{"id":897274,"date":"2026-09-19T03:12:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T03:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/897274\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T03:12:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T03:12:13","slug":"football-news-2026-kylian-mbappe-leaves-nike-to-sign-with-swiss-sportswear-brand-on-whose-shareholders-include-roger-federer-latest-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/897274\/","title":{"rendered":"Football news 2026: Kylian Mbappe leaves Nike to sign with Swiss sportswear brand On whose shareholders include Roger Federer, latest news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>France captain Kylian Mbappe has signed with Swiss sportswear brand On, ending a long association with Nike that stretched back to the start of his career, the company announced on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, Swiss sportswear brand On announces its entry into football alongside football champion Kylian Mbappe, marking the beginning of the brand\u2019s journey into the world\u2019s biggest sport,\u201d read a company statement.<\/p>\n<p>\ufeffGet all the latest football news, highlights and analysis delivered straight to your inbox with Fox Sports Sportmail. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/newsletter-sign-up?utm_source=FootballArticle&amp;utm_medium=TextLink&amp;utm_campaign=signup\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Sign up now!!!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789787533_168_poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>On also announced that 1998 World Cup winner Thierry Henry had been appointed its football director.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the beginning, what drew me to On was the opportunity to build something entirely new together that will help shape tomorrow\u2019s game,\u201d said Mbappe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to bring my experience and perspective into what we create, push what\u2019s possible through innovation, and always stay true to the joy of football.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a shared dream, and this is only the beginning.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>On, which is making a major move into the football market with the signing of Mbappe, did not disclose the value of his contract.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2010 and previously focused on running and tennis footwear, On counts tennis great Roger Federer among its shareholders.<\/p>\n<p>Federer also left Nike towards the end of his playing career to join the Zurich-based company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"France captain Kylian Mbappe has signed with Swiss sportswear brand On, ending a long association with Nike that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":897275,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-897274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=897274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/897275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=897274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=897274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=897274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}