A post in a KUMB.com forum on Monday suggests Umbro will take over as West Ham’s Official technical supplier when the Adidas contract finishes at the end of the current season. The forum post reports that Umbro outbid Adidas, Nike and Puma to land a lucrative five year commercial partnership with West Ham United.
Umbro was sold by Nike in 2012 to the Iconix Brand Group for £140m and in February this year Umbro announced Everton as their first new Premier League club to start from the beginning of the 2014/15 football season. This was followed by the announcement of similar deals with French clubs Lens and FC Nantes and Derby County.
Andy Carroll is also on the books of Umbro, he signed a deal back in 2011 while still playing for Newcastle.
And it hasn’t taken long for one enterprising KUMB forum user to mock up what the shirts might look like with the Umbro logo and new club crest. The designs are based on a Everton template. Many fans will be sorry to see Adidas finish their partnership with us but it is has been speculated Umbro may be a better fit for our club.
The club has refused to comment on the existence of a commercial agreement with the Hammers and Umbro but a source close to the club claims the deal was concluded last summer.
