Cristiano Ronaldo, Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland and other Nike-sponsored athletes have access to a “secret” website, Ben Foster has revealed.
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- Global superstars tied to American sports brand
- Can order accessories at any time
- Have store credit to work their way through
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WHAT HAPPENED?
Superstar forwards on the books of Al-Nassr, Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City are among those that can order goal-scoring boots and accessories through an online portal that the general public do not have access to.
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WHAT FOSTER SAID
Ex-England international Foster, who retired while on the books of Wrexham at the start of the 2023-24 campaign, has told his podcast of how sponsorship deals really work: “You all get given a rep. Normally, it's somebody that would look after the football club, so that one guy would come in once every month, or when there's new releases.”
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THE BIGGER PICTURE
Former Manchester United goalkeeper Foster went on to say of how ordering processes have been made even easier for Ronaldo and Co – with login and password details provided for a confidential site that includes plenty of store credit: “It's all changed now though. There is a secret website for Nike athletes, where they will have a login and password. They can go on and basically just order what they want. They've all got an account which will be credited with a load of money and they just get to dig in. It's pretty cool, to be fair.”
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WHAT NEXT?
Ronaldo’s latest deal with Nike is said to be worth £785 million ($1bn), with that lucrative agreement topping up a contract at Al-Nassr that is already the biggest in world football. The Portuguese icon boasts a number of other commercial partnerships, allowing him to top Forbes’ list of the highest-earning performers on the planet in 2023.