Originally Posted by
CCTV
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Incorrect as far as I am aware regarding Nike.
We pay his wages.
They are a third party, independent. They can give us money. They can give him money.
Which part is incorrect about what I said regarding how our Nike relationship and the wage structure work?
Especially as it seems you practically repeated what I laid out.
We pay (or would pay) Mbappe's wages if he were to come here. Not Nike.
That wage amount would NOT be influenced by Nike or their deal with us.
In other words, we wouldn't be paying Mbappe's wages, (directly or otherwise) using, or from the money we got or get from the Nike kit sponsorship deal.
Nike have a kit endorsement deal with us.
They also have a separate personal endorsement deal with Mbappe and the two have nothing to do with each other.
Mbappe's Nike deal will follow him to whichever team he chooses to play for, for the duration of the deal - regardless of whether that particular team is kitted by Nike or not.
would it be ideal for then (Nike) if he were to go play for a club that already has a Nike endorsement deal at club level? Of course it would. It goes without saying.
Would that factor into whether the club actually buys or chooses to go for a particular player?
Of course not. Or at least I would hope it doesn't factor into their decision as much.
One deal has nothing to do with the other.
We didn't get the Nike kit deal in anticipation that it would enable us to sign on Nike-endorsed players anymore than Mbappe signed on with them for an endorsement deal on the supposition that he would be playing exclusively or even preferentially for Nike-kitted clubs.
We have several players in our squad who DON'T have Nike endorsement deals but rather have deals with other sponsors including Nike's biggest rivals like Adidas and New Balance.
You think those deals affect their contract negotiations with the club or wage levels with the club?
It would be foolish to imagine that they are.
You think that Salah would or should be earning more if only he had a Nike endorsement deal rather than his current Adidas deal? He is the highest wage earner at the club even without a Nike deal.
What do you think effected that?
Originally Posted by
CCTV
They might well incentivise his moving here as being a top NIKE asset they would benefit from seeing him at a Nike club in the biggest broadcast league in the world. Mbappe is a top representative they will care about him more.
Not often spoken about by journos, but Graham hunter iirc has covered it before.
This is nonsense.
Him moving here might benefit Nike from the standpoint of brand-synergy cross-marketing, but not to the degree that they would have influence in pushing him to choose us or some other Nike-endorsed club over any other non-Nike options he might prefer to move to.
And on the flip side of that, we're not getting any more money in our Nike deal just because we happen to land one of their big clients as our player.
Both deals are set in stone independent of what happens in terms of where he moves and how.
I think we can all agree that regardless of Zidane's departure, Real Madrid are still the most likely top destination for him if he were to choose to leave PSG, this or next summer.
You want to hazard a guess as to whom Real Madrid's Kit sponsors are?
I'll give you a hint:
Not Nike.
And if he does choose to make that move, whom do you think Mbappe's endorsement deal will STILL be with?
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