We reckon the first images of Arsenal’s 2025/26 kits will leak in the coming weeks, so we figured now might be a decent time to round up the info already in the public domain.
With a tip of the cap to the team at Footy Headlines, here’s what we know about the designs for next season’s home, away, third and keeper shirts, along with news on training gear and other Adidas merchandise releases.
Home shirt
As expected, the home kit will feature Arsenal’s classic red and white colours. However, unlike the current and last season, there’s no additional accent colour.
Based on leaked images of Real Madrid’s and Liverpool’s new Adidas kits (Liverpool joins the Adidas roster this summer), Arsenal’s shirt is likely to follow the Adidas Tiro 2025 Competition Match teamwear template. As such the design may incorporate a subtle pinstripe border, evoking memories of mid-2000s Adidas kits.
After using a simple cannon motif on all three of this season’s kits, next year’s home strip will return to using the full club crest. The release date is pencilled for May.
Away shirt
Early reports suggest the away kit draws inspiration from the 1995-96 design, blending two shades of blue – dark and light – enhanced by a lightning motif. This aligns with the ‘Boltline,’ described by creative agency Stereo as “the new energetic centrepiece” of Arsenal’s updated brand identity. The motif has previously featured on the collar of the 22/23 home shirt and as a textured pattern on the body of the 23/24 home shirt.
The kit is expected to incorporate metallic silver logos for Adidas, Visit Rwanda, and Emirates, with striking red accents adding a vibrant touch. Again, the full Arsenal crest will be used although it too could be all silver. The release date is pencilled for July.
Third shirt
According to Footy Headlines, this season’s third kit takes inspiration from the white, maroon, and gold colour scheme of Arsenal’s 07/08 Nike away shirt, which was also used as a third kit in 08/09.
Similar to this year’s third kit, it’s expected to feature a retro Adidas trefoil logo and the cannon in place of the full crest. Outside of the ‘No More Red’ campaign kits, the last time Arsenal had a white shirt was 2020/21 when Adidas took inspiration from Highbury’s Marble Halls.
Keeper shirt
The design of David Raya’s shirts will follow the Adidas Tiro 25 Competition goalkeeper teamwear template with two-tone yellow as the lead colourway. Footy Headlines add that pastel pink and light green are possible variations.
Training
We know the players and coaches will be provided with various training ranges throughout the season, including a set just for Europe. It looks as though they will start with a green and navy blue design reminiscent of last season’s third kit. Like the third shirt, it features silver branding.
Retro re-issue
The 1992-94 home shirt – famously worn by George Graham’s side on their way to victory in the FA Cup, League Cup and Cup Winners’ Cup – is due to be reissued. The club and Adidas have previously re-released the 1990-92 home, 1991-1993 away and 1993-94 away shirts. We presume there will be a capsule collection alongside it.
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On a related note, Arsenal will be wearing a new iteration of the ‘No More Red’ shirt when Manchester United visit the Emirates in the FA Cup 3rd Round on 12 January. It will be the fourth consecutive year that the club have worn an all-white kit in the competition.
A Boro-supporting friend of once told me that he admired that Arsenal had traditional away colours as well as home, and couldn’t think of any other teams in England who have this.
I think it’s a real shame that seems to have been lost.
The new training kit looks like last season’s 3rd kit, not away kit, yeah? Interested to go back to red and white only home kits. Hopefully, they leave the white off the torso and shoulders. Been a while since we had a more traditional white sleeves only kit.
Yep, away. I’ve updated!
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If it was possible I would like to see Arsenal play in the kits from the 1970s just for one season for old time sake. Sorry if this doesn’t agree with other Gooners but I miss the old kits and creast.
I think it’s going to take another marriage with Umbro to achieve that; Umbro seem to be enjoying a very interesting renaissance, looking elsewhere. I’m really disappointed with adidas again. They are capable of great things, but for the third season in a row, our home and away kits are bloody awful, with a half-marks third kit bringing up the rear. I couldn’t agree more, a return to the Umbro days of the 70’s and early 80’s would be most welcome. Even more welcome, adidas should look at their mid/late 80’s kits and take heed. And, for the love of… Read more »
Me too. The old crest is beautiful.
