Liverpool set to ditch Nike for adidas in £50m-plus deal from 2025/26 season
Liverpool are reportedly on track to announce that adidas will be their new kit supplier from 2025.
The Reds' The strips have been produced by sports giants Nike since 2020, and have been supplied by New Balance for five years prior.
However, it looks like Liverpool will make another move in the coming years and return to one of their former suppliers.
Sports business They report that they will announce their new kit agreement with adidas, which will begin from the 2025/26 campaign.
It's one that will last five seasons and will see them collaborate for the first time since their six-year contract that ended in 2012.
Current kit producers Nike, as well as rivals Puma, were also said to be interested in striking a deal with the club, but it will be Adidas who will take over.
It is understood that Nike currently pays Liverpool a base fee of £30m, but this figure is said to rise to more than £50m a year due to royalty payments on net sales of replica sportswear.
The Reds' new deal with Adidas will reportedly be higher than this figure, but will fall short of the amount their rivals Manchester United receive.
Adidas are said to pay United £90 million a year, which is the highest amount paid to any Premier League team.
Liverpool's return to working with the German athletic brand could bode well for the club in its quest for success.
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The Premier League giants won three league titles, three FA Cups and the League Cup during their first spell together, from 1985 to 1996.
Adidas returned in 2006 and stayed for six years, although during that time they only won one League Cup.
Liverpool's next change will come in the second year of their new era, as Anfield prepares to say so. goodbye to Jürgen Klopp.
talkSPORT understands that Feyenoord coach Arne Slot is a candidate for replace Germanwho leaves the club this summer.
Former Red Xabi Alonso was the favorite to take charge but has since committed his future to Bayer Leverkusen.
Sporting Lisbon manager Ruben Amorim is not a likely candidate for the job and Wolves' Gary O'Neil is not in the running, contrary to reports.
