Nike and adidas are at odds over England's sponsorship commitments. The Daily Mail says adidas realise there is nothing they can do about their contracted footballers, who include Liverpool captain Steve Gerrard, wearing the official three lions kit on and off the pitch as arch-rivals Nike have the supply contract until 2018.
But adidas are furious the vast wardrobe of gear Nike provide includes heavily branded clothing with little or no obvious England logos.
They were first alerted when the players went out in Miami wearing white T-shirts emblazoned with Nike FC in gold lettering but no three lions or flag of St George visible on the garments. And Nike have at least three personnel around the England team making sure the swoosh is always evident.
A spokesman for adidas, who also have Everton pair Leighton Baines and Phil Jagielka, Southampton's Luke Shaw and Chelsea duo Gary Cahill and Frank Lampard plus the recently-signed Rickie Lambert in their England stable, said: "This is a massive issue for us and it's very naughty what Nike are doing."
