The Bayern Munich star, who is primed to play the UEFA Champions League final next month after his team secured qualification beating French side Lyon last night, faces three years in jail.
“Nike is supportive to Ribery. We’ll see how it [the case] evolves, if there’s any evolution at all. He’s a great footballer and we support him as such,” Sophie Nicolet, communications director at Nike France told Radio Monte Carlo.
Nike took a similar stance when US golfer Tiger Woods admitted to infidelity in his marriage earlier in the year.
