Neymar Jr.

[fergus90]

This one immediately come to my head after the "He Lied to Me" post.

Messigician - Return of the Masala

poor Messigician gonna have trust issues the rest of his life.

 

[Sailor Mars]

So Nike dumped him due to an alleged sexual assault of a Nike employee in 2016.....

 

[Fati_Future_BallonDor]

Poor Ney, if Mbappe leaves i dont see PSG winning a Cl for next years. Sad how his career ends if we consider how great it started.

 

[Messigician]

Poor Ney, if Mbappe leaves i dont see PSG winning a Cl for next years. Sad how his career ends if we consider how great it started.

It's his decision

 

[Horatio]

So Nike dumped him due to an alleged sexual assault of a Nike employee in 2016.....

Yes

 

[Rassvet]

So Nike dumped him due to an alleged sexual assault of a Nike employee in 2016.....

yet they kept Kobe and Ronaldo? This Neymar accusation sounds suspicious to me

 

[CatalinR10]

yet they kept Kobe and Ronaldo? This Neymar accusation sounds suspicious to me

agreed

 

[Messigician]

He was dumped because he refused to cooperate with the investigation

 

[Fati_Future_BallonDor]

Who else miss this neymar ?

 

[CatalinR10]

I've heard that he wanted more money than Nike was willing to give and that he wanted to be the main face of Nike above CR and Mbapee. Then Puma came in with a really big offer that Neymar accepted.

 

[Sailor Mars]

yet they kept Kobe and Ronaldo? This Neymar accusation sounds suspicious to me

Neymar's alleged assault was against a Nike employee rather than a stranger. Nike probably knew enough where they felt it was better to cut off ties with Neymar.

 

[Devils]

yet they kept Kobe and Ronaldo? This Neymar accusation sounds suspicious to me

It was because of an internal accusation.

That said, there's no way Nike would drop Neymar of all people unless they had a very good reason to.

 

[Rassvet]

Still, they kept their deal with Neymar for a while after this incident. Now they slander him once he joins Puma? My suspicions are raised

 

[Sailor Mars]

Still, they kept their deal with Neymar for a while after this incident. Now they slander him once he joins Puma? My suspicions are raised

Incident happened in 2016. Was reported in 2018. Apparently the woman put pressure on Nike in 2019 to pursue the matter. After Neymar apparently refuses to cooperate, Nike drops him while he still had multiple years left on his contract. Timeline makes sense to me.

 

[Blaugrana Bull]

Can't understand how Adidas let go of the opportunity to get Cristiano or Ney to promote their Predator shoes.