Manchester City 26-27 Third Kit Leaked

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Kit Design: The Manchester City 26-27 third kit is mainly white with a navy/sky blue stripe down the center that fades towards the sponsor, featuring a thick v-collar and sleeve cuffs with an embossed CITY pattern.
AI Creation: The kit was designed using Puma's AI Creator tool, with almost 180,000 kits designed by City supporters, and the winning design was chosen from 10 finalists.
Release Date: The Manchester City 2026-2027 third kit will be officially launched in August 2026.

Update - April 9, 2026: Footy Headlines can leak real images of Manchester City’s 2026-27 third kit, which was created by a fan using the Puma AI Creator. Puma has added a gradient to the design, so it blurs out for the sponsor.

Manchester City 26-27 Third Kit

The Manchester City 26-27 third kit has a classic design with some modern touches. It is mainly white with a navy/sky blue stripe running down the center - the stripe fades out towards the main sponsor. Puma uses a thick v-collar.

The sleeve cuffs feature an embossed CITY pattern, similar to the design on the sleeve cuffs of Bayern Munich’s 2025-26 away kit.

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Manchester City 26-27 Third Kit - Winning Design Vs Final Kit

Manchester City's 2026-2027 third kit was created via Puma's AI Creator tool in late 2024. 10 designs made it to the final vote, with the winner only to be announced with the launch in 2026 - 18 months later. In total, almost 180,000 kits were designed by City supporters around the world with the help of AI, using text prompting, customization tools, and intuitive sliders. Voting was open at aicreator.puma.com.

Manchester City 26-27 Third Kit - 10 Finalists

The submitted designs of the Puma Manchester City 26-27 3rd kit were, really, anything but magnificent. Instead, many of them are the contrast of bangers, and all of them could have easily been designed without the help of any AI.