It has been revealed that Manchester United stars are not playing along with a $600 million deal between the club and General Motors.
Chevrolet sponsors the club to the tune of a rumoured £47
million per season, having its logo on the famous red jerseys of the
most famous team in football.
The carmaker delivered a truckload of Corvette and Camaro
sports cars for the players to drive, but Britain's Daily Mail reports
that players are ignoring the machines in favour of their preferred
wheels.
Star striker Wayne Rooney has been commuting in a modified Range Rover, while Robin Van Persie drives a Porsche Panamera and Marouane Fellaini gets to training in a Mercedes-Benz ML-Class.
The seven-year sponsorship deal is believed to be the richest
arrangement in English football, and reportedly twice what previous
sponsor AON paid to be on the club's jerseys.
It is controversial in that Chevrolet has announced it will
stop selling cars in Europe at the end of 2015. General Motors fired
marketing boss Joel Ewanick in 2012, after the deal was announced.
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