Brazilian Neymar signs official contract with “Puma”

Brazilian striker Neymar announced on Saturday his contract with the German company “Puma” for sports equipment, two weeks after the termination of his 15-year contract with the US company “Nike”.

“Welcome to the family,” the German company wrote on its Twitter account welcoming Neymar, and attached it to a photo of the French star of Paris Saint-Germain without specifying the term or the value of the contract.

In turn, the 28-year-old Brazilian striker posted on social media a video attached to a voice message in which he said: “I grew up watching the movies of soccer legends that everyone played with Puma. For these reasons, and as of today, I have the honor to join the brand that helped the great legends of football. To be who they are ”. In the video many legends of the round witch appeared, such as the Brazilian Pelé, the Dutch Johan Cruyff, the Portuguese Eusebio and the Argentine Diego Maradona.

The new contract was signed with extreme secrecy by the player and “Puma”, without any nomination on the term or value of the contract.

And reports from the Brazilian press had previously indicated that Neymar had reached an agreement with the German company, so the channel “Sporti Interativo”, which works for it, named one of the journalists who were among the first to publish the news of the transfer of the Brazilian star from Barcelona, ​​Spain, to Paris Saint-Germain, France in the summer. 2017 for a historic agreement of 222 million euros: “Neymar agrees with Puma and will be the new face of the brand.”

And he continued, “The star of Paris Saint-Germain and the Brazilian team will sign a transfer contract. This time, not to move to another team, but to a contract as a sponsor of sports equipment”, highlighting at the same time that the information that published is “exclusive” and confirming that the details will be released “in the days”. Coming. “

Source: AFP