The Spanish newspaper El Pais reports that after spending 200 million euros for buying Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaká, Raul Albiol and Karim Benzema, Real Madrid’s new president Florentino Perez asked Adidas to double the amount it pays to the club to 60 millions euros. Adidas manufactures all the sports goods for the club could push the club into taking business to the company’s American rival Nike.

All-together the sponsors pay the capital club 130 million euros which is not much compared the club revenues of 400 million euros. Perez told the Adidas CEO Herbert Hainer in a telephone conversation that, “We are the best club in the world.”

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Here’s a list of all available Football Shirts under £20, updated every week.

And here’s a list of the top selling football tshirts on Subside, most of them under £20.

In addition, these footy shirts are selling like hotcakes. Have a look:

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The following list was made available by Subside Sports and is subject to changes made by sponsors, manufacturers and clubs. For the released / leaked kits, see our 08/09 kits section and the premier league kits page.

08/09 Premier League Kit Launch Dates:

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I thought it would be a fun idea to see which teams competing in Euro 2008 were the most popular - one easy way to detemine that is to look at how many shirts they’ve sold.

Here’s a look at the Top 5 Euro 08 teams in terms of merchandise moved:

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Nike has introduced the Euro 2008 Edition of the Mercurial Vapor and Air Legend. These Nike soccer shoes share a classic design with dark cinder (brown) uppers and light blue cleats and can be bought here.

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Once again this rumor is starting to circulate, but I do not see any validity to it.  However on Tuesday Adidas’ stock rose when the market caught wind of it.  Smart move by Nike to try and take over it’s biggest rival, but I doubt Adidas will have anything to do with it.  I guess only time will tell on this one, but I forsee the two giants keeping their distance and continuing to make great products.

As we approach the opening ceremony of the African Cup of Nations for 2008, I thought I would give a brief synopsis on the kits the countries will be wearing. Much like I did for the Euro 2008 as well, if you want to go to the African Cup of Nations page just click here; otherwise here you go.

Before jumping into the teams I wanted to comment on the ball that will be used. Adidas took the newest ball and added a tremendous amount of color and made is unique to this tournament. Many balls are “unique”, but you can see how they look just like another one that was used, but with the colors on this ball it is truely unique. Great job with this one.

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Steve Amoia over at Soccerlens.com had the privilege and honor to interview a true humanitarian, Mr. Diego Gutierrez of the Chicago Fire. Please jump on over to the interview and read about a great cause called Nothing but Nets and help stop the outbreak of Malaria in Africa.

For many teams across Europe, the second biggest tournament to qualify and win would be the Euro. Behind the World Cup, of course.

So it is a big time for all teams across the continent to unveil kits that will be worn for this event only, or for a couple years following.

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