Images of what appear to be England's kits for the 2026 World Cup have leaked online, giving the public an early look at the designs Nike has prepared for the tournament in North America. The leak was reported by 90min, which published details of both strips.
According to 90min, the home shirt follows a traditional white design with jacquard detailing woven into the fabric — a nod to the textured patterns that have featured on various England kits across different eras. The away strip takes a more emphatic direction, rendered in red, which has served as England's secondary colour at numerous major tournaments.
The Football Association has not issued any official statement confirming or denying the authenticity of the designs, and no release date has been announced. Kit leaks of this kind have become a near-routine occurrence in modern football, with images routinely surfacing on social media and specialist outlets weeks or months before manufacturers and governing bodies are ready to present them formally. Whether these images represent final production versions or earlier prototypes is not clear from the available information.
For England, the 2026 World Cup represents a significant occasion. The tournament, to be co-hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico, will be the largest in the competition's history, expanded to 48 nations for the first time. England qualified and will be among the higher-profile sides in the draw, carrying the weight of expectation that has accompanied the national team at every major tournament for decades.
Kit design tends to generate considerable debate among supporters, and England strips in particular attract close scrutiny given the symbolic attachment to the white home shirt that dates to the earliest years of the international fixture programme. The addition of jacquard detailing, if the leaked images are accurate, would place this edition in a line of recent designs that have sought to add visual texture without departing from the traditional base colour.
The red away design, meanwhile, carries its own history. England wore red at Wembley in the 1966 World Cup final, a detail that supporters and kit manufacturers alike have leaned into at various points since. Whether that association is intentional in the current design is unknown.
Until Nike and the Football Association make a formal announcement, the leaked images remain unverified. An official launch, when it comes, will confirm whether what has circulated online reflects the strips England's players will wear in the United States next summer.