The Juventus club coffers have been boosted by a £76m deal with Tamoil, making them the top earning European side from shirt sponsorship.
The Turin giants have signed a five-year contract with the petrol company to sponsor their shirts in all competitions from July 2005, expanding on their current agreement on Champions’ League and Coppa Italia jerseys.
Libyan company Tamoil also have an option to extend the deal for another five years for an extra £90m should the co-operation be deemed successful.
Currently, the Serie A leaders’ shirts are sponsored by Sky Sport Italia in the League and ensure Juve are the European club with the highest income from shirt sponsorship.
According to Sporteconomy, the Bianconeri will earn £15.2m per season, considerably more than second-placed Bayern Munich’s annual income of £11.7m from T-Mobile. Siemens provide Real Madrid with £9.7m per season, while Manchester United pick up £9m from Vodafone.
Three of the top ten shirt sponsorship earners hail from Serie A, with Milan in ninth place and Inter closing the list.