Yanmar on board with Reds

"Yanmar would like to extend its gratitude to Manchester United for the opportunity to be one of its official global partners and to align ourselves with the biggest club in the world."

United’s commercial director Richard Arnold said: "Like Manchester United, Yanmar is steeped in history, this year celebrating a centenary of creating ground-breaking state-of-the-art technology in its field.

"With 659 million followers, United has a huge global audience and through our alliance we hope to introduce Yanmar and its expertise to some of our key markets. In return, Yanmar will help us in our desire to engage with our nearly four million Japanese followers."

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