Company to provide gloves for keepers in WSL and WSL2
Players previously bought own match-day equipment
Nike has extended its Women’s Super League sponsorship deal in an innovative partnership, with the company to provide free boots to all players in the top two divisions who do not have endorsement contracts with other manufacturers.
Sources with knowledge of the deal told the Guardian that approximately 250 players from the WSL and WSL2 have signed up to receive boots from Nike as part of the partnership, with many of them having been forced previously to buy their own match‑day and training footwear as their clubs were not supplying them.
As part of the five-year deal, Nike will also provide gloves to all goalkeepers playing in the top two tiers, and match balls for the WSL, WSL2 and Women’s League Cup. The WSL and Nike, which began supplying balls for all three competitions three years ago, declined to comment.
