Richard Arnold has been Manchester United’s Commercial Director for five years and is responsible for the commercial operations at the club, including media relationships, merchandising, sponsorship, marketing and sales.
With United drawing in ridiculous sums of money in this time it is clear that Arnold is good at his job. Out of interest, did you know we had an official savoury snack partner? “With a history of success and not compromising on quality, Mister Potato shares Manchester United’s commitment to excellence.” Seriously. We also have an official office equipment partner, an official responsible drinking partner and an official automotive partner, amongst others.
May 29th 2012: “This year, we finished our season in first place and City finished winning on goal difference.”
June 6th 2012: “We are reliant on 25 players and they are all massive stars. We have 25 George Clooneys.”
I have a suggestion. Let Arnold deal with bringing in the money and let someone else deal with talking to the press, k?
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Welcome home Scott.
K Scott if you think deserves a thread I agree mate,this daft cunt needs to shut his mouth
25 george clooneys? looks like someone has been watching to many movies. Even though this article isn’t about our new signing (maybe scott doesn’t want to get too excited) but i’m glad to see a new thread.
Scott, what is the point of taking the piss? haven’t you got anything better to do? He is doing a bloody good job for our club.
Wrong time of the month
Speaking of which I wonder if we’ve got an Official Feminine Hygene Partner
He is the Gary Cook of United.. but only better at his day job than Cook.
No Scott no!
The record won’t be broken!
Just 25 George Clooney’s?
26 including me 27 Cedars 28 Watson 29 Willie 30 and on and on and on
May 29th 2012: “This year, we finished our season in first place and City finished winning on goal difference.”
lol those mr potatie signs round old trafford look so cheap! could have gone for walkers or pringles
To be fair on the man we did finish joint first on points lost it on goal difference
Stop being harsh on the man Scott – after all I really loved the George Clooney comment – that cracked me up big time – fair play to him – and you should point out it was made in reference to us chasing Kagawa and the ABU media commentating we were after him to sell shirts – his comment was well balanced and judged in my opinion and I applaud him for it.
He ain’t Kenyon and Cook – his points made were in reflection.
Welcome back Scotty!!
On this Arnold fella, much rather he said we have 25 Sean Connerys !!
He looks like a Mr. Potato Head lol
25 George Clooneys? I would rather have 25 Wayne Rooneys.
No disrespect to George intended.
Or 25 Cantonas!
There’s only 25 George Clooney’s? Can’t see that chant catching on………
The man takes spin to a new level. Should be working for New Labour.
Make money he will for us. Strong is the commercial director in him
Fear we must not. Cook and Kenyon not he
New thread please – kerching!
Slow day again, I think we need a new signing or a bigger boat like Wille said last night
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New Thread!!! Scot, you’ve just saved my index finger!! 25 Al Pacino’s.
Watching Sky Sports and was thinking how well Simon Jordan was coming across, then they ask him about Rio’s omission from the England squad and then I remember why I originally always thought he was a massive bell end!!!
Imagine if we had 25 plus Cedars
Nah – that would be a dream wouldn’t it?
Forget 25 George Clooney’s
the glazers have brought shame and people like richard,there are wrking 4 d interest of d club.
Is sBaines coming ?
Don’t think his statements are that far off. He calls the 25 man squad all George Clooney’s because of their aura/drawing power of masses of people.
So then it can also be said that it is ridiculous to call Manchester United a religion.
Richard Arnold is responsible for hundreds of millions of pounds of revenue for the club. There’s a business side and football side. Deal with it.
The bookies are raking it in this morning as nobody in their right bloody mind would’ve predicted STR’s next thread be about Richard Arnold?!?!?!
Mike
What did Simon have to say then?
MG
Well as we all know there is only one Devil from the Cedars!!
This is the sort of topic that you love to go off topic on!!
