Chelsea sign huge shirt deal with Japanese firm

Chelsea (L) and Liverpool line up before their English League Cup semi-final second leg soccer match at Stamford Bridge in London in this file photo taken on January 27, 2015. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh

LONDON (Reuters) - Premier League leaders and Capital One Cup finalists Chelsea agreed "one of the biggest shirt sponsorships ever signed" with the Yokohama Rubber Company on Thursday.

Financial details were undisclosed but media reports said the deal was worth almost 40 million pounds ($61.64 million) a year.