I think the Nike contract was supposed to end after this WC. I am not sure if they would renew. Its a give or take. If Portugal don't make the cup I could see Nike letting it go to Addidas, but I could see a case of them holding onto the rights just for the fact that they are so heavily tied with Ronaldo now, and he is going to player for a Addidas sponsored team in Real Madrid.
1. I don't know when the contract is up, but I'm sure Nike considers Portugal one of their top NT's. 2. My guess is the same one that's on the Benfica jersey, the blue TMN box, which doesn't go with Sporting's jersey at all either. Also, I think Super Bock has replaced BES on the back of Sporting's jersey.
I'd like puma to make Portugal jersies only if they gave us some like exclusive kit like they do with Italy (Italy always has a different jersey compared to the other PUMA sponsored NT's which all use the same design more or less)
I don't think this is Porto's new away jersey. I recall seeing it last year at a Nike Fall 2009 presentation and I remember it being ORANGE! Unless things really changed and my Nike rep. didn't let me know, I think this is a fake.
I went to NYC for Nike's WC2010 presentation. Got to see Portugal's away jersey: It's White w/ a Green and a Red vertical bar in the middle of jersey(they are each about 1.5 inches wide). Really nice and not as plain as the current one. Also saw the Portugal Track jacket (All White w/ PORTUGAL in the back in green). Last apparel Portugal piece I got to see was a green training jersey where the Emblem (crest) in in the middle of the jersey right below the Nike swoosh ( the emblem really stands out as it's borders are black and gold). There will be the always popular CRonaldo hero T-shirt but it looks like Nike will not have a Portugal warmup suit marketed here in the US next year. The WC2010 Nike Portugal ball is much better looking then the current one. Delivery dates: Portugal Away jersey is due March 3rd 2010 and the rest of the WC2010 stuff is due in stores month of April... BTW, you can follow the latest posts about Portugal jerseys and other stuff on Facebook (Pegasus Sporting Goods Group): http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=90399682892
Good info CSD. The Portugal jersey sounds good. I'm starting to think that Porto away jersey is fake also.
Hi Forca, of course not. Nike wouldn't allow any pictures. I didn't even get to see the Portugal Home jersey because they didn't have any samples of it. They did mention that the color will be the same (Nike color code 611 I believe)
CSD's sources are legit, I still remember when he broke the news about what the WC 2006 kits would look like long before they were released, even told us about the red shorts thing. good info, the away Portugal shirt sounds like it will look good. any info about what the home kit will look like? I hope they bring back the green shorts or something the all red never sad well with me personally and alot of others.
I was hoping we would have a multicolor stripe a la Lyon and we got one although in the middle seems odd. Did you ask them to bring back green shorts???? Any info on other teams? Thanks for the info as usual CSD but let's hope we actually qualify.
Not a fan, the away jersey looks like a golf shirt Home isn't too bad but the black stripes on the collar bone and sudden change from hoops to solid green looks a little awkward. I also hate the 3 puma cats on the chest and each shoulder. 1 on the chest is more than enough.
Plain but generally that's the way I like shirts. If it comes with the 3 stars over the badge and there's no massive Banco Espirito Santo on the back I might buy. I haven't bought a jersey in a few years. I also understand that Sagres is our new jersey sponsor. http://www.ojogo.pt/Directo/NoticiaHora_futslbpatrociniosagres_260609_146841.asp
the away jersey is better because with the home, they ruined the greatest kit in football with all their inventions looks like they used the away jersy in training.
I believe Sagres has replaced BES on Benfica's jerseys, and Super Bock on Sporting's and Porto's jerseys.
Ahh, so it's Sagres on the back where the BES was, and Porto and Sporting will have Super Bock. That's an improvement, when the shirts said Banco Espirito Santo they looked like crap, it was so big the player number was tucked into the shorts. The BES is a big improvement but I would love to see the sponsor on the back gone forever. To be honest I would love to see the sponsorship on the front of shirts piss off as well. Next shirt I get will probably be a retro 60's Benfica shirt from Toffs.
I don't like the sponsors either. I think the shirts looks so much better without them. Getting rid of the sponsor on the back of the shirt would be a good start, and if you need to keep one on the front for $$$ reasons, then at least it could be decent looking, like Vodafone for example. All of PT's logos (TMN, MEO, SapoADSL) are ugly.
Looks like the fans get to choose next season's away jersey for Benfica. http://www.slbenfica.pt/Loja/Promocionais/CamisolasVotacao.asp I like the orange jersey, and I really like those templates, although I doubt that will be the template used.
It might be back firing. Fans of a rival club have hacked into the system and are casting numerous votes for the lilac color jersey. Up until a few days ago, orange had a huge lead, now not so much.