Liverpool leave massive clue star player is LEAVING
Adidas have finally returned to be the Reds' kit manufacturer after more than ten years away. You may have missed it with all the excitement but the launch of the new kit also left a major clue over the fate of one Reds star in particular.
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Notably, you will have seen a lot of the club's players missing from the kit launch. Out of the big stars the likes of Andy Robertson, Dominik Szoboszlai, Cody Gakpo and Ibrahima Konate did not feature in the launch.
Alisson Becker was also featured very sparsely in order to promote the goalkeeper kit.
This is not a surprise. With the exception of Gakpo who is sponsored by Puma, the rest of the players are Nike athletes and therefore they will not have been able to participate in the kit launch.
Virgil van Dijk who is also a Nike athlete, was a rare exception, he must have been given permission to appear in the advert given his status as a club captain.
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There's a strong rivalry between the two brands, which is why for example when Nike were doing kit launches someone like Mohamed Salah, who is a prominent adidas athlete did not feature in the promotional advertisements.
But while the notable Nike and Puma absentees are to be expected there was a notable adidas exemptions in the promotional material.
Darwin Nunez is an adidas athlete after switching over from Nike last season. In pre-season, he has been spotted wearing the latest adidas F50s, which suggests that he still remains an adidas athlete.
Yet, he was nowhere to be seen in the promotional material for the new shirt, which is a surprise given the fact that he is a prominent and star player for the Reds.

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