The Premiership rumour mill

Sports get people excited and none more so than football. This is

proved by the sheer amount of people that enjoy watching and playing the

sport. Because of all these people there is now billions of pounds spent in

the football world on buying and selling players as well as projects such as

new stadiums. The only reason why clubs can spend this much is because

people are willing to spend money to go and watch the games, and buy

merchandise such as the clubs kit or products with the players on them.

Other industries make money out of the sport as well though, for example

betting agencies make a lot of money out of people placing bets each week on

their favourite team.

This is not a new sensation as people have always enjoyed betting on their

local team, it’s just that betting agencies have gotten better at making it

easier to put money on a game. For example with their online sites you can

now place a bet wherever you are from devices such as your mobile phone or

tablet. With this extra money many betting companies have put money back

into football itself through sponsorships of the different teams in the

world. One online casino company that is reportedly looking to sponsor a

team is Jackpot City who can be found at http://www.jackpotcity.co.uk/online-slots/ .

They are a company on the rise and so are looking for a club that they can

both help and get help in raising the awareness of their brand.

Shoot is their most popular football based game, it is a slots game filled

with different football nostalgia that would make any football fan happy to

see. But as well as this they also offer many other types of games such as

roulette and poker so anyone can enjoy a game.

Robin van Persie’s New Season with Manchester United

In one of the most high profile transfer deals this summer, Manchester United’s Sir Alex Ferguson was able to obtain Robin van Persie from their rival, Arsenal. In a lucrative £24 million deal, the addition of Van Persie has made the team seem to be even more invincible despite early concerns about such a deal.

Initially, the deal wasn’t without questions. Some inquired as to how Van Persie would fit with Wayne Rooney, the main striker for United. Other questions pertained to the wisdom of choosing a player that has only had one outstanding season in his last ten.

Despite some protestations, it would seem that Robin van Persie has been a good fit for Manchester United. One unique quality of van Persie is that his left foot is his dominant foot. As a result, he tends to favour the left hand side of the box. This opens up more sections of the goal. This ability not only complements Wayne Rooney but the entire football club as well, as Rooney tends to gravitate towards the opposite direction, the right.

Given van Persie’s performance in the current season, a trend showing a progressive improvement is quite evident. Specifically, van Persie’s goals to game ratio has improved. It would seem that this Dutch player is at the pinnacle of his career right now.

His debut for Manchester United came on the 20th of August when he was sent on as a substitute for Danny Welbeck. In the following march, he scored his first goal for Manchester United in their 3-2 victory over Fulham. In the subsequent matches, van Persie continued this trend with his scoring to help push his team to victory in several appearances. The future for van Persie looks bright as he continues to give it his all for his new football club.

It would definitely be worth a bet on him to retain the Golden Boot from last season. This season though hopefully said Golden Boot will allow United to bring home the Golden Crown. The current betting odds for us to do this should be checked out at bwin, it’s got to be worth a punt!

Man United, bwin & Arsenal sponsorship

If you have been following sponsorship news for teams in the Premier League, then you know that Manchester United recently landed a deal with online gaming giant bwin.Party.  This deal allowed bwin to become a shirt sponsor just as they have with Real Madrid.  Something that many Arsenal fans may not have realized is that up until a few weeks ago, the Gunners were actually also sponsored by bwin.

The association with bwin started about a year ago when the squad signed a deal with online site Betsson.com.  Terms of the deal were pretty straight forward and Betsson became the official betting partner with the club.  This meant that any bets placed on the Arsenal at the stadium were through Betsson.  In addition, if you head over to GunnersGaming.com, you will find a site dedicated to Arsenal fans for gaming.

How this deal relates to bwin is Betsson currently resides on the Ongame Network.  Ongame is one of the oldest online gambling networks in the world and includes sites such as PokerRoom.com.  Bwin purchased the network a couple of years ago and operated the network until recently.

Last year, bwin and PartyPoker merged and when that happened they decided that the Ongame Network was a surplus asset that they no longer needed.   They worked on a deal and was supposed to sell to Shuffle Master earlier in the year, but that deal fell through.  Instead, the Ongame Network was sold in October to the Amaya Gaming Group.

For a short time, this meant that the Arsenal and their biggest rival were basically joined at the hip, at least sponsorship wise.  Amaya's purchase put an end to this seemingly unnatural situation. Now it's time to prove to bwin that they are backing the wrong squad.