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American sportwear giant, NIKE, had disclosed that it had received over three million orders for the new jerseys designed for the Nigeria's, Super Eagles, for the 21st FIFA World Cup finals in Russia in June.
At a meeting with the NFF at its Europe headquarters in Amsterdam, Netherlands, the sportswear behemoth announced that the much-anticipated release of the jerseys into the global market would happen on Tuesday, 29th May, at unit cost of $85.
President of the Nigeria Football Federatiob, Mr. Amaju Melvin Pinnick attended the meeting in company with NFF 2nd Vice President/LMC Chairman, Mallam Shehu Dikko, who is also Chairman of the NFF Marketing, Sponsorship and TV Rights Committee. NIKE’s Vice President/General Manager for Europe, Middle East and Africa, Matthus Visch was in company with Sales Director, Mr. Wouter van Olm.
Both organizations expressed satisfaction with the contract performance, saying the imperative of penning a new, improved contract was high on the agenda.
Shehu Dikko says
“The new Super Eagles’ jerseys will be released into the global market, including several NIKE shops across Nigeria, on 29thMay 2018, just before the Eagles fly out to London for the friendly match against England. The cost would be $85 for one,”
In the three years of NIKE’s initial sponsorship agreement with the NFF, the U17 National Team (Golden Eaglets) have won a fifth FIFA U17 World Cup; the U23 National Team (Olympic Eagles) have won bronze at the Men’s Olympic Football Tournament; the Senior Women National Team (Super Falcons) have won an eighth Women Africa Cup of Nations; the Super Eagles B have achieved a record runner-up position at the African Nations Championship and; the Super Eagles have qualified for the Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup (Nigeria’s sixth appearance) from a so-called ‘Group of Death’ in the African series.
Courtesy: thenff.com
