German National Team ends 70 year partnership with Adidas

[Reg Saxet]

I’m an old traditionalist and love the 1974 plain but classic top. My first World Cup that I remember watching games.

Snap! You and me both, TR. My mum and dad upgraded to a rented color TV for the tournament - we had half the neighborhood in watching the games. I had a generic blue top, white shorts and red socks and ran about pretending to be Yugoslavia that summer.

 

[Timardim]

It's because Adidas sponsor a Glasgow paedophile ring..

 

[Texas ranger]

Snap! You and me both, TR. My mum and dad upgraded to a rented color TV for the tournament - we had half the neighborhood in watching the games. I had a generic blue top, white shorts and red socks and ran about pretending to be Yugoslavia that summer.

You’re not going to believe this but so did we. DER ( not German) special.

 

[Westozbear]

I remember getting that top from Greaves Sports on Sauchiehall Street.
Got number 10 on the back.

Der Bomber, the one and only Gerd Muller, one of the greatest goalscorers of all time. What a player GBNF.

 

[Jim Denny]

And doing it down a stank

A durex is disposable after sex

 

[Johnny Cash]

They should introduce a rule where international teams can only wear shirts made by a company from their own country. Would add some entertainment to the international game seeing a lot more variety (but mainly for how shite so many of them would be).

Harris Tweed Scotland kit?

 

[Smkz23]

Der Bomber, the one and only Gerd Muller, one of the greatest goalscorers of all time. What a player GBNF.

He was no 13.

 

[Orange Peel]

It’s just wrong.

Hate seeing traditional things like this end, especially if it is money orientated.

 

[Orange Peel]

I’m an old traditionalist and love the 1974 plain but classic top. My first World Cup that I remember watching games.

Likewise mate.
Love the classic simplicity of it, even the Scotland top aswell.

 

[goaaaal]

You’d think Germany would have a bit of national pride and stick with adidas and not the sweatshop kings Nike

The Whip.cracker was a German a perfect partnership .
Ze Orders will be fulfilled or vast amounts will be Kpping it daily

 

[A1bertz]

A dog is doing a shite

Never went wrong spelling it as a kid because of that wee phrase.

 

[High Society]

It’s just wrong.

All about cash, Adidas can’t compete with Nike

 

[Gers1997]

Moving to Nike from 2027

https://twitter.com/x/status/1770838608573796595

Not strictly true, West Germany kit was supplied by German sportswear company Erima between 1978 and 1980

 

[prenzlauerbear]

You’d think Germany would have a bit of national pride and stick with adidas and not the sweatshop kings Nike

The deal totally blew adidas' out of the water, it would be impossible to turn down. Talk of it being five times as much.

The difficult part is that adidas wasn't just a kit supplier for the national team, but more of an official partner that was involved in all aspects of the ***. They always made a point of prioritizing the national team.

Nike has always been obsessed with trying to snare the national team — it's been mentioned consistently for years. They even used to make an aggressive point of targeting endorsement deals with German players just so they'd have some kind of vis.

 

[rossgers]

I thought it was the mullets and moustaches that completed the look.

 

[the_baron]

Harris Tweed Scotland kit?

Would probably end up being something shite like Bee Inspired instead.

 

[Caesar]

Can’t think of Germany without Adidas.

 

[Gauche.]

As mentioned in the thread, Lyle and Scott for the Scotland strip.
Le Coq Sportif for the French kit and so on.
Nike must be paying the German FA crazy money.

 

[Crackerjack 12]

Take it his brother Rudi was as well, unfortunately for him most Puma kits are shite

Puma shirts are shite compared to Adidas but personally prefer their footwear to Adidas.

 

[govanfront85]

One of the best World Cup kits of all time.

I've got a dhgate knock off.

 

[Rosco]

One of the best World Cup kits of all time.

Classic top 100%. Strangely, I actually had a preference for the USA 94 evolution:

 

[TBagg]

It'll seem weird not to see the Germans in an Adidas kit.

It’s just not reich

 

[RodVegas]

One of the best World Cup kits of all time.

The matching shell suit was a belter too.

 

[billiam]

One of the best World Cup kits of all time.

And some team. Matthäus pulling the strings in midfield, Klinsmann and Völler doing the business up front.

 

[billiam]

No

Puma shirts are shite compared to Adidas but personally prefer their footwear to Adidas.

Not so sure about the quality of Puma footwear, my son has had 2 pairs of Puma football boots in the last 2 years and with both of them the sole has come away from the upper, one fairly quickly, the other admittedly after plenty of training sessions and games.

Never had the same problem with Adidas or Nike.

 

[Crackerjack 12]

No


Not so sure about the quality of Puma footwear, my son has had 2 pairs of Puma football boots in the last 2 years and with both of them the sole has come away from the upper, one fairly quickly, the other admittedly after plenty of training sessions and games.

Never had the same problem with Adidas or Nike.

Talking mainly about trainers etc. Days of me wearing football boots are Long gone!!!

 

[GallowgateBlue]

That's a big loss for them. Adidas really falling away and Nike so far ahead of them in general now. I say that as someone who collected Adidas trainers and clothing.

 

[Smkz23]

The deal totally blew adidas' out of the water, it would be impossible to turn down. Talk of it being five times as much.

The difficult part is that adidas wasn't just a kit supplier for the national team, but more of an official partner that was involved in all aspects of the ***. They always made a point of prioritizing the national team.

Nike has always been obsessed with trying to snare the national team — it's been mentioned consistently for years. They even used to make an aggressive point of targeting endorsement deals with German players just so they'd have some kind of vis.

BBC have reports in the German press saying they’ve doubled their money, €100m per year from Nike with the Adidas deal only being worth €50m.

Row erupts over German football team switching supplier from Adidas to Nike

The German Football Association's decision to ditch supplier Adidas for Nike is blasted by politicians.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[RoxburghGer]

As mentioned in the thread, Lyle and Scott for the Scotland strip.
Le Coq Sportif for the French kit and so on.
Nike must be paying the German FA crazy money.

Castore or back to Admiral for England.

 

[Gauche.]

I was sure it was actually Umbro who did their kit at the 1966 World Cup?
I remember reading Umbro did all the teams kits apart from North Korea.

 

[venturablue]

Some iconic shirts over the years. Suprised at that tbh.

 

[Smkz23]

Classic top 100%. Strangely, I actually had a preference for the USA 94 evolution:

Hopefully before they go Adidas will rerelease all the old classic tops, they’ve recently rereleased the Euro 96 tops.

 

[The Sentinal]

A dog is doing a shite

What is this one now

 

[buffaloskinners]

I thought it was the mullets and moustaches that completed the look.

Enough about the womans team mate .

 

[Smkz23]

Good piece in the athletic about the deal, turns out all 3 parties are surprised by the outcome, Nike just took a punt and didn’t expect to get the deal, Adidas didn’t expect to have any competition and the German football federation didn’t expect a big deal due to how poorly the team has done over the past few years.