dfwabel Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 This story is taken from the AP (via BusinessWeek)FRANKFURT, Germany Nike has made a $777 million offer to the German soccer federation to replace Adidas as the official supplier of its men's and women's teams.Federation president Theo Zwanziger confirmed the figure for the first time Tuesday at a news conference. The offer itself has been known for months."I can't say I am selling a product for one-sixth of what someone else is offering me," Zwanziger said.Nike has offered an eight-year deal, plus a signing bonus and sum for the German women's team, which won the 2003 World Cup title.Adidas is based in Germany and began sponsoring the country's national team before it won the first of its three World Cup titles in 1954.Germany and Adidas have held inconclusive talks on the future of the current contract. The two sides cannot agree if the current sponsoring deal ends in 2011, as contented by DFB, or in 2014, as argued by Adidas.More talks will be held, Zwanziger said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred T. Jane Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 This story is taken from the AP (via BusinessWeek)FRANKFURT, Germany Nike has made a $777 million offer to the German soccer federation to replace Adidas as the official supplier of its men's and women's teams.Federation president Theo Zwanziger confirmed the figure for the first time Tuesday at a news conference. The offer itself has been known for months."I can't say I am selling a product for one-sixth of what someone else is offering me," Zwanziger said.Nike has offered an eight-year deal, plus a signing bonus and sum for the German women's team, which won the 2003 World Cup title.Adidas is based in Germany and began sponsoring the country's national team before it won the first of its three World Cup titles in 1954.Germany and Adidas have held inconclusive talks on the future of the current contract. The two sides cannot agree if the current sponsoring deal ends in 2011, as contented by DFB, or in 2014, as argued by Adidas.More talks will be held, Zwanziger said.die Fußballmannschaft mit dem Rauschen!http://boards.sportslogos.net/index.php?sh...c=43954&hl= [Croatia National Team Manager Slavan] Bilic then went on to explain how Croatia's success can partially be put down to his progressive man-management techniques. "Sometimes I lie in the bed with my players. I go to the room of Vedran Corluka and Luka Modric when I see they have a problem and I lie in bed with them and we talk for 10 minutes." Maybe Capello could try getting through to his players this way too? Although how far he'd get with Joe Cole jumping up and down on the mattress and Rooney demanding to be read his favourite page from The Very Hungry Caterpillar is open to question. --The Guardian's Fiver, 08 September 2008 Attention: In order to obtain maximum enjoyment from your stay at the CCSLC, the reader is advised that the above post may contain large amounts of sarcasm, dry humour, or statements which should not be taken in any true sort of seriousness. As a result, the above poster absolves himself of any and all blame in the event that a forum user responds to the aforementioned post without taking the previous notice into account. Thank you for your cooperation, and enjoy your stay at the CCSLC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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