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Dream Theatre to represent Liverpool Football Club in India
MUMBAI: Dream Theatre, India’s foremost brand management and licensing agency, has won the mandate to develop the licensing business of Liverpool Football Club in India and South Asia covering Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Maldives.
Liverpool Football Club’s association with Dream Theatre will give football fans in India access to a licensed range of products across categories like apparel, sporting goods, apparel accessories, gifts and novelties, eyewear and more in the lifestyle segment.
Dream Theatre will be partnering with world-class licensees and working closely with them to launch and grow a comprehensive line of products and services. The licensed LFC merchandise will be available at leading chain stores, standalone outlets and on e-commerce portals.
Liverpool Football Club is one of the most feted and followed football clubs in the world with a global reach of 1.07 billion followers and 450 million audiences on TV in 2017/18. It is one of the most popular English Premier League clubs in India and has been named as one of the most trusted football clubs in India across successive seasons. Dream Theatre, which operates in the spaces of entertainment, sports and lifestyle licensing in India and South Asia and works with some iconic intranational and national IPs, will leverage its prowess and experience in licensing to drive the Liverpool Football Club licensing programme in India.
“We are very proud and thrilled to be working with Liverpool Football Club, the Champions of Europe. The club has such a strong legacy and a very passionate fan base in India. Dream Theatre will forge long-term partnerships with licensees and retailers with one aim: drive value for our partners and delight our fans and consumers with authentic products that are world-class, affordable and accessible”, says Jiggy George, CEO and Founder, Dream Theatre.
Mike Cox, Senior Vice President, Merchandising, Liverpool FC, said: “We’re delighted to welcome Dream Theatre to our global football and retail family. Relationships like this are incredibly important to the club to ensure that we can bring LFC closer to all our supporters who are based across the world, not just at home in Liverpool.”
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Lego brings Messi, Ronaldo, Mbappé, Vinicius together
Campaign clocks 314 million views ahead of FIFA World Cup 2026 buzz.
MUMBAI: Four legends, one frame and not a single tackle in sight. Lego has pulled off a crossover few thought possible, uniting Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Kylian Mbappé and Vinícius Júnior in a single campaign ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2026 only this time, they’re building dreams brick by brick.
Titled “Everyone wants a piece”, the campaign features the quartet assembling a Lego version of the World Cup trophy, before placing miniature versions of themselves atop it, a playful nod to football’s ultimate prize. Shared widely across social media, the ad carries a pointed disclaimer: it is not AI-generated, a subtle but telling signal in an era where even reality is often questioned.
The numbers tell their own story. The campaign has already crossed 314 million views on Instagram across the players’ accounts, with fans hailing it as a rare, almost nostalgic moment particularly for the reunion of Messi and Ronaldo, whose last shared campaign ahead of the 2022 World Cup became one of the platform’s most-liked posts.
Beyond the film, Lego is extending the play with exclusive, player-themed sets tied to each of the four stars, part of a broader football-led programme designed to ride the global momentum building towards 2026. The idea, as echoed by the players themselves, leans into the parallels between football and play experimentation, creativity, failure, and triumph.
Messi described the sets as a way to bring on-pitch moments into an imaginative, hands-on world, while Ronaldo called the transformation into a Lego figure a rare honour, blending sport with storytelling. Vinícius, meanwhile, struck a more personal note, recalling childhood moments of building with Lego and framing creativity as a universal language that transcends borders.
The timing is no accident. With the 2026 World Cup set to run from June 11 to July 19 across the United States, Canada and Mexico, and featuring an expanded 48-team format, global anticipation is already building. Argentina, led by Messi, will enter as defending champions, adding another layer of intrigue.
For Lego, the campaign does more than celebrate football, it taps into its mythology. Because when icons become figurines and rivalries turn into play, the beautiful game finds a new kind of pitch. one built, quite literally, by hand.
