345,000 at €60 each.. €20m+

Offsets the transfer fee somewhat.

these big names do pay for themselves, wasn't it with Beckham they made the transfer fee back in shirt sales in about 3 days?

The profit is going straight to Adidas and James Rodriguez not Real Madrid

I'd be surprised if RM didn't get a tenner per shirt.

But will in the long term fund an even bigger sponsorship deal with adidas like we have seen with man utd which will ultimately pay for the player.

Bit of a kick in the teeth for Real Madrid and Bayern to be getting less than half of what Adidas are giving to Man Utd

wont be long IMO. what was it utd got, £750? I think when their current deals run out it could hit a billion.

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How does it work? I ask because I don't know the answer.

Let's use United's deal with adidas as an example.

£75m per season guaranteed. If Adidas sell (positing a ridiculous figure just for the sake of argument) £80m worth of shirts in one day, does that mean that United, on top of their £75m per season figure, get a cut of that £80m?

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Apparently they're not real figures but who am I to argue. It's incredible number of shirts.
With utd they gave away their licensing to Adidas hence why deal is so massive. So I doubt utd would get much of a % on their merchandise sales.

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Seeing as Madrid get £31m a year, you'd think they get a slice of the proceeds.. but don't take my word for it, Manc Python will be giving a comprehensive answer on its exact workings.

Do you really think the clubs get the money from the shirt sales?
So what exactly are nike and Adidas actually paying for?

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Hey don't ask questions, tell us how it works with Real Madrid and Adidas oh knowledgable one. Maybe I was being naive, enlighten me.

To echo what Redinthehead has said - you don't need to ask questions manc python seeing as you know the answers. Go on, tell everyone here exactly how it works.

cmon mr python i wna know!

Going back to deadinthehead original comment which is
345,000 at €60 each.. €20m+

Offsets the transfer fee somewhat.

That would suggest that Madrid would be getting all of the money from shirt sales.

Adidas and Nike pay an upfront fee of which they get I would suggest the vast majority of the merchandising, shirt sales etc. the club may well get a very small percentage but the vast majority if not all goes to the likes of Adidas and Nike.

That would suggest that Madrid would be getting all of the money from shirt sales.

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Does it? Or does it suggest that Madrid get a percentage of the shirt sales? I don't know. You tell me.

"Adidas and Nike pay an upfront fee of which they get I would suggest the vast majority of the merchandising, shirt sales etc. the club may well get a very small percentage but the vast majority if not all goes to the likes of Adidas and Nike."

So clubs may get a small percentage of sales then, in your expert knowledge of this subject? What percentage would you say this is exactly, given that you know all about this. It may vary from club to club of course, but let's take Madrid's shirt sponsorship deal as our example here. What is their percentage cut? You must know what this is, considering your response to Redinthehead.

What kind of deal do clubs have with sponsors in regards to shirts being sold by a franchise? Does this differ, in percentage terms, to the kind of cut that clubs get when the shirt is sold in an official club shop for example? Or does it not differ at all?

All bang on questions Ripleycat, Manc Python over to you.

Expert??? Who said i am an expert??

I am far from an expert. No i don't know what percentage if any a club gets.
My comment was in response to redinthehead initial comment which suggests Madrid get all the money from the shirt sales.
It appears you don't seem to grasp this either.

So why an earth do Adidas and Nike shell out all this money then? Is it for the privilege to have their name on the shirts? What is it?

Redinthedead's initial comment could suggest that Madrid get a cut of the shirt sales. I don't know. Instead of calling him a think cnt, why not just ask him instead of presuming what he meant.

I mean, all I've done is ask you a few simple and very obvious questions, which you don't know the answer to. A couple of posts from me has resulted in you saying that you're no expert and that you don't even know whether a club gets a percentage or not of shirt sales. More than that, you've also admitted that, if clubs do get a percentage of shirt sales over and above the amount of the sponsorship figure, how much that percentage is.

Your reply to red was: "You really don't know how it works do you?"

It's now clear that you don't either.

Stop talking nonsense and answer my question.
How do Adidas/Nike etc get their money back.

i know how the concept works thanks. Its not difficult to understand

Reading through this thread would suggest to me that Python is in fact a know nothing filthy rag cockbadger

I can't answer your question because I don't know the answer. I said in my first post on this thread that I don't know how it works.

If you do know, then tell me. You say they (the kit sponsors) get a vast majority of the merchandise, shirt sales, etc. What are you referring to when you say "etc"? What percentage is this "vast majority" exactly? Does it vary depending on where the shirt was purchased?

How much did Madrid receive from the 345k shirt sales? What is this figure? If we know what it is, then maybe we can say just how much the figure has (already) offset a percentage of the transfer fee.