Neymar parts ways with longtime sponsor Nike

Neymar appears dejected after Bayern Munich won the Champions League final match against PSG last Sunday. (AP pic)

RIO DE JANEIRO: Nike said Saturday it had parted ways with Neymar, ending one of its most high-profile sponsorship deals a decade and a half after signing the star striker as a 13-year-old prodigy.

“I can confirm Neymar is no longer a Nike athlete,” a spokesman for the US sportswear giant, Josh Benedek, said in an email to AFP, without giving further details.

Media reports said the Paris St Germain and Brazil talisman was in talks with Nike’s German rivals Puma.

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