While we don't wish to interrupt your 2026 FIFA World Cup viewing experience, it would be remiss of us not to mention that away from the grand international scene, Premier League clubs are already gearing up for the start of the 2026-27 season.
The start of the new English top-tier season has been delayed by a week to make room in what is already a crammed schedule, but nevertheless, a clutch of new kits has already been released.
Some kits have been unveiled over the offseason in dribs and drabs, while some of the league's heavyweight clubs even got ahead of the game by rolling out their latest jerseys at the tail end of last season.
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Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur are among the clubs who have already come flying out of the blocks in terms of kit releases, with plenty more to follow over the coming weeks.
As such, let's begin our annual sartorial task of rating, slating and most importantly ranking the various shirts that will be gracing Premier League pitches come August.
13. Newcastle United home (Adidas)
Adidas Newcastle's new home shirt should probably come with a warning. The Doppler-effect stripes are nauseating and the oversize bright blue stripes on the sleeves (a theme among Adidas kits this season, so be warned) don't sit well at all. There's only so much you can do with black-and-white stripes, and still it feels like the Toon have managed to screw things up here.
12. Chelsea home (Nike)
Chelsea FC Released in early June, Chelsea's new home kit has failed to grow on us. The design is somehow both minimalist and clunky, with the yellow ornamentation and the oversize lion emblem "engraved" into the fabric making the whole thing feel disjointed. Not a classic, by any stretch.
11. Tottenham Hotspur home (Nike)
Tottenham Hotspur If you've seen one Spurs home kit in recent years, you've seen them all. Almost identical to every jersey released since Nike took the reins in 2017, the latest installment in the Premier League's blandest series is plain by design, supposedly symbolic of the club's desire for a fresh start -- which is understandable given it nearly got relegated twice. The sparse trim is navy (as per) and the diagonal hash marks appear to be a nod to the far-superior Hummel kits worn by Spurs in the mid-1980s.