According to TBR Football reports, the jersey sleeve sponsorship signed between Manchester United and DXC will expire at the end of the 2025-26 season, and both parties are currently considering options to renew the contract.
Reports revealed that this contract is worth a fortune, worth 20 million pounds per season, with a total value of 80 million pounds over four years. It is the club's third largest sponsorship contract after Adidas and Qualcomm.
In the 2024-25 season, although Amorim's team ranked only 15th in the Premier League, the club's total commercial revenue still reached a record-breaking 333 million pounds, of which sponsorship revenue was 188 million pounds.
However, report analysis pointed out that Manchester United’s commercial growth is actually “weak”. In real terms, their business income has not even kept pace with UK inflation since 2016. Revenues of £515m in the 2015-16 season are equivalent to £711m today, but the club's actual revenue for the 2024-25 season is only £667m.
The fundamental problem is the surge in costs. In the past ten years, Manchester United has spent more than 3 billion pounds on wages, and the transfer fee amortization is nearly 1.5 billion pounds. A total investment of 4.5 billion pounds has only been exchanged for a small number of trophies, and the rate of return is unacceptable.
To address this problem, the Ratcliffe and Glazer families have launched an internal money-saving plan with the goal of improving their balance sheet by £90 million per year through savings in expenses and business activities.
Since the Premier League bans chest betting sponsorships, 11 clubs are looking for new sponsors at the same time. This will be a "buyer's market," but the value of sleeve sponsorships is expected to increase.
A source suggested that Manchester United may "bundle" the sale of sleeve sponsorship, training uniform sponsorship and the naming rights of the Carrington training base. New alternative sponsors are likely to still come from the IT or digital services industry, sources said.