Leeds United’s 2024/25 campaign was nothing short of spectacular. After the pain of relegation in 2023 and the heartbreak of falling at Wembley in last year’s play-off final, Daniel Farke took the reins and steered the club in the right direction.
Leeds finished as Championship winners, amassing a remarkable 100 points — crowning themselves champions despite challenges from Burnley and Sunderland.
Now, preparing for a return to the Premier League, Leeds aren’t just dreaming of survival — they’re targeting quality recruitment and stadium expansion to solidify their long-term ambitions. Pre-season fixtures against Manchester United, Villarreal, and AC Milan underline their intent to compete at the highest level
Amid this momentum, attention has spectacularly turned to what the Whites might wear this coming season.
A leaked image of what is being claimed as the 2025/26 Leeds United home kit has caused a stir online after it appeared for sale on multiple Chinese replica sites this week.
With Adidas set to continue as kit manufacturer, this eye-catching design — featuring a prominent Red Bull logo and tiled pixel motif — has triggered both excitement and scepticism among Leeds supporters.
Is this definitely the new kit then? Available to buy from the Chinese sites already. pic.twitter.com/g3bJCp2Y38
— Welly…LUFC (@DeanJWell13LUFC) June 16, 2025
The shirt, primarily white with striking blocks of yellow, grey, and two shades of blue across the chest, includes a pixel-style tribute that many have interpreted as a nod to the famous Lowfields Road tunnel tiles at Elland Road.
There’s also a thick blue and yellow trim around the collar, matching sleeve piping, and bold blue side panels. But it’s the Red Bull branding splashed across the front that’s led intrigue as it is blue and yellow colours rather than its traditional red.
Fans were quick to scrutinize the shirt’s details. The Leeds badge on the leaked version looks slightly distorted — the kind of flaw often seen in counterfeit products.
Additionally, the mismatched blues and conflicting yellows in the tile pattern have led some to label the kit a design mess. “The tile tribute is nice,” one fan noted on social media, “but the badge looks strange, the side swipes don’t make sense, and the yellows clash.”
So where did this design come from?
Chinese replica sites started selling the kit last week — and nearly all of them had the same design. Historically, these sites are known for replicating existing designs, not inventing them. That raises an intriguing question: if they’re reproducing this kit, then who originally created it?
It’s unlikely a factory in Shenzhen or Vietnam took artistic liberties to blend Lowfields iconography with Adidas styling just for fun. One possibility is that Adidas circulated decoy designs to throw off replica factories. Another theory doing the rounds is that someone fused elements from a past Admiral shirt and a more recent home kit to create a fan-made concept — which then somehow got picked up by counterfeiters.
Sceptics are also pointing out that these same replica sites have previously listed incorrect versions of new kits for other clubs. The Leeds badge quality, in particular, is a giveaway to many: “One look at the badge and you know it’s fake,” wrote one fan. Others believe it’s plausible the design itself is real, but the shirt in the image is just a poorly executed knockoff.
There’s also confusion over how much of the Lowfields motif will actually appear. Contrary to the bold tile blocks on the chest in this leak, more credible whispers suggest the homage is limited to sleeve or collar trim — far more subtle than what’s shown here.
Verdict? It’s murky.
This could be a leaked concept that resembles the real thing — or a complete fake with imaginative flair. The pixel motif does align with recent trends in Adidas designs, but the dodgy badge and visual inconsistencies point toward this being a replica of a concept, not the final match-worn shirt.
Until Leeds United and Adidas officially unveil the kit, the jury remains out. But one thing’s clear: if the final version does borrow from the Lowfields tiles, fans will want it executed with more clarity — and definitely with a better badge.
