Images purportedly showing West Ham’s new home and away kit have leaked onto Twitter.
In the photos, Manuel Lanzini is wearing the home shirt, which has a lot more blue than last season, while Felipe Anderson is modelling the all-white away jersey:
West Ham United’s kits for the 2019/20 season. #WHUFC #COYI pic.twitter.com/Zz3uTVeVNG
— West Ham Fan Zone (@WHUFCFZ) May 28, 2019
The majority of supporters on Twitter seem to be liking both kits:
Both are lovely
— IronsmanJP (@IronsManJP) May 28, 2019
Really like both, the home shirt is very nice but just not sure on all claret…
— Dan (@WHUFC_D) May 28, 2019
— Scotty Bhoy?????????????? (@ScottyBhoy8) May 28, 2019
Nice ?
— kev (@kevalaaarrr) May 28, 2019
Oh my god ????
— JJ ⚒ (@jeremiahhjoshua) May 28, 2019
They’re class
— Luke Metcalf (@Lukemet02) May 28, 2019
Retro style,a hark back to ’76 and Admiral,it’s nice,I like it!#COYI.
— Stanley T (@harryflowerss) May 28, 2019
Although there are a few who were not fans of the claret shorts on the home kit:
claret shorts on home kit is a disaster
— Nige Deboom (@NigeDeboom) May 28, 2019
Home kit shocking ?
— Gill Berry (@GB_Hammer) May 28, 2019
Not a fan of all claret need the white shorts and socks with home kit
— Daniel 父 Moore ⚒ (@danielmoore1987) May 28, 2019
Whether these leaked pictures turn out to be the real deal, we shall have to wait and see.
The Image of the home shirt does tally with previous reports about Umbro taking inspiration from the Admiral kits used between 1976 and 1980.
There is one important difference, though, as the chevrons appear to have been replaced by straight claret lines across the top of the blue half of the shirt.
The manufacturer recently agreed a new five-year deal with West Ham to make the club’s kits until the end of the 2023/24 season.