Signs of strength as Sheffield United announces deal with global finance firm CFI

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Recently promoted English Premier League side Sheffield United has signed a significant commercial partnership with CFI Financial Group.

This agreement is real recognition of the historic club’s power and welcomes it back to the top flight in style. The deal will allow CFI to feature its logo on the front of the Blades shirts for the entire 2023/24 season.

CFI Financial Group is an award winning global multi-asset broker based out of Dubai. With 25 years of experience, CFI offers a diverse range of financial services in over 100 countries.

According to CFI’s website some of the services offered by the firm include; “Competitive trading conditions with spreads from zero pips, commissions as low as zero on major pairs, fast execution, and no minimum deposit to trade thousands of financial instruments across Stocks, Forex, Commodities, Indices, ETFs, and other asset classes. In addition, the Group is renowned for its excellent client support, daily technical reports, free webinars, and dedicated account managers, ensuring a best-in-class trading experience for clients in over 100+ countries.”

Sheffield United’s Head of Commercial, Paul Reeves expressed the power that having an international sponsor has for the identity of the club.

“We have worked extremely hard to get CFI on board as we begin our journey back in the Premier League. Having an international sponsor as our principal partner shows the global attraction of the club both on and off the pitch. We extend our thanks to Hisham Mansour and his team at CFI for their commitment to secure this new partnership,” he said via press release.

CFI Financial Group Co-Founder and Managing Director, Hisham Mansour, touched on the Blades rich history and the power that the Premier League and the club’s global outreach may have for the firm.

“We are honoured to have a relationship with a club that has such a rich tradition and history in the game of football. Sheffield is the birthplace of football, and we are excited to be at the beginning of another new chapter in the club’s story. Sheffield United and the Premier League offer worldwide exposure for our business, and that is something we are very keen to embrace. We are proud to be the Principal Partner and Official Financial Trading Partner and hope this collaboration will be mutually beneficial,” he added via press release.

This deal is a real sign of seriousness by the promoted club and shows their desire to be recognised alongside their peers as a strong side in English football.

The partnership will also help both parties reach new global audiences helping to promote and strengthen their brands in the process. This introduces existing fans financial services they may not have been able to access before something sure to help strength the wider Sheffield community.

The Blades face a tough season ahead establishing themselves in the topflight but with strong partnership like this business is backing the club to succeed. So now its just up to the club to prove them right.

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Victory unites with Roasting Warehouse in culture-led partnership

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The Melbourne-based anf family-owned business will join the Victory family, uniting two institutions which represent the city’s culture and identity.

A partnership with local roots

As the newest partner of Melbourne Victory, Roasting Warehouse joins forces with a vital part of the city’s sporting landscape.

The club’s Managing Director, Caroline Carnegie, outlined why the partnership bears so much value to both parties.

“We are excited to collaborate with Roasting Warehouse, a community-oriented destination for high-quality coffee, proud of its foundations in Melbourne,” said Carnegie via official media release.

“Football and coffee sit at the epicentre of Melbourne’s culture. The two go hand-in-hand, consistently at the centre of the conversation that stirs Melburnians, which is no different to the conversation sport and Melbourne Victory stir in the State.”

Indeed, this is a partnership which combines the identity, passions and culture of an entire city, therefore giving it the foundations required for long-term, mutual success.

Representing the best of Melbourne

Both Victory and Roasting Warehouse are hugely successful in their respective industries. They are institutions with community-oriented philosphies, who pride themselves on craft and quality.

“We’re incredibly proud to partner with Melbourne Victory, a club that represents the heart, passion, and ambition of Melbourne,” revealed Roasting Warehouse Head of Brand, Alexander Paraskevopoulos.

“As a Melbourne-founded, family-run business, supporting a team that means so much to the local community feels very natural for us.”

Furthermore, through their high-quality blends, Roasting Warehouse will look to prepare Victory’s players and staff for high performances on the pitch as the seasons nears completion.

But this is about far more than just fueling athletes.

This is a partnership which embodies and unites two of Melbourne’s greatest strengths and cultural markers – a connection forged from the city’s very own DNA.

 

For more information about Roasting Warehouse, click here.

Marie-Louise Eta makes history as new Union Berlin head coach

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In an historic appointment, Eta will take over as head coach of Union Berlin until the end of the season.

History in the making

Previously the first female assistant coach in Bundesliga history with Union Berlin, Eta will now take the reigns of the men’s first team on an interim basis.

Currently, the club sit in 11th place in the Bundesliga table, but with only two wins so far in 2026, relegation appears an all-too-real prospect, and one which the club is desperate to avoid.

“Given the points gap in the lower half of the table, our place in the Bundesliga is not yet secure,” said Eta via official media release.

‘I am delighted that the club has entrusted me with this challenging task. One of Union’s strengths has always been, and remains, the ability to pull together in such situations.”

Eta will begin as Union’s new head coach with immediate effect, and will be in the dugout for the club’s matchup against Wolfsburg this weekend.

 

A step into an equal future

Eta’s appointment signals a major step towards a more level playing field in the football landscape.

Furthermore, Eta joins other coaches including Sabrinna Wittmann, Hannah Dingley and Corinne Diacre who, in recent years, have blazed a trail for female coaches to step into the men’s game.

Wittmann currently manages FC Ingolstadt in Germany’s third division, and was the first female head coach in Germany’s top three divisions.

In 2023, Dingley became caretaker manager of Forest Green Rovers, and thus the first woman to lead a men’s professional team in England.

Diacre, now head coach of France’s women’s national team, managed Ligue 2’s Clerment Foot between 2014 and 2017.

 

Final thoughts

The impact therefore, is that Eta’s appointment will show future generations of aspiring female coaches that men’s football is an equally viable and possible pathway as the women’s game.

The time is now to level the playing field.

And while it may be a short-term role, its effect on attitudes towards equality and fair opportunities in the game will hopefully resonate long after the season ends.

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