The latest thing that Manchester City, rather than Arsenal, will have is not Robin Van Persie, but Nike kits, according to an adidas employee. (Sorry, we couldn’t resist!)
#Adidas to become the new kit supplier of #Arsenal Football Club as early as 2013/14. Partnership agreement is currently in the making.
— David Gubala (@DavidGubala) July 10, 2012
adidas employee, David Gubala took to Twitter to reveal that adidas and Arsenal, who are currently sponsored by Nike, were striking up a deal that could come into effect as soon as the 2013/14 season. The tweet sent Arsenal fans into a frenzy, with many of them happy that their club was ditching Nike for the three stripes. Arsenal’s current deal with Nike is set to expire in 2014, so we’re not too sure how Arsenal will, if all goes to plan, be wearing adidas kits come to the start of the 2013 season.
The Gunners actually wore adidas kits from 1986-94, the above being the one worn in from 92-94. Despite their recent lack of trophies, Arsenal still make a lot of money when it comes to kit sales, and made the fifth most out of all clubs from 2005-09, meaning it’d be a profitable investment for adidas. As Nike recently struck up a deal to manufacture Manchester City’s kits from the 2013/14 season onwards, we can only speculate that they won’t be hurting as much if Arsenal do sign with their rivals, simply because of the rapidly growing value of the Manchester club. At the other end of the spectrum, it could be that Nike are the ones dropping Arsenal, we’re really not sure.
Regardless of the circumstances, if Gubala is telling the truth, we’ve seen the last Arsenal home kit that Nike will produce for a while, as the current kit is set to be worn for the next two seasons.
What do you think, are Nike dropping Arsenal due to their lack of success (like adidas did to Liverpool), have the Gunners simply opted to sign with adidas rather than extend their contract? Leave your theories in the section below!
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wowwww!!! as an arsenal fan would really welcome the deal!!
Hi, I would be interested in numbers about how many clubs in Europe are sponsored by adidas, nike and other brands.
So you have any kind of statistics for that?
Like an overview of the “big” European leagues in England (Premier League), Germany(1.Bundesliga), Italy(Seria A), Spain (Liga BBVA)and maybe France(Ligue 1) and the Netherlands (Eredivisie)
Maybe you could write an article about that? Or even include the national squads? At least for me, it would be very interesting to know how the kit sponsors divide the market.
As a Gunner fan, I’d have to buy this current kit because I won’t be buying an Adidas kit for any club. Hopefully it’s not true because Nike have made the best kits for a long time.
adidas didn’t drop us due to lack of success. they just weren’t willing to pay 25 million to us and warrior was.
…This is about Arsenal, not Liverpool, lad.
just responding to the conclusion in bold
They weren’t willing to pay 25 million for Liverpool because of a lack of success.
At least Adidas make better looking kits than Nike
if adidas offer us a more lucrative deal than nike, why not?
As an Arsenal I really pleaded if Adidas is back as they make beautiful kits and I luv Adidas as a brand
to arsenal fans: dont you feel the 3 stripes may interfere with traditionally white arsenal sleeves?!
i dont think that they will radically change things. I think either brand will offer something new. Change is good, who knows maybe this will change Arsenal’s luck, Champions League winners?
Noo adidas cant make arsenal shirts if they do ill refuse to buy their kits and keep buying the old nike ones
Please let this not be true. I mean, i like Adidas’ Kits, but Arsenal = Nike. And personally, i love the kits Nike has made for Arsenal.
Don’t be ridiculous. It just stated Arsenal was 5th overall from 2005-2009 in jersey sales even with the lack of trophies, so why would Nike not pony up considering the fact they just picked up Everton?? If anything, Adidas outbid Nike.
Dang it! Arsenal might actually play well now… lol Adidas kits are usually my favorite, but this is terrible. Definitely not an arsenal fan, but I always enjoy their kits. Nike does a great job with them. I’m sure adidas will do a great job, but nike will be missed.
Nike really isn’t picking up a new club with Man City. Nike already owns Umbro so they are probably just moving them to their more marketable branding…Nike.
This is bad. With nike arsenal always got unique kits, even if some of them weren’t as good as others. If they switch to adidas they will get a template kit just like every other adidas sponsored team. Even germany shares the same kit as spain. Hope gubala is a clueless idiot
I’ll prefer nike than adidas…arsenal is nike,nike is arsenal..