Adidas planned to unveil a brand new Man United shirt, with a retro theme and design, later this year. Well, the cat is out of the bag now as the shirt was inadvertently leaked by club legend David Beckham.
Becks was photographed at the opening of the sportswear concern’s HomeCourt’s concept store at the Mall of Emirates in Dubai yesterday.
Here you can take a look at Beckham autographing the new Man United shirt at his public appearance.
The snap was picked up by the Daily Mail, and then started circulating through social media.
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— Retro YouTube (@RetroYouTube) September 30, 2015
Adidas’ shirt deal with Manchester United, which kicked in on August 1st, is the most lucrative sports wear partnership with a sports franchise in history. (£750 million, or $1.1 billion).
The new retro (as paradoxical as that sounds) Man United shirt looks very much like the Man United kit worn by the club at home games 1980-1982.
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