Manchester United Unveil New Home Kit for 2025-26 Season
Manchester United have officially unveiled their new home kit for the upcoming 2025-26 season, which will be worn by Coach Ruben Amorim’s side as they look to bounce back from a disappointing 15th place finish in the Premier League last term. The new kit, which will retail at £125 ($170) for the shirt, shorts and socks, features a deep red colour with a black and white V-neck collar and sleeve cuffs, along with stripes along the shoulders.
According to The Athletic, the kit design pays tribute to Manchester United’s long-time home, Old Trafford, with an abstract graphic of the stadium featured on the sleeves, while the back of the collar includes the ground’s “Theatre of Dreams” nickname. This new design comes after plans were announced earlier this year for United to build a 100,000-capacity new stadium, rather than redevelop Old Trafford.
The kit will be sponsored by US technology firm Qualcomm Snapdragon, while global IT service DXC Technology will feature as the sleeve sponsor. The men’s team will debut the kit in a pre-season friendly against Leeds United on July 19 in Stockholm, Sweden. As reported by The Athletic, the goalkeeper kit, modelled by Andre Onana, features a black and grey shirt with yellow detailing along the shoulders and for sponsorship purposes.
In terms of the club’s kit deal with Adidas, The Athletic reports that the terms of the deal state that if the United men’s team fail to qualify for the Champions League, then a £10million reduction in payment will be made in each season of non-participation. As a result, this coming campaign will see a payment of £80million exchanged between the two parties, rather than £90m.
Manchester United’s financial situation has been a topic of discussion, with the club posting their Q3 (third quarter of the club’s year) results earlier in June, revealing that cash reserves had fallen to £73.2 million. However, the club still have the capacity to borrow a further £90million under a revolving credit facility and are unlikely to be in danger of breaching the Premier League’s profit and sustainability rules (PSR) this summer.
The new kit design bears some similarity to the 1996-98 home strip, made famous by David Beckham’s goal from the halfway line against Wimbledon. As noted by The Athletic, Sir Alex Ferguson’s men finished that campaign with just Charity Shield medals for their efforts, before going on to win the Treble in 1998-99.
The 2025-26 home kit will be available in various price points, with an authentic full match strip costing £125 ($170), while the adult stadium version will cost fans £85 ($115). Children’s jerseys will cost £60, and an entire kit, with shorts and socks, in children’s sizing will retail at £80.
As The Athletic reports, Manchester United signed a 10-year kit contract with Adidas in July 2023, worth in the region of £900million. The club’s financial situation and kit deal with Adidas will continue to be a key area of focus as they look to return to Champions League football.
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