Manchester United’s Official Telling Reaction After Rapper Aitch Leaks Next Season’s Home Kit

Manchester United’s Official Telling Reaction After Rapper Aitch Leaks Next Season’s Home Kit

Elijah Odetokun
updated at June 25, 2023 at 7:39 AM
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  • Manchester United are set to unveil their home kit for the 2023/24 season next week Tuesday
  • Fans do not have to wait for much longer as rapper Aitch wore the jersey at a music festival yesterday
  • The prototype of the jersey had earlier been seen from a promotional image weeks ago

Manchester United could not hide their reaction after their next season’s home kit appeared to be leaked by rapper Aitch at a music festival.

Harrison James Armstrong, popularly known as Aitch, turned up on the Pyramid stage at the Glastonbury Festival of Performing Arts wearing the new shirt.

He is a childhood Mancunian and could possibly be part of the celebrity unveiling of the shirt, which explains why he had early access to it.

Aitch, Manchester United, Glastonbury, Festival of Performing Arts.
Rapper Aitch performed at the Glastonbury Festival of Performing Arts with Manchester United's 2023/24 home kit. Photo by Shirlaine Forrest.
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According to an official statement, the club had earlier announced that the new kit would be launched on Tuesday, June 27.

Official reactions to jersey leak

BBC MOTD shared a tweet of Aitch’s photo on stage wearing the jersey, which is a traditional United Red with black neck and arm tapings and a more prominent sponsor’s logo in front.

The club’s official Twitter account replied to the tweet with a rose emoji, all but confirming it is, and fans started dropping their complaints, majorly on the big sponsor’s logo.

It was not the first time the kit was leaked. According to talkSPORT, four weeks ago, a photo of Luke Shaw wearing it was seen at an Adidas store in New York.

Erik ten Hag is fighting to wrap up his signings for next summer to get preparation ready on time.

Chelsea lower Mount’s price

Sports Brief reported that Chelsea lowered Mason Mount’s asking price and gave Manchester United a transfer boost in their pursuit of the midfielder.

The Blues initially demanded £85m for their academy product, but after seeing the player’s reluctance to commit to a new contract and could leave for free next summer, they have reduced it to £65m.

The Red Devils withdrew their interest after Chelsea rejected three bids for Mason Mount worth up to £60m and responded with a counteroffer of £58m plus £7m in add-ons.

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Elijah Odetokun is Reuters-trained journalist with three years of experience having previously worked at Daily Times Nigeria, OmaSports and El Futbolero.