Mario Götze Slapped With Hefty €10,000 Fine For Wearing Nike T-Shirt At Bayern Munich Unveiling

Chris Wright

6th, July 2013

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By Chris Wright

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According to Bild. Mario Götze’s little faux-pas at his official Bayern Munich unveiling, in which he turned up wearing a Nike t-shirt despite the club being heavily ensconced with Adidas, is going to cost him a hefty €10,000.

Adidas are not only Bayern Munich’s official kit suppliers but also are fairly major shareholders in the German club, and every single player that joins the club have a clause inserted into their contract that says they are prohibited from wearing the products of rival sports brands and personal sponsors at official FCB events.

Götze isn’t alone in being stung for ten-large, with Mario Gomez and Jan Kirchhoff also fined for similar offences, the latter for following Götze’s lead and also wearing a Nike shirt at his unveiling and Gomez for the sin of turning up to Bayern’s pre-season training camp in a rebel alliance baseball cap…

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Bayern Munich have also confirmed that the €30,000 is all going to charity, specifically a fund to help the victims of the recent flooding that hit parts of Germany.

(Image: Bild)

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5 Comments

  1. yeah says:

    This is just too stupid!

  2. Dave says:

    bloody hell 10000 for that?!? in gomez case its just a hat lol. its hardly like nike or adidas even need to advertise, everyone knows them

  3. porcelain sandwich says:

    Wouldn’t this have been avoided if they just told Gotze to get another shirt before they started taking pictures? I’m sure he has enough.

  4. Daniel Swildens says:

    Gotze giving the royal salute to convention. Nice attitude, expect a lot more of the same. Gomez is just being a brat. Can’t blame him when one think so highly of himself. Wonder how long he spends in front of the mirror each day.

  5. Hello Chicken says:

    …and I’m sure Nike will reimburse each such fine and consider it an “advertising expense.” Ugh.

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