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In England, too, there is currently discussion about the jersey and the supplier of the national football team. The changed color of the flag is causing debate.
London - These days you can't ignore jerseys and major sports goods manufacturers: While in Germany the focus is on the purple-pink away kit of the DFB team and the switch from Adidas to Nike, in England there is a detail on the new home -The Three Lions outfit for the European Championships in Germany discussed. Even Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is getting involved. What's going on on the island?
Discussions about the England national jersey: “Playful updating” of the flag is not well received
Essentially it's about the color of the English flag. This is actually white with a red cross. On the new Nike home jersey, however, it comes in different colors - according to the supplier, a "playful update" with purple and blue horizontal stripes. The US company emphasized that the colors were inspired by the tracksuits of England's 1966 World Cup winners.
The stick is now causing some heated discussions in the motherland of football. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Friday joined Opposition Leader Keir Starmer's call for the St. George's Cross on the back of the collar to be returned to its original red. By Saturday evening, more than 40,000 people had voted in an online petition to change the colors.
Nike steps into the fray with the jersey: Klopp's protégé even covers the controversial detail
“Of course I prefer the original, and in my opinion we shouldn’t do anything nonsense with national flags,” said Conservative Prime Minister Sunak on Friday. The flag is “a source of pride and identity” and is “perfect the way it is.” On Thursday evening, Starmer, leader of the social democratic Labor Party, told the
Sun
newspaper that the flag was used by everyone at international matches and was a unifying motif. “It doesn’t need to be changed. We just have to be proud of her.”
Harvey Elliott, who is one of Jürgen Klopp's favorites at Liverpool FC, made a direct statement during England's U21 international match against Azerbaijan and knitted up his collar so that the changed flag could not even be seen. The campaign is currently causing a lot of conversation - but there should still be no change to the jersey.
Harvey Elliott pulled on the new England U21 jersey - and knitted up his collar so that the changed flag couldn't be seen. © Mike Egerton / PA Wire / dpa
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Criticism of the high price of England jerseys
The high price of the jersey also caused criticism. The “authentic” versions, as worn by the players, cost 125 pounds (145.50 euros) for adults and 120 pounds for children, while the identical-looking “stadium” versions – especially for fans – cost 85 and 65 pounds respectively . Starmer, himself a fan of London first division club Arsenal FC, called on Nike to reduce prices.
In Germany, fans are not satisfied with the switch to Nike - a survey makes this clear.
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