@yane517792 istg worse type of people are these performative uneducated woke people. they just hop on trends if it makes them more relevant. hating on argentina and being xenophobic was considered okay during the wc cause everyone did it… insane
@discobabiee man i hate these world cup larpers cause before NO ONE mentioned vvd and his ‘cheating’ affair, suddenly its this famous story and hes a famous cheater. istg yall don’t even know if its true and jump on it when you hear a lot ppl sayin it
@BladeoftheS this messi ‘zionist’ propaganda is so insane to me. and how many people universally agreed to call him that. knowing that there’s no proof, infact, there’s more proof of him being pro palestine than that. people just be throwing that word to anyone they simply dislike..
@evilpoodle4ever this messi ‘zionist’ propaganda is so insane to me. and how many people universally agreed to call him that. knowing that there’s no proof, infact, there’s more proof of him being pro palestine than that. people just be throwing that word to anyone they simply dislike..
instagram influencer hamzahpail, the guy who started the whole messi zionist thing, surprise no one, he’s a ronaldo fan. wondering how he gonna cope w the fact that his idol commenting on trump video lmao. he hates messi so much that he literally pinned a video attacking him🫢
Nike signed Messi when he was 14. They lost him over a few hundred dollars worth of tracksuits, a mistake now estimated at $10 billion in brand value.
In 2005, Messi's father Jorge asked Nike for some extra tracksuits for his son, a routine request from the family of an 18-year-old who had just broken into Barcelona's first team. Nike's Iberian and South American offices both ignored it. He never got a reply.
Adidas was paying attention. They offered around $1 million a year, and Nike refused to match because they didn't want a bidding war over a teenager. They were busy building their 2006 World Cup campaign around established stars.
Once the Adidas deal leaked, Nike panicked and sued in Spanish court, claiming a binding contract. The judges found all Nike had was a "commitment letter" with no legal weight. Messi signed with Adidas in February 2006, and in 2017 they gave him a lifetime deal.
So when he walks out at El Monumental on October 6 for his final Argentina match, in front of 84,000 people, the gold-lettered farewell jersey he revealed today will carry three stripes.
Twenty years, 125 international goals, a World Cup, and every shirt sold along the way. All of it went to Adidas because someone at Nike didn't answer an email about tracksuits.