Report: Lille to replace Nike with New Balance

 

According to reports in France, French soccer club LOSC Lille will sign a sponsorship deal with New Balance to replace Nike as their official kit supplier.
 

Lille's deal with US sports manufacturer Nike expires in June 2016 and it is thought the Ligue 1 side would favour signing a kit deal with another American supplier. Reports suggest a deal with New Balance would be at least six years in length.
 

If Lille confirm an agreement with New Balance, it would mark the American sportswear brand's debut in French soccer's top flight.
 

Lille would be joining a host of other soccer clubs to have penned kit supply deals with New Balance, which re-branded from Warrior Sports in 2014. These include the likes of Liverpool FC, Celtic FC and FC Porto, in addition to the Costa Rica and Panama national soccer teams.
 

Lille play at the ultra-modern Stade Pierre-Mauroy stadium and are currently eighth in the Ligue 1 table.