World Cup 2010 Jersey Discussion Thread

sorry about that i hope i did not offend anyone....

 

when is the france nike kit coming out? i thought their adidas deal finished after the world cup

 

1/1/10 i believe. they will unveil the jersey in a game against Brazil in February.

 

1/1/10?? they going back in time lol

 

sorry, you knew what i meant. 1/1/11. but just went through the nike spring catalog and its 2/1/11.

 

wait france have switched to nike???

 

yea their contract expired with adidas, and nike picked them up. i believe it was announced two years ago or so.

 

thats gonna be awkward. France have always used Adidas que no?

That'd be like Brazil switching to adidas lol.

 

more like Germany switching to nike

 

Well when there was talk of Adidas attempting to buy the rights to sponsor Brazil, Nike hit back by attempting to buy the rights for Germany. It may have been the other way though. Either way, it happened a couple of years back, and was a bit of a laugh at the time.

 

Brazil wore Umbro at USA 94. I also remember them wearing a smaller companies uniforms. I think the Brazil Nike deal started shortly after USA 94. France has been in adidas as long as I can remember.

 

Likewise, asking Argentina to switch to Adidas when they were with LCS.

 

I do know Nike made an offer to sponsor Germany not too long ago. Obviously they turned it down. France switching to Nike is just plain weird. Plus with all the problems going on with the national team Nike must be regretting they even offered France a deal.

 

This would actually be 11/13, but oh well...

 

Like this you mean?

Brazil 78

see this for a better look [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8UkwirffjQ"]YouTube- Nelinho - 78[/ame]

 

Mexico 3rd kit, it has a special patch to commemorate the 200 years of the country´s independence

 

Not a fan of the new England shirt, i think the current design only sold as well as it did because of the WC.

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