearly� enjoyed his Spain side cruise to the World Cup 2010 finals with a perfect record (and no goals conceded at home), he has spoken to Arsenal.com to offer some backing to a couple of his teammates who won't be appearing in the showpiece event next summer.

With the first quarter of football almost over in most leagues around Europe, now is a good time to measure the current progress of some of the giant clubs on the continent. Actually, analyzing the success or failure of clubs in general won't be nearly as exciting as identifying a more specific object of analysis.

The title to this article might suggest that I am providing some late coverage on Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner's recent car accident while driving to practice in his Aston Martin. In reality, though, this article is written in vehement defense of the player, who has certainly had more than his fair share of critics, to put it bluntly.

The first defeat of the season is always the most tricky one to deal with. Perhaps that explains why some feel that the earlier it comes, the better. At the beginning of the 2007-08 season, a determined young Arsenal squad made a typically flying start to the campaign.

With the commencement of the UEFA Champions League group stages this midweek, an important piece of news was relegated to the back of most reporting outlets. Perhaps another reason behind the lack of coverage for the story in question� was the refusal, on part of most football lovers, to recollect any part of the uninspiring internationals break.

Seldom has a talented football nation witnessed the kind of humiliation that the� Czech Republic has suffered in the entire last year. In a World Cup qualification campaign where they were placed in perhaps the most competitive of groups alongside Slovakia, Slovenia, Poland, and Northern Ireland, perfection was almost always essential for the Czechs.

So, after months of speculation, it seems that Emmanuel Adebayor's departure from Arsenal is inevitable. With Manchester City's spending spree the talk of the town at the moment, the asking price of £25 million, which was once astronomical for clubs like AC Milan, seems to be pocket change for the Eastlanders.

There have been many occasions in recent years where the genius of Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has been brought into question. After all, the trophy cabinet has been empty for four years and everyone, from skipper Cesc Fabregas to that little child in the upper tier at the Emirates, is becoming increasingly restless with the club's underachievements.

I have a big problem with Liverpool's new sponsor. While I'm glad to see a deal that will provide the club with £80m over the next four years, and while the hope that new stadium plans and healthier transfer budgets will emerge gets me giddy... it's Standard Chartered Bank... I can't drink it during matchtime.

You might not know it as you zip up your coat to brave the rain and the wind, but summer is here in England. And that means one thing. Cricket. The Ashes are in full (reverse) swing at the moment, and the feelgood factor is pretty high following England's triumph at Lords.

I have to admit it, I like cricket, I enjoy playing it and watching it.

Thank you to Arseblogger and his minions for posting this on Arseblog news today: a transcript of an interview that Ivan Gazidis gave with Fox Soccer Channel yesterday.

I watched the interview, and attempted to live-tweet it, because I found what Ivan said revealing. If I was going to sum-up his comments, I would use a term that Michael Lewis (of 'Moneyball' fame) recently employed in his book about the small group of people who correctly predicted the collapse of the Mortgage-Backed Securities (MBS) market in 2008: 'The Big Short'.

STR has been put under pressure by an ABU Spurs' forum to answer some United related questions for Spooky at the excellent Dear Mr Levy. Loads of questions which make for a great debate, like...

Will you be accepting Wayne 'once a red always a red' Rooney back with open arms or accepting that he's royally mugged off the club and fans for a bumper pay packet always with that option to still move away?

If you're one of those who still regularly attends United home games then you will have almost certainly have already heard about "Old Shirts Day". So what's it all about then? Well, it's quite simple. The idea is fans can show their support for the anti Glazer campaign by donning your pre AIG, AON, United shirts in protest against the debt laden regime.