Leeds United 25/26 Home Kit: A Lazy Rebrand or a Classic Cop-Out?

Another summer, another shirt drop—but this time, Leeds United’s 2025/26 home strip has left fans more frustrated than fired up. While anticipation for the new season builds, many supporters are asking the same question: Is this really the best Adidas could do?

⚪ Familiar, Maybe Too Familiar

Upon first glance, the 25/26 kit looks… fine. Clean, white, with blue and yellow accents—traditional Leeds through and through. But scratch beneath the surface and a growing number of fans have noticed just how eerily similar this design is to the 2024/25 home shirt.

Minor tweaks in collar shape and sponsor positioning can’t disguise the lack of ambition. For many, this isn’t evolution—it’s replication. The fade patterns and sleeve trim from last season seem to have been slightly shuffled around and repackaged as “new.” The question is: where’s the innovation?

“It’s like they opened last year’s file and just changed the date,” one supporter wrote on Twitter.

🧵 Quality Concerns: Pulls, Threads, and Frustration

Even more concerning than the deja vu design are the numerous complaints about poor quality. Fans who rushed to buy the kit in its opening week reported threads coming loose, noticeable pulls in the fabric after just one wear, and stitching irregularities around the sleeves and hem.

Considering the shirt retails at £75 for adults and £55 for juniors, many are calling this unacceptable.

“I wore it once to the park and there were already two snags in the chest,” one season ticket holder told us. “For that price, I expect quality—this feels more like fast fashion than performance wear.”

Adidas, a global giant in sportswear, has yet to issue a statement on the quality concerns—but the grumbling on social media continues to mount.

🛠️ A Creativity Crisis at Adidas?

This isn’t just a Leeds issue. Fans from other Adidas-sponsored clubs have raised similar concerns: templated designs, copy-paste graphics, and minimal variation year over year. For Leeds supporters, this stings a little more given the club’s identity as fiercely independent and proud.

While some argue that “tradition” is central to the home kit, others are growing tired of tradition being used as an excuse for laziness.