article_snippet: Nike, who pay him around £5.5m a year, recently forced their client to withdraw a line of trainers from him new collection in the belief that it competed directly with one of their own.
article_snippet: According to reports in Portugal, Cristiano Ronaldo would have needed Nike’s prior approval and that was not forthcoming when they became aware of the potential conflict of interests.
highlights_snippet: Nike recently forced Cristiano Ronaldo to withdraw a line of trainers from Nike  range .
  