• Why would United sign Owen? They feel like paying medical bills??? #
• Ronaldo is presented tonight at Santiago Bernabeu. #

The all new Nike designed Manchester United shirt is a complete success. It’s not hard to be a fan of Nike football shirts this year because they are unveiling some really sick shirts for the new season. The only thing that can really be improved about this new Manchester United jersey is the collar, I’m not the biggest fan of it. The black on the front of the shirt really fits, and it looks much better than last season’s front.

Keep it up Nike.

The big show finally got underway, with 80,000 people watching the presentation of Cristiano Ronaldo in the Real Madrid shirt. Quite a big spectacle for a player presentation, but it just goes to show the marketing stunts carried out by Real Madrid to sell more football shirts.

You can check out some photos from the presentation at the BBC website here. Also, the video from the presentation is below.

Another one of my favourite football shirt designs from Nike is the new Arsenal third shirt. It looks stunning, even though it might not be “traditional” Arsenal colours. It looks professional and simple and the lines are a great touch. I personally love it, and I’d buy one of them. Wouldn’t you?

A wonderful shot portraying one of the way football fans around the world show their love for their country. Art is possible on any canvas, and in football, the face is sometimes the canvas. Awesome shot.

Nike has done a fantastic job with most of the new 2009/2010 football shirts they’ve designed, and I want to start posting my personal favorite kit designs for the new season. The first one comes from the champions of Europe, Barcelona. This shirt really brings out a sense of tradition and professionalism, giving nothing fancy and sticking to a classic catalan look. The new shirt is, in my opinion, a lot nicer than last year’s, and the best Nike football jersey for the new season.

The drawback however, is in the away shirt, which is a salmon-ish colour. That doesn’t attract me too much, but the home jersey is amazing.

Ruth Mortimer, from Marketing Week, wrote this article about why Kaka is worth so much money to Real Madrid. She explained the high sums of money that are being spent by Real Madrid, like the 56 million price tag for Kaka.

But why are these deals, which seem extraordinarily enormous in cash terms, still so popular with clubs? Well, according to Professor Simon Chadwick, who was commissioned by Weber Shandwick Sport to run the figures, the Kaka deal could be worth as much as $100m per year to Real Madrid.

This is because the signing is likely to boost shirt sales, sponsorship revenue, match ticket sales and the team’s global fan base. If Manchester United’s current golden boy Cristiano Ronaldo was to join Kaka at Real Madrid, this could be worth up to an additional $75m a year, should Manchester United sell the current FIFA World Player of the Year – meaning a double-signing could be worth $175m each year for the Spanish club.

It’s interesting that one player can add 100 million in revenue in one year, mostly through football shirt sales. But she went on to put this in parallel to the David Beckham experience at Real Madrid.

When David Beckham moved to Real Madrid, his tenure at the Santiago Bernabeu earnt the club $600 million in sales of shirts and other merchandise alone (with a million shirts sold in just six months), increasing merchandising profits by 137% over four seasons between 2003/4 and 2006/7.

Not only is that insane, but quite scary. It seems Perez is not trying so much to make the best team in the world, but rather make the most profitable team in the world. Crisis? What crisis?

As Real Madrid spends 200 million euros for new players, they have to find ways to get some of the money back. Because of this, they’ve asked Adidas to double the sponsorship amount from 30 million a year to 60 million. Reports have said that if Adidas will not agree, it’s possible that Real Madrid will sign with Nike.

I think a Nike collaboration with Real Madrid would be pretty exciting, with something new for the Real Madrid shirt. It’s the club policy to keep things relatively the same, but even with Barcelona or Manchester United or Arsenal, Nike has kept them relatively the same, but changed small things that make a difference. Adidas is not as creative as Nike, and that shows in most of the teams they sponsor. Let’s hope they don’t agree for the 60 million, change is not always a bad thing.

• The Snoop Dogg football shirt, coming from the heart of Holland. http://cescy.com/blog/ #
• Photo: Snoop Dogg football shirt from Football Culture. Flying high. http://tumblr.com/xvv2741g7 #
• Barcelona 2008/2009 season wallpaper. Amaaaazing. http://www.oleole.com/wallpapers/barcelona/barcelonachampionsofeurope/mw5qrv.asp #

With the passing of time comes the passing of inspirational figures, like Michael Jackson. The guys over at teepay, have made this cool shirt to remember the great MJ. Check it out and buy it if you like it.

Uniqlo is a brand that I really love, and I’m really not so much into brands. But what I love about this Japanese t-shirt brand is how creative they are, how well they promote, and how good their price to quality ratio is.

They’re opening a location in Paris, and they’re promoting it by trying to make the longest website in the world (in pixels that is.) So far they’re at 16,200 pixels in length… full of amazing designs and competitions and creative promo bits. This is really a lesson in promotion and attention-getting. They’re really going to take over the world with this brand, and I hope they keep making money.

Here’s to Uniqlo, with the new Paris location.

adidas Originals Superstar fillm - Left/Right Project from HypebeastTV on Vimeo.

This is AMAZING. It’s the story of two giant shoes, shipped to opposite sides of the US, and designed by different artists. It’s awesome to see what they come up with and how they begin with the same canvas, but the end is completely different. I like the West Coast shoe better. Check it!

Punk Football makes some decent shirts, but this hoodie caught my eye when I was looking around their site. It’s simple, but the slogan is fantastic. At only £24.99, it’s a bargain. Check it out.