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How Nike lost Lionel Messi

12 mins | Oct 28, 2022

Nike once owned the two greatest football players of a generation. Through a combination of good judgement, timing and dumb luck, in 2006, Nike had Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo on its roster. Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg examine how the sporting giant allowed one to slip away.

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From The Wall Street Journal

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