English Premier League champions Arsenal have struck a ‘long-term’ contract renewal with principal sponsor Emirates, which will retain top-tier rights across the club through 2033.
Emirates Airline retains the naming rights entitlement of the team’s Emirates Stadium home, and will also remain the club’s front-of-shirt sponsor, covering both playing kits and training kits.
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The longest-running front-of-shirt agreement in the Premier League, 2026 is the 20th year of the partnership, which began in 2026 alongside the completion of the Emirates Stadium, and this new extension will take the agreement past 25 years.
This extension follows on from Arsenal’s triumph in the 2025-26 Premier League season, the club’s first since the 2003-04 season, and the first of the Emirates partnership.
Speaking on the deal, Arsenal chief executive Richard Garlick said: “Winning the title gives us the opportunity to be more ambitious and build on where we are today. Our renewal reflects a shared belief in Arsenal's future and a shared determination to keep moving forward.
“The best partnerships, like the best teams, never stand still. Together, we'll continue to challenge and build on the strong foundations we have built together, with the confidence and ambition that our greatest achievements still lie ahead.”
Garlick joined the club in 2021 as the director of football operations and became managing director in 2024, replacing the outgoing Vinai Venkatesham, current chief executive of bitter rivals Tottenham Hotspur, who departed at the end of the 2023-24 campaign.
He took over as chief executive in September 2025 during a major shake-up of the club’s executive structure.
Emirates Airline president Tim Clarke added: “We have grown alongside the club through changes of era and ambition, united by a shared goal of bringing people closer to what they love. In practice, that has meant reaching the millions who follow Arsenal across the Emirates network and beyond and creating experiences for them that neither of us could have done alone.”
Other high-profile soccer teams in the airline’s sponsorship portfolio include Real Madrid (Spain), AC Milan (Italy), Benfica (Portugal), and Olympique Lyonnais (France).
