English Premier League club Manchester City are set to secure a three-year sponsorship deal with United Arab Emirates telecoms giant Etisalat, the company said on Tuesday.
The value of the contract was not disclosed at a news conference in the oil-rich Gulf emirate of Abu Dhabi, where the Manchester club is to play a friendly on Thursday with the UAE national team.
Under a memorandum of understanding signed here, Etisalat will be the exclusive telecommunications sponsor of City in all countries where the company has a presence.
Etisalat is the second UAE company to have reached a sponsorship agreement with Manchester City after Abu Dhabi airline Etihad, which has a four-year shirt deal with the club.
Abu Dhabi United Group for Development and Investment gained control of the club from disgraced former Thailand prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in 2008, and has since invested huge sums in the club’s squad.
