Aston Villa’s 2026-27 Adidas home shirt has leaked online, showing an all-claret Aston Villa Kit 26-27 that strips away the club’s traditional blue sleeves and leans hard into the past. The design is expected to be officially launched within days, just as Villa prepare for their first Champions League campaign in two seasons.
The leaked shirt takes its cue from two familiar touchstones in Villa history: the 1969 kit and the Luke 1977 collaboration from 2018-19. Adidas has kept the shoulders lined with sky blue three stripes, matched by sky blue sleeve cuffs, while the collar is a retro-style polo in sky blue with a clean white V-neck insert. The retail image also shows a modern monochrome pale blue version of the club badge, but no front-of-shirt sponsor appears on the leaked version.
That sponsor-free front matters because it gives the shirt a cleaner look than many recent releases, and it puts the emphasis squarely on the colour scheme. The club’s recent social media profile picture changes also hinted that the official launch could feature a golden lion chest logo, suggesting Villa are planning a more ornate reveal than the leaked retail shot shows. Adidas New Zealand briefly listed the standard adult jersey at $180 NZD, a price that works out at about £85 or $110 USD.
The all-claret approach is not just a design choice. It is being framed as a deliberate reference to two historic Villa shirts, while also fitting a season in which the club returns to Europe’s top competition after two seasons away. That connection matters because Villa’s 1982 European Cup final victory over Bayern Munich was also played in claret, giving the new shirt a direct link to one of the club’s defining nights.
The leak leaves one obvious question for supporters: how closely will the official version match the image now circulating online? With a launch expected within days, Villa are unlikely to keep that answer hidden for long.
