EPL teams unveil new kits for 2026-27 season ahead of kickoff
The Guardian Sport • 1 min read • Latest: Aug 20, 2026, 5:00 AM
Last updated Aug 20, 2026

As the Premier League season prepares to start on August 20, 2026, teams unveil their new kits. Manchester City's ombre design has garnered mixed reactions, while Sunderland’s pink away shirt, inspired by Elvis Presley, stands out. The new season will feature debutants like Christos Tzolis and Victor Muñoz, and many fans are expected to showcase the latest designs.
- •Premier League season starts on August 20, 2026.
- •Manchester City introduces an ombre design.
- •Sunderland's away kit pays homage to Elvis Presley.
- •Christos Tzolis and Victor Muñoz debut in the league.
- •Fans will wear team's new kits during the opening matches.
- 5:00 AMThe Guardian Sport — Instant classics, odd inspirations and barcodes: 2026-27’s best and worst kits
"A look at six of the best and worst of the new season’s strips gives us Pro Evo chic, throwbacks done right, and how – and how not – to use stripes The Premier League season kicks off on Friday and league debutants such as Christos Tzolis and Victor Muñoz, along with masses of fans, will be pulling on their teams’ shiny new strips. There were some lovely efforts at the World Cup (not least by the co-hosts the USA), and others more tedious than a 0-0 draw. It’s a mixed bag once again. Manchester City have gone with an ombre design, which feels – apposite for a gradient fading of colour – exhausted as a look in 2026. In the most surprising but successful collaboration since Olivia Rodrigo and Robert Smith,Sunderland have teamed up with Elvis Presley, or his estate, anyway, for a pink away shirt that nods to the supporters’ longstanding unofficial anthem Can’t Help Falling in Love. Continue reading...
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