I have a mate who has a friend that works at the Emirates and his friend has told him that Arsenal are thinking about bringing the old creast back. Don’t know how true this is or just wishful thinking but it would be nice to have the old creast back.
The propensity to ignore our traditional Yellow and Blue away kit continues. Congrats Adidas, you’ve actually made our Home kit look boring and uninspiring. Even Puma at their worst were better than this. At least stick with the simple large canon and the adidas trefoil logo – you managed it with the third kit, why not the Home kit. The third kit is about the only half decent offering here; a shame about the Home and Away kits. The Away kit design should definitely be left on the ‘third kit’ shelf. The mid 90’s zig-zag lightening strikes yet again. To… Read more »
Relax bro, these mid season leaks hardly ever look like what’s released
Adidas is just another woke bollocks company anyway, no surprises their offerings are shite
Thanks for the update Andrew! Sorry if I’ve misunderstood but what does the 1992-94 home reissue being due mean? It is already on sale and has been for a while?
https://arsenaldirect.arsenal.com/Clothing/Mens-Clothing/Mens-Retro/Arsenal-Retro-92-94-Home-Shirt/p/A9876
It’s a reissue of the actual shirt. If you look at the version in your link, which Arsenal have been selling for years, there’s no Adidas logo above the crest, and there are 4 chevrons on the sleeves, instead of the 3 Adidas stripes. It’s done that way to get around copyright. Those details should be restored/cleaned up with the reissue.
Yep, exactly.
That makes sense, thanks for the reply Block 12 forever.
That’s lovely
https://www.footyheadlines.com/2024/09/adidas-arsenal-25-26-third-kit.html
The best of a bad bunch. That’s been the case with the third kit for a couple of years now. Adidas frustrate the shit out of me. Back in the day, they made some of the most beautiful kits ever; Nottingham Forest in the late 70’s springs to mind, as does Ipswich Town’s late 70’s kit and further down the road, Arsenal’s late 80’s kits, not to mention some of their classic international shirts for France, Germany and Holland. I absolutely loved our recent Lemon and Navy Blue away kit, that was a winner, as was the recent pink and… Read more »
You’re right, it’s not knock it out of the park stuff but very decent and classy imo.
As for the early 70’s kits you don’t need to convince me, that’s when my romance began i.e. Charlie George in the yellow and blue winning the FA cup final against Liverpool.
Always sold on a simple yellow and blue kit!
The thing is, I’m saying that with three kits, people should be able to have their cake and eat it – and that goes for the kit designers and fashion moguls every bit as much as it does for the traditional old school football fans like us.
Home kit – Red and White
Away kit – Yellow and Blue
Third kit – The experimental one.
The third kit for 25/6 should be our away kit, but instead of the white maroon and gold it should be our traditional away- yellow and blue.
I, too am over the lightning and
zig-zag mish mash
“Lightning and zigzag mishmash”
Indeed
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Please no Silver Crest on our away shirt. Would feel a bit “runner-up”. But that’s prob just my insecurity
Would love to see the redcurrant shirt from 2005/6 brought back for Champions League.
Why can’t the clubs stop ripping the fans of that’s all the big clubs 3 kits all the Time and the cost of wearing your teams strip is so ridiculously over priced
Totally agree with you!
But it’s a business, this game and show we love. And always more is how business works.
Still, it shouldn’t be like that.
I understand how you feel. The way I look at it is that if I really like a shirt I can buy it and enjoy wearing it. If I don’t then I can vote by keeping my dollars in my wallet. There are plenty other things I can spend my money on.
I´ve seen pictures of alleged leaks all over social media platforms lately
I would love adidas to follow suit on the basic yet very elegant 2010 kit, but with the adidas trefoil and ‘just’ the cannon.
In terms of away kits and third kits, i love our recent lemon and navy blue away kit and the same year our best ever third kit which was the black kit with the gold in the same season.
Just my opinion of course, and the last time i spent on buying the away and third kits
Agree
That black kit is the last one I got (I don’t buy often), though I also got last season’s Martinelli home shirt for my son.
Top post, absolutely nailed it. 👏
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As always, I will consider whatever they bring out crap modern nonsense unless we win something wearing it, in which case it’s an instant classic that all future kits, school uniforms and bridesmaid dresses should be based upon
I hate templates.
With so much money involved, companies can and should afford some more creativity for each individual club.
So true!