Football clubs releasing new kits each season are stretching supporters’ wallets, despite a proposal in the Premier League charter to restrict a change to once every two years.

INTERSPORT has been appointed official sports shop of licensed products for the next two UEFA European Football Championships, continuing its cooperation with UEFA and adidas.

Manchester United are dominating the fierce battle for licensing revenue across sports teams in Europe, claims the findings of a global survey conducted by Brand Licensing Europe 2010

Manchester United and Liverpool sell more official replica football shirts, for Nike and Adidas respectively, than any other teams in the English Premier League, and both are at or close to the top of the global merchandise sales tables according to multi-year research by a leading German consultancy, released to sportingintelligence for publication for the first time today.

A graphic showing the top 10 shirt sellers in club football is published our features section today, depicting the headline findings on shirt sales by Dr Peter Rohlmann and his team at the consulting bureau, PR Marketing.

Liverpool striker Fernando Torres’ surname was the most popular to feature on replica Premier League shirts printed worldwide last season.

It is the second successive season the Spaniard has been top, while Anfield team-mate Steven Gerrard was second in the top 10 list compiled by SportingiD.