Aston Villa Sign Record Kit Deal
by Aaron Campeau on Feb 6, 2012 8:38 AM GMT
in AVFC
Email
PrintAccording to Mat Kendrick, Aston Villa have signed a club-record-breaking £15m deal with Italian kit manufacturer Macron. This has been rumored for a few weeks now, and on the face of things looks to be a very favorable deal for Villa. Though £15m seems paltry in comparison to the £150m deal recently signed by Liverpool with football newcomers Warrior, it's still quite a haul for a club outside of the traditional Premier League elite. Though Macron manufactures the kits of several big Italian clubs, Villa will be one of their most high-profile clients in England with only Championship clubs West Ham and Leeds coming anywhere close in terms of name recognition. That will be a major contrast to Villa's also-ran status with current kit manufacturer Nike.
I personally am a big fan of several of Macron's kits; all three of Napoli's shirts are gorgeous, FC Lorient's home and away are simply flawless and if you're looking for an encouraging sign that Villa's color scheme will be in good hands, might I recommend West Ham's current away shirt? You'd really be hard-pressed to find any kits currently manufactured by Macron that are legitimately ugly, and the vast majority are really quite sharp. I have a good feeling about this new partnership.
There is, however, one thing to be wary of; while football shirts do not, as a general rule, flatter those of us that are of *ahem* ample proportions, Macron is in particular a manufacturer that tends toward an "aggressively fitted" style. So if you're planning on picking up next year's shirt, I'd recommend hitting the gym and going easy on the snacks. Richard Dunne, I'm looking at you.
16 comments
|
0 recs |
Do you like this story?
Comments
I like their Lorient kits a lot
I just wish they wouldn’t put a giant logo for their company on the shoulder of their kits, is all.
Not that anyone gives a poo what I think (and I guess it’s not much different than always putting three stripes on the sleeves of every shirt).
I was gonna comment about how amazing it is that people are complaining about this.
But then I remembered that they’re Villa fans.
Cricket blogger and writer of nonsense at 7500 to Holte
Not sure there's a manufacturer that wouldn't have resulted in countless complaints
Contributor at HOCKEENIGHT and 7500 To Holte
by Andrew Cieslak on Feb 6, 2012 7:09 PM GMT up reply actions
So I asked this on Twitter but maybe someone actually knows
is there a reason we can’t buy Villa kits basically anywhere except the official store? Sure you can get knock offs on ebay or whatever, but somewhere as high profile as World Soccer Shop not having them has always bugged me. Will this change with Macron or is there a club policy on kit sales?
Contributor at HOCKEENIGHT and 7500 To Holte
Word Soccer Shop used to carry them.
I have no idea what happened there, but I do not think it’s club policy; my guess is that it’s Nike sucking ass.
by Aaron Campeau on Feb 6, 2012 7:29 PM GMT up reply actions
Must have been awhile ago
Nothing more frustrating and frankly embarrassing when you click on their site and the Villa crest and find a few soccer balls that don’t really have anything to do with Villa at all.
When North Americans watch soccer they watch Fox Soccer and Fox Soccer main advertisers is World Soccer Shop. Not that neutrals watching a Villa match are likely to become fans based on this club’s current personnel, but if they made a rash decision to love Villa and went to that site only to see that the jerseys aren’t even sold there it could only be seen as a negative.
“This team isn’t even popular enough to have their shirts on this site? They must suck.:”
And that’s enough of me overthinking trivial shit for today.
Contributor at HOCKEENIGHT and 7500 To Holte
by Andrew Cieslak on Feb 6, 2012 8:46 PM GMT up reply actions
The last shirt they had was the last year of Acorns
I remember waiting for a work bonus so I could buy a long-sleeved away and the day it came in they sold the last one in my size.
by Aaron Campeau on Feb 6, 2012 9:00 PM GMT up reply actions
aw man
I have my home long-sleeved shirt but it’s Fonz so perhaps the joke is on me.
I did get an away white pinstriped acorns shirt with no name – but it’s short-sleeved and a little snug. But I tell you, that was a gorgeous shirt.
Contributor at HOCKEENIGHT and 7500 To Holte
by Andrew Cieslak on Feb 7, 2012 2:42 AM GMT up reply actions
I'm sure the kits will look good
And I can vouch for the snugness of Italian-designed kit (Nantes kits were made by Kappa 2 years ago, and my XL is skin tight. I wear an US Large or Medium).
Here’s my problem:
We signed a “record” sponsor deal with Genting, and now a “record” kit deal with Marcon (should be Micron, no? Harharhar). We sell our biggest stars for about 70 million pounds, but we still have to “sell to buy”.
WT f-ing F
We lost a fuckton of money while MON was in charge.
by Aaron Campeau on Feb 9, 2012 4:21 AM GMT up reply actions
Good point
cough Fabian Delph
Still. Bunch of horshack.
Dear Randy: Petty millions lost here and there are nothing, since you’re a BILLIONAIRE. Just ask Paul Allen. So spend like one. At least you don’t have a luxury tax to deal with.
by RipCityVillan on Feb 9, 2012 3:49 PM GMT up reply actions
Comments For This Post Are Closed
Secondary Sidebar
User Tools
FanPosts
Community blog posts and discussion.
