Arsenal Set to Sign £25 Million Shirt Deal With Adidas; Fulham Deal Close Too: The Nightly EPL

Arsenal are on the verge of signing a £25 million-a-year kit deal with Adidas, according to The Daily Telegraph tonight. Arsenal’s deal with Nike ends after the 2013-14 season, so a new deal for Gunners would be a welcome boost to the club’s coffers. The Telegraph is also reporting that an Adidas deal with Fulham is close to being finalized.

Nike’s designs have run out of gas recently in the soccer department, so it’d be a welcome change to see Adidas get more involved at the top level as long as they stray away from their template designs.

Here are tonight’s Premier League news headlines:

• Arsenal set to sign £25 million shirt deal with Adidas — The Telegraph
• Manchester United buy back training kit sponsorship rights from DHL — The Guardian
• Manchester United sign new training kit sponsorship deal with General Motors — The Telegraph
• Serbian FA bans two Under-21 players for a year over England brawl — The Guardian
• Aston Villa’s treatment of Darren Bent is “unfathomable” — Life’s A Pitch
• Stewart Downing’s confidence boosted by Liverpool goal – Rodgers — The Guardian
• Guus Hiddink and Anzhi players pay Hillsborough respects: in pictures — The Telegraph
• Newcastle United to sue streakers — The Independent
• John Connelly, member of England’s 1966 World Cup winning squad, dies aged 74 — The Telegraph
• Silent Stan Kroenke under fire as Arsenal supporters turn on board — The Guardian
• Edwin van der Sar says he misses playing — The Independent
• Mancini’s constant meddling with his Man City team led to growing rift in dressing room — The Telegraph
• Goodwill has dried up at Arsenal, just like the trophies — The Guardian
• Gazza: My Italian Job documentary — Three Match Ban
• Robert Mancini’s tinkerman touch is not helping City’s Euro ambitions — The Guardian
• Martin Jol explains why Fulham rejected Blackburn approach for Billy McKinlay — The Independent
• Arsenal must stay united, Arsène Wenger tells grumpy supporters — The Guardian
• David James presented with MBE — The Daily Mail
• Swansea boss Michael Laudrup says Ajax proved Man City are beatable — Wales Online
• Jason Roberts pledges to continue protest over Kick It Out campaign — The Guardian

In tonight’s video, courtesy of 101 Great Goals, Irish pundit Eamonn Dunphy doesn’t hold back in his criticism of Roberto Mancini and Manchester City. Whether you agree with him or not, this is certainly worth watching:

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