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[PENjammin Franklin @keeztoomuch]

Bro i can’t BREAAAATHE 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

In 2018, Nike let Roger Federer walk rather than pay him roughly $10M a year. He signed with a small Swiss running brand called On instead, and took an ownership stake.

When On went public in 2021, that stake was worth around $300M. His career prize money from 20 Grand Slams and 24 years of tennis was $130M. The equity made him more than double what the entire playing career did.

Kylian Mbappé just ran the same play.

He'd worn Nike since he was 8 years old. Twelve signature Mercurials. His contract quietly expired on July 31 and he let it die, and the reporting on the On deal describes equity in the company, his own signature sub-brand, direct work with the product teams, and a term around ten years.

So he's now a part-owner of an $11B company that sells its first football boot in 2027. Nike was paying him to advertise Mercurials. On has him sharing in whatever the boots earn, which for a 27-year-old with a decade-long deal is a very different bet.

On also knew exactly who to send. Thierry Henry came in as Director of Football and reportedly played a big role in getting the deal done. Nike had 19 years and unlimited money and still lost him to a recruiter.

Federer's version of the trade took two years to pay off. Mbappé's boot hits the market before his next World Cup.

[Tom @ThomasClay3]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[? @Jai323__]

Oi millwall

[? @Jai323__]

Boring movie

[r. 🍦 @irobatzy]

rewatching the greatest comic book movie ever made

[Jordy @jordyinit]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[rap classics @rapclassicss]

Chavo & Pierre Bourne - Michigan (2020)

[Bird @MoreLifeBird]

I can't even look at him without thinking of this clip

[Jay @vault_clips]

Flight so dumb 😂😂😂😂

[CFCDaily @CFCDaily]

🚨Cole Palmer on Xabi Alonso:

“He just said I'd have more freedom to drift about the pitch. Just like you saw with the goal I scored. Last season, I wouldn't have even made that run because it's not a 'safe zone'. But he's saying move across that zone, drop into play, come get on the ball, create and just do what you do.” [sky]

[? @Jai323__]

This is what palmer would be doing if chelsea didn't buy him

[Football Away Days @AwayDaysFB]

Ross Barkley is clearly enjoying his holidays.. 😭

[- @NotPaneen]

Feels like I’m floating today bro a Chelsea win genuinely heals me from everything

[Jay @Eyedontmind_]

He’s enjoying again. Maresca I’ll never forgive you.

Gusto in the 10. Cole dropping deep. Enzo up top and Cucu box crashing.

[vision @lajoyaenjoyer]

Ik some of it was gimmicks, but the way some people within our own fanbase were acting like he was a “one season wonder” drove me fucking insane.

[Weed Richards @VanFromNY]

John Stewart all episode

[Johnny Minerals @mineralsfc]

Cole Palmer is dynamite but let’s not forget all those melts that came at him last season while he was playing with injections on his groin.

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🔵🔥 Cole Palmer by Sky when asked how ready he feels: “Did you watch the game? I am ready. I am hungry”.

[SJ🏌🏽‍♂️ @itsnotovaaah]

Josh Acheampong we genuinely cannot sell him man, I think our entire build up and fluidity gets flushed down the toilet if Fofana played

[? @Jai323__]

Palmers back man i might cry

[? @Jai323__]

Get me a new goalkeeper ASAP