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Milan set to sign Emirates shirt sponsor

Italian Serie A club AC Milan is primed to sign a four-year shirt sponsorship contract with Dubai airline Emirates according to Italian press reports.

Corriere dello Sport reported an agreement, worth €15 million a year from 2010-11 to 2014-15, will be officially announced later this month.

Last year it was reported that Sheik Ahmed bin Sae¬ed Al Maktoumm, head of the airline, was prepared to pay €400 million to take a 40 per cent stake in the club.