ABOUT TIME FOR FUCKING NEW POST! Good job Scott!
ididnotzeeit
Ha ha…. I had put money on a Terry doing something cuntish related new thread!!
hahahahahaha…scott u crackng me up…anyway i don’t kagawa, we should instead put our effort to get dembele,baines,ad a centre half
if you ask me his face is like phil jones’ after one of those explosive runs across the mid.
Issa funny joke? We geta Ninja Samurai and Scotty-san put up issa Mr. Potato?
but I love this line – “This year, we finished our season in first place and City finished winning on goal difference.”
If this guy was a pimp he’d have the best fur coat and shiniest gold teeth you ever saw. I think he’s brilliant. He’s a proper marketing cunt and doing a fantastic job at generating cash for the club. Seriously, how many other teams have a sponsor for their training kit?
The ‘snack partner’ thing isn’t as unusual as you might think though it tends to be smaller clubs that take out the bizarre sponsorships. Still, every penny that comes from weird links to other companies means a penny more to Uncle Malcolm’s debt repayment fund. Better to earn it through commerce than selling off assets.
Besides, it’s not like all the other ‘partnerships’ make sense. What does an English football team have to do with Turkish Airlines other than the occasional game against Galatasaray/Besiktas etc?
It’s all about the money, money, money…
My money was on a Kagawa thread. I liked the George Clooney comment, I thought it was well said and the message clear enough.
Cedars
He said it was obviously down to footballing reasons that Rio wasn’t in the squad citing that any player who concedes 6 at home to city has obviously not had a good season (yes, he actually did say that!!) and in the same breath said Terry was quality and he would have him in his dressing room every day of the week and Sunday (never understood that saying?)
In other news, anyone else seen Mike is in the running for the West Brom job, united to offer Fabio on loan to Everton as a sweetener and Thomas Muller (quality player) open to a move and has had offers from inter Milan and Chelsea so far.
http://media.zenfs.com/en/blogs/sptussowexperts/clooney.jpg
wondering whats going on fergie’s mind with his pose.always unpredictable.
Off topic, my balls itch.
Hello scum suckers.
25 Haley Berry’s please.
Why does it hurt when I Pee?
I love watching women bend over as they garden. Well any time.
Mike
Bloody hell, what a dumb fuck in that case! Its one thing thinking about things, saying them out load makes you look like a proper fool….
Cyril
Good point about having a sponsor for our training kit, great bit of business that was
Typical corporate drone. Who said we don’t have our Gary Cooks?
Hey Tree as always you cast shade on a 100 degree day.
Fred
Ha ha ha, great picture mate…You forgot the subs bench though!
Zibbie
Scum suckers? Loved it
Kebab good to read your type. What type are you? No worries what you do in your own bathroom is your business.
Lads come back in Aug. Healthy and rested.
I’m killing time as I wait for my mom to get her hair done. Sitting at a picnic table as I watch young mothers play with their kids. This one in a long skrit is flashing her crotch. I love exibitionist. And she love my voyeristic nature. She does not shave down there.
Jello!
Oh, I just saw the latest DHL advert. It’s got Wayne Rooney on it with “Ain’t no mountain high enough” playing in the background.
The strap line is “Delivering Manchester United to the world: DHL Express”
Well done Richard Arnold!
Now as she breast feeds her young one I saw her boobie and she looked up to smile at me for she knows I’m loving every bit of it. Tyipical Dubuquer A German, Irish dirty blond with natural waves.
Jello my buddie
Gotta love cubby’s way with words.
Corperate sell out CUNTS!!
@Zibbie
I don’t have a type. If you ask Cedars, I hail from 50 different countries.
In regards to women, curves over bones any day. 
Wolfie right back at YOU!!
Zibbie
You never fail to bring a smile to the face pal
Theirs only one Cedars!
New thread in record time!
certainly hop[e we dont have 25 Clooneys….cos the film star one is bent as fuck….. a mates sister works in a New York lawyers office…. where they keep bailing him out of ‘ex boyfriend gay revelation story’s'……
There’s only 2 MG’s! Or so I hear….
Lol @ Wayne 14:07
Yes . And the advantage on goal difference means they came first we , second. That’s an embarrassing slip of the Tongue .
Redbilly – it was no slip, this cunt was honestly trying claim we finished “joint first”. What an embarrassment. Someone at OT needs to have a word with this clown.
Arnold seems to be a salesman/ businessman at his core. That is exactly what his position needs. Yes he is given to making ill considered statements at times.
The 25 George Clooneys does make sense to a point. I recall Evra talking about going to Korea and seeing how Park was treated there. He is enjoys rock star status in his native land. Most non UK United players do as well.
Most of us had no idea who Mr.Arnold was before. With the commercial success we have enjoyed , I would say he does a great job. If only he would be more media savvy.
Lighten up
Arnold’s a finance and marketing guy. So yeah, in the eyes of most fans, that makes him a dick, or at least a nonentity. But I don’t think we should sneer at his job. We might like, respect or even understand the work he does – but it is still important work that helps the club. Despite all of the criticism we can hurl at the Glazers and their commercial managers, like Gill and this Arnold fella, there are two positive things that we can say too: one is that to our knowledge, they have never directly interfered in the running of the team/squad itself; and two, they have done a bloody good job of bringing in the dough. And as MG pointed out, Arnold’s Clooney comment was in response to claims that we only bought Kagawa in order to sell shirts in Japan. That accusation is both stupid and bitter. I doubt very much that the club purposely decided to appoint Arnold to answer it. More likely he was buttonholed by a journalist somewhere and has responded off-the-cuff, and what he said was a whole lot better than “no comment”.
As for him being our Gary Cook, that’s plain insulting. Cook was a cocksucker who made a habit out of debasing himself, and his rotten stinking club, in public. Arnold hasn’t come anywhere close to that. If he does develop that way, then sure, let’s rip. In the meantime, he may be doing a job we don’t appreciate, but still he’s doing his bit for the club, and it is an important bit. And that makes him one of our own.
@statesideaussie
Well said I concur with everything you said. Mr. Arnold is a very important part of MUFC and brings in probably more dough than all the season ticket holders at OT
Only question I want answered is, where’s Willis?
I think that’s a little harsh. The man brings in a lot of dough for the club. Given the context of those quotes, I thought what he said was quite sensible.
So long as he keeps bringing in the dough, I don’t care whether we have an Official Laundry Partner.
Is Jones 1 of those Clooneys…hmm
Will the lad even start a game @ the Euros.
Great experience for him though
Playing devils advocate,
If it wasn’t for this guys excellence at his job, we’d have the transfer budget of everton! I think he’s earned the right to talk. Besides he’sade a statement that’ll stand out n no doubt he’ll use it it as some marketing slogan?
On the flipside it sounds ridiculous but the sentiments were right. We want a strong squad of 25 and not have to carry any players
I thought Richard Arnold was that camp fella who use to do
the showbiz on GMTV
We did finish our season in first place, about 2-3 mins before city finished theirs.
Unfortunately too many here are ignorant or derisive of how crucial Mr. Arnold’s job is to to our continued success.
Business and Sport are intertwined or else it would all be free. It isn’t. He has done a superlative job. His continued success is almost as important to us as what we do on the pitch.
@Red Indian
Clever name. And I totally agree.
Richard Arnold is a sales and marketing genius, and any premiership team would kill to have him boosting their balance sheet. Maybe Scott (The alleged Red) should take some of his own advice and leave the journalism to those that actually know what they are talking about! Any true Manchester United fan can see the geniune value Richard Arnold offers their team.
cl1981 – There has obviously been some misunderstanding. Where did I say he wasn’t good at his job?
In fact, I said the opposite: “With United drawing in ridiculous sums of money in this time it is clear that Arnold is good at his job.”
Being good at bringing in money doesn’t mean you are good at talking to the press, as the examples mentioned above prove.
Take some advice from me – read what has been written before having a little rant. You’ll let less idiotic that way.
A couple of loose statements in a 5 year career is hardly case proven is it?