Manchester United to Update Kit with Premier League Badges

Manchester United will tweak their shirts this weekend to