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 brandCan order accessories at any timeHave store credit to work their way throughWHAT 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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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.”
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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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.
