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In their Serie A season opener against Torino, AC Milan debuted a special patch on their shirts to honour club legend Franco Baresi, who passed away in July at the age of 66.

The commemorative patch features the message “6 per sempre” (“No. 6 forever”), referencing Baresi's iconic shirt number, which was permanently retired by the Rossoneri. Each character was selected from thousands of handwritten messages left by supporters following his passing.

Worn on the left sleeve, the patch will feature on the shirts of Milan's men's team, women's team and youth teams throughout the 2026/27 season. A beautiful and deeply personal tribute to one of the greatest figures in the club's history.

Big thanks to @jerseystory_vn for the collage.

Arsenal took the pitch in a rare all-red kit combination for their 26-27 UEFA Champions League opener against Napoli at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona. Mikel Arteta's side paired their regular home shirt with alternative red shorts and red socks, creating a striking monochrome lower half below the shirt's traditional white sleeves.

The uniform change was enforced due to UEFA's strict regulations regarding kit clashes. With Napoli wearing their standard home ensemble featuring white shorts, Arsenal were unable to use their primary white home shorts. Rather than switching to an away or third kit, the club utilized their alternative red shorts designed specifically for such color-conflict scenarios.

This marked the first time the Arsenal senior men's team had worn the all-red look since a Premier League trip to Watford in March 2022. Interestingly, the Gunners also donned an all-red setup at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona during a Europa League quarter-final clash against Napoli back in 2019. The combination proved to be a good omen once again, as Arsenal claimed a 1-0 victory thanks to a second-half goal from Martin Ødegaard.

The Premier League’s official Instagram promo for Matchweek 1 featured a major mistake: Arsenal's jersey was shown with the standard purple sleeve patch, while the golden champions patch was mistakenly placed on Liverpool's sleeve.

The error quickly sparked outrage among Gooners in the comment section. Big thanks to @jerseystory_vn for spotting the mistake and creating the graphic.

While all other Manchester United players took the pitch with league badges on both sleeves, Benjamin Šeško was spotted as the only one missing the patch on his left arm for reasons unknown.

Thanks to @jerseystory_vn for the information and collage.

UEFA have signed their first ever referee kit sponsorship today with Strauss - famous safety workwear, gear and equipments company from Germany.

Following this deal, the German company's logo will appear on the left sleeve of referee kits in UEFA competitions, as well as on VAR screens and assistants' operating room. The effect of the deal will start immediately on 26-27 Champions League matchday 1, and to be applied with Europa League and Conference League after that.

What do you think of UEFA's new sleeve sponsor, Strauss? Let us know in the comments below.

Since the start of the 26-27 season, the FIFA Intercontinental badge has completely vanished from PSG's shirts, from the UEFA Super Cup to the UEFA Champions League.

This is likely due to PSG's home kit design featuring a vertical logo layout, making it almost impossible to add another badge while maintaining a balanced look. To preserve the shirt's aesthetic, PSG decided to omit the badge altogether.

Goalkeeper Safonov's kit, despite having enough room for the FIFA Intercontinental badge, was also left blank to remain consistent with his outfield teammates.

Thanks to What The Kit for the interest spotting and the collage.

Arsenal took the pitch in a rare all-red kit combination for their 26-27 UEFA Champions League opener against Napoli at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona. Mikel Arteta's side paired their regular home shirt with alternative red shorts and red socks, creating a striking monochrome lower half below the shirt's traditional white sleeves.

The uniform change was enforced due to UEFA's strict regulations regarding kit clashes. With Napoli wearing their standard home ensemble featuring white shorts, Arsenal were unable to use their primary white home shorts. Rather than switching to an away or third kit, the club utilized their alternative red shorts designed specifically for such color-conflict scenarios.

This marked the first time the Arsenal senior men's team had worn the all-red look since a Premier League trip to Watford in March 2022. Interestingly, the Gunners also donned an all-red setup at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona during a Europa League quarter-final clash against Napoli back in 2019. The combination proved to be a good omen once again, as Arsenal claimed a 1-0 victory thanks to a second-half goal from Martin Ødegaard.

Making his Juventus debut in the match against AC Milan, Nick Woltemade was the only Juventus player on the pitch wearing long sleeves. Excluding special-edition kits, the German strike became the first Bianconeri player made this choice since Andrea Pirlo and Claudio Marchisio back in the 13-14 season.

Remarkably, even Cristiano Ronaldo, a long-sleeve icon, never wore one during his time in Turin.

Liverpool have announced that Turkish Airlines will become the club's new shirt sponsor from the 2027-28 season, ending the Reds' 17-year partnership with Standard Chartered.

While early fan concepts have used Turkish Airlines' familiar circular bird logo above the wordmark, a text-only sponsor could also be a realistic option.

The airline previously used a simplified two-line “TURKISH AIRLINES” wordmark on River Plate's shirts between 2019 and 2022, while Turkish clubs such as Galatasaray and Samsunspor have also used streamlined typographic versions of the branding.

A text-only layout could give Liverpool's future Adidas shirts a cleaner, less crowded look. The final sponsor application has yet to be confirmed, with the partnership set to begin in June 2027.

VfB Stuttgart have officially announced GREENOX as their new sleeve sponsor for the men's first team, taking over from previous sponsor hep solar. Founded in 2023 and headquartered in Stuttgart, the energy consulting and building renovation company has its logo featured on the sleeves of the club's Jako shirts throughout the 26-27 campaign in the Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal, and UEFA Champions League.

Barcelona officially debuted a red shorts and socks variant with their 2026-27 home shirt in the away match against Valencia, avoiding a potential kit clash.

The combination was previously used in a friendly against Birmingham City last month and is set to be used regularly throughout the season. It also marks the fourth time in the last five seasons that Barcelona have used red as a supplementary colour alongside their home shirt.

The new combination made a memorable competitive debut as Barcelona secured a 5-0 win over Valencia.

Thanks to @jerseystory_vn for the information and collage.

In their Serie A clash against Inter at San Siro, SSC Napoli caught the attention of eagle-eyed Napoli kit expert @TutelaMagliaNA. For the 26-27 centenary season, EA7 designed two distinct pairs of white shorts: the home shorts carry the club's special centenary crest, while the away version features an alternate Mount Vesuvius-themed logo. Because the red jersey used the standard circular Napoli crest, pairing it with either of the 26-27 white shorts would have caused a clash of emblems on the same uniform.

Rather than producing a third set of white change shorts solely to carry the standard badge, Napoli simply reused their plain white match shorts from 25-26.

While all other Manchester United players took the pitch with league badges on both sleeves, Benjamin Šeško was spotted as the only one missing the patch on his left arm for reasons unknown.

Thanks to @jerseystory_vn for the information and collage.

UEFA have signed their first ever referee kit sponsorship today with Strauss - famous safety workwear, gear and equipments company from Germany.

Following this deal, the German company's logo will appear on the left sleeve of referee kits in UEFA competitions, as well as on VAR screens and assistants' operating room. The effect of the deal will start immediately on 26-27 Champions League matchday 1, and to be applied with Europa League and Conference League after that.

What do you think of UEFA's new sleeve sponsor, Strauss? Let us know in the comments below.