Man United Legends arrive in Sri Lanka

Bharti Airtel, following a 5-year sponsorship deal with Premiership Champions Manchester United three years ago, brought down two legends from the club – Sir Bryan Robson and Dwight York to Sri Lanka this week. The two players met the Sri Lankan media on Thursday 26th where along with Bharti’s local partner, Airtel Lanka, a deal was announced with the British champion team. Sir Bryson, the longest serving Manchester United captain and a former captain of the English national football side, and Dwight York arrived from Bangladesh where they visited on a similar tour and deal announcement was organized by Bharti Airtel. The tie up with Airtel Lanka provides for a host of Manchester United Value Added Services being added. This includes Manchester United Ring Tones, Ringing Tones and other branded merchandise which can be used as customer promotions and so on, according to a company statement. The legendary British club has a huge following in Asia and thousands of fans in Bangladesh with a special Manchester United Bangladesh Facebook page. In August last year, there were media reports in the Singapore press that the club wanted to tap into its huge Asian fan base and raise up to $1 billion by listing 30 percent of its shares in Singapore. York was a Trinidad and Tobago international player who was instrumental in the famous Manchester United treble win in the 1998-99 season. He also captained the T&T team in their 1st ever World Cup finals in 2006. Today the two legends arrived after the press conference to Colombo's Millennium Park where many school children and other footballing clubs in Sri Lanka were waiting to meet their heroes to get their memorabilia signed and also for a photo opportunity with there heroes.