Liverpool's next Adidas shirt: maroon and vintage

Club / player

Liverpool FC — with Mohamed Salah photographed leaving the AXA Training Centre in a training top from the same range, which is either a coincidence or the most low-key kit reveal in recent memory.

Brand

Adidas. Year two of the deal that ended five years of Nike, and the Germans are leaning into the archive rather than the algorithm.

Leak or release status

Leak, via Footy Headlines. No official release date confirmed. Given the timing, expect a summer 2026 drop — pre-season window, the usual fanfare.

Visual description

Active Maroon is the base — a deeper, richer red than the standard Liverpool scarlet, closer to what you'd have seen on the Spice Boys' predecessors. The three Adidas stripes are back on the shoulders, which is the detail everyone's been waiting for since the deal was announced. The pattern running through the fabric is lifted directly from the 1989-91 home kit — a subtle diamond-weave texture that rewards a closer look without screaming for attention. Clean collar, no fuss. It looks like a shirt that knows what it is.

Fan reaction

Reddit's r/LiverpoolFC received it warmly — which, by the standards of football kit discourse on Reddit, is roughly equivalent to a standing ovation anywhere else. The shoulder stripes are doing most of the heavy lifting in the comments. The maroon shade split a few opinions, with some users wanting a brighter red, but the heritage angle is winning people over.

Our verdict

Adidas are doing what Adidas do best: going back to the drawer. The 1989-91 kit is one of the most fondly remembered in the club's history, and threading that pattern into a modern template is a smarter move than slapping a gradient on it and calling it innovation. Salah leaving training in the range without a word said — that's the kind of soft launch that costs nothing and lands perfectly.