A few fake Adidas Arsenal kit leaks have been circulating on social media, convincing many supporters that they were genuine shirt designs.
Arsenal fans have been waiting excitedly for any pictures of the team’s new kits for next season, so perhaps it’s not a surprise that every concept design that emerges tricks at least a few people. In this case, however, there’s no debate over whether the ‘leaks’ are real.
Twitter user ‘RupertGraphic’ created a few concept kits in October 2018, with some really nice and original designs:
.@football_nerds x @Arsenal #adidas – 2018 pattern pic.twitter.com/sdiOydklI4
— rupertgraphic (@rupertalbe) October 11, 2018
Later in the season, a manufacturer based in Thailand decided to take advantage and mass produce those concept kits. Twitter user ‘PrinceKp87’ was drawn in by the fakes, or perhaps he was just on a mission to trick fans into believing the kits were real, posting pictures of the shirts.
More pics pic.twitter.com/h5ffveOPfr
— kris P (@PrinceKp87) May 10, 2019
Whatever the reason for the post, it certainly had a lot of supporters believing they were looking at next season’s kit:
Me likeeey
— Rizwan Raees Khan (@rizwanrkhan) May 11, 2019
10000%
— kris P (@PrinceKp87) May 10, 2019
not a massive fan of the black on the home kit but otherwise they’re pretty awesome
— Herpy (@HerpyGm) May 11, 2019
Nice
— MD (@Durchiga) May 10, 2019
These are fit! pic.twitter.com/GfWanUxQ4d
— Bobby (@BobbyCoppin) May 11, 2019
Oh my they're just beautiful https://t.co/7gO067WQhl
— jack (@jckbeatz) May 11, 2019
Unfortunately, we’ll have to wait a bit longer for the genuine release, as Adidas are clearly keeping their designs under wraps for now.