United’s kits have been made by Adidas since 2014, when they themselves replaced Macron. In that period, United were promoted from League One to the Premier League within three seasons before being relegated again last year.
As we revealed, officials at Bramall Lane are keen to strike a deal which covers every club within the United World network – including United, Beerschot in Belgium and clubs in France, India and Dubai.
Adidas have produced a number of home and away shirts for United since they began working together, and some third kits too for when their normal red and white stripes and away jerseys would cause a kit clash.
But which of their efforts have been the best, and which are best forgotten and consigned to history? We tasked our man Danny Hall to go through all United’s Adidas kits and rank them, from worst to best.
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13. 2021/22 home
The current, and looking like last, Adidas shirt scores highly, with a nice pinstriped effect setting it apart. In my humble opinion, all Blades home shirts should have a black pinstripe, to differentiate from the other red-and-white striped clubs Photo: Isaac Parkin
14. 2021/22 away
And the away shirt. Classic black, with a noticeable but understated silver sash and monochrome badge and sponsor. A great effort Photo: Andrew Yates
15. 2019/20 home
United’s home shirt from the first Premier League season again had a solid back, but at least it was red rather than white Photo: James Wilson
16. 2017/18 third
The change strip brought in instead of the purple effort, it’s another templated effort – but a beauty of one. Reminiscent of the (Blades) shirts Chris Wilder’s Bradway used to wear back in the day Photo: Simon Bellis