#kit-design

#kit-design

It is an irrefutable law of nature that for every achingly gorgeous football kit released around the world, an equal and opposite reaction is triggered in the form of a uniquely wild jersey design being produced to maintain the universal balance. With that in mind, having already rounded up a collection of the sharpest, most stylish shirts on offer this season, it's only right that we now turn the spotlight on some of the weirdest, quirkiest and honestly most downright hideous shirts to have dropped over the summer and into the early weeks of the 2025-26 campaign.

The kit, which combines a white base with black sleeves and neon yellow detailing, was worn for the first time in Saturday's 2-0 Bundesliga win over Heidenheim. But instead of excitement, its debut was met with anger in the stands and online. Fans unfurled banners blasting it as the cruelest jersey in the league while chants of We want black and yellow jerseys rang out before kick-off, a pointed reminder of the club's traditional colours.

The kit is a love letter to Highbury, Arsenal's former stadium, to mark the 20th anniversary of the club's last season at their spiritual home.