Commercial revenue at Burnley is expected to rise to around £14million per year following their latest sponsorship
deal, Football Insider can reveal.
The Clarets secured their return to the Premier League last season at the first time of asking by topping the Championship in
impressive fashion.
club partnering with betting company W88 this summer.
Burnley were previously partnered with Classic Football Shirts as their front-of-shirt sponsor during their Championship
season, but they have moved quickly this summer to find a more lucrative agreement.
They announced via their website (June 28) that W88 signed as the club’s new official shirt sponsor for the 2023/24 season.
It is understood that the W88 deal is worth £8million per season to the Clarets – a huge upgrade on the valuation of their
Classic Football Shirts deal.
On top of their W88 sponsorship, Burnley have partnered with DudePerfect, Vertu Motors and BK8 for the upcoming
campaign.
Umbro will continue to be the club’s kit supplier in 2023/24 after signing a multi-year deal with the club in 2019.
Burnley posted commercial revenues of £11.5million in the 2021/22 season when they were relegated from the Premier
League.
They are expected to leapfrog that figure next season, largely thanks to the value of their W88 deal.
However, partnering with gambling/casino companies is only a short-term solution for top-flight clubs, with the Premier
League voting to ban front-of-shirt gambling sponsors by the end of the 2025/26 season.
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Burnley: Clarets keeping tabs on Jonny Evans
The newly-promoted side are considering adding the experienced defender.
Burnley are considering a surprise swoop to snap up Jonny Evans on deal this summer, according to a report from Belfast
Telegraph.
Are Burnley signing Jonny Evans?
The 35-year-old played for Leicester last season but could only manage 13 Premier League appearances in total, 12 of which
were actual starts. With the Northern Irishman falling down the pecking order – and the Foxes falling down the divisions –
they opted to release the defender at the expiry of his contract after five seasons of service at the King Power Stadium.
Evans though is not currently a free agent, with his former side Manchester United having snapped him up to a short-term
agreement ahead of their pre-season tour. That arrangement though may not last into the actual campaign – although it isn’t
entirely clear how long he is actually signed to Old Trafford for.
Should United decide to let him go after they have done their work ahead of 2023/24, then it appears there could be other
suitors keen to snap him up. One such side is Burnley according to the Belfast Telegraph, with the Clarets now looking to
ensure they are fully equipped to compete in the Premier League again after their promotion.
They haven’t made a bid for him yet but do appear to be fans of the experienced ace and may consider bringing him into
their backline so that they have a knowledgable head in their squad who knows the division well.
How many games has Jonny Evans played?
There’s no questioning that Evans most certainly knows how the Premier League works and could provide invaluable
knowledge to some of the younger members of the Burnley team if he was to join. He spent seven seasons with the Red
Devils in total and racked up 131 top flight appearances for the club, winning the title on three separate occasions.
He also had over 100 outings for Leicester and can even call upon three season worth of experience with West Brom too. He
knows what it takes to compete at the very top of the division then and has plenty of time spent scrapping near the bottom of
the table too.
In total, his total gametime in the top tier stands at 356 appearances, 339 starts and 14 goals with 13 assists to boot.
Despite being 35-years-old now, Evans could certainly still offer plenty to the Burnley defence should he sign. His former
teammate Wayne Rooney, who is now in management, has recently heaped the praise on the experienced pro, calling him
“fantastic”.
He has bags of games under his belt, knows the league inside out and is clearly still highly regarded as an option at the back.
Considering that he could also be available for nothing, it could be a smart bit of business from Vincent Kompany should he
opt to add the centre-back, even if only on a short-term deal. That is though, if United decide to part ways with the centre-
back rather than keep him for themselves next season.
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