Burnley to Get New Main Sponsor Instead of Classic Football Shirts for Premier League?
Around one month ago, on 7 April 2023, Burnley secured promotion to the Premier League. Now, with the regular season coming to an end, and the club preparing for the Premier League return, we got us asking - will we see Burnley's main sponsor Classic Football Shirts also in the Premier League?
Classic Football Shirts Unlikely to Be Burnley's Main Sponsor in Premier League
For the 2022-2023 season, Greater Manchester-based company, Classic Football Shirts, became the club's major sponsor. There was no specific announcement regarding the exact figures at that time, but it was a one-year agreement as the press release read.
Classic Football Shirts had a turnover of almost 4 million GBP in 2021
Classic Football Shirts are a popular company that specializes in retro football shirts. The company's turnover has risen significantly in the past years. In the last year of which data is available (2021), the turnover has gone from £11.9 million to £18.2 million, while its pre-tax profits have increased from £1.3 million to £3.8 million.
Indeed, Classic Football Shirts' profit for 2021 would allow them to even nail a Premier League main shirt sponsor deal, which costs at least 4 million / GBP for the smallest teams.
However, we can't imagine currently that Classic Football Shirts will invest as much in a shirt sponsor deal, but with the company's recent rise, and seems not out of nowhere.
The cheapest EPL main sponsor deal costs around 4 million GBP, but we can't imagine Classic Football Shirts paying that much
In addition to Classic Football Shirts, Burnley had EMA Equity Partners as the club's away shirt sponsor in the 22-23 season. This certainly reduced the amount Classic Football Shirts had to invest in the 22-23 Championship season.
Do you think Classic Football Shirts will continue as Burnley's main shirt sponsor (or at least as their sleeve sponsor)? Comment below.
