GILL HITS BACK AT MANSION

Last updated : 06 April 2006 By Ed

Indie:

"They chose to go public. If you look at the facts behind what they said, we clearly didn't agree to an exclusivity period.

"Every meeting I was at, or one of my team was at, we made it clear that was the case.

"We're very comfortable that we dealt with it very appropriately and we believe we will be announcing a deal that is seen to be the best deal for the club.

"It's important to know it's only the third sponsors in the history of Manchester United so we've got to do the best deal for the club.

"Unfortunately, you can only sell it once, it's not as if you have many shirts to sell from."