It was recently announced that Manchester United and Aon have extended their relationship with an 8-year partnership deal. This deal includes,
as written on manutd.com:
- New Carrington training ground named Aon Training Complex, a state-of-the-art facility focused on performance
- Training kit to carry the Aon name
- Aon to be Presenting Partner of Manchester United Tours
- Manchester United Business Network to work with Aon to enhance partnership themes of talent development, health, risk management, retirement and data & analytics through global programme
I don't know how I feel about this. I understand that this means a lot of money for the club, which is great and all, but I don't see how this benefits the fans. I know that United is a business, and the Glazers acquired it to make profit, but I just wish these huge deals would include a tiny reason for us fans to get behind it. I doubt that this would mean cheaper tickets or more money for transfers instead of just profit. And renaming Carrington? That wouldn't sit well with the fans. Although from the wording, they might just mean that a new section of Carrington would be named the Aon Training Complex. Either way, I doubt any fan would start calling it anything but Carrington. In any case, I still stand by my position throughout this whole Glazer thing; as long as it doesn't negatively affect the team, I'm okay with it.
