“I can verify that Neymar is no longer a Nike athlete,” said a spokesman for American sportswear giant, without giving details.
According to media reports, 28-year-old Paris Saint-Germain and Brazil talisman in talks with German Nike rival Puma.
“We don’t comment on the rumors,” said a Spokesman for Puma in Germany.
Brazilian newscast UOL said Neymar and Nike failed to agree on how much you would get for renewing your contract.
He said negotiations between the company and the footballer’s agents had run into difficulties months ago.
Neymar’s communications team did not respond to a request for comment.
Similarly, Puma did not answer without delay questions about reports that the corporate in conversations to point it out.
Brazilian newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo said Neymar’s most recent deal with Nike, an 11-year contract that expires in 2022, is worth a total of one hundred million euros.
Neymar, who has just come out of the pain of losing the Champions League final to Bayern Munich, holds the record for the longest-running tennis player ever.
Paris Saint-Germain paid him 222 million euros from Barcelona in 2017.
Forbes magazine, which ranks seventh among the world’s highest-paid celebrities, estimates its revenue stream for more than 85 million euros this year, adding sponsorship contracts.
Neymar signed his first contract with Nike when he was a young player for Brazilian Santos, who sold him to Barcelona in 2013.
With his slender beauty, tattoos, ever-changing hairstyles and massive success on social media, the player temporarily erupted on the foreign scene, dazzling world football with the skills he honed through the five “futsal” game on the suburban streets of Sao Paulo.
But her image, already marred by accusations of tax evasion from her murky transfer to Barca, was severely broken last year when a Brazilian woman accused her of raping her.
Nike expressed “deep concern” at the time, standing firm against the player after police closed the case, raising a lack of evidence.
Neymar will wear Nike apparel in the field: the corporate sponsors are the PSG and the Brazilian national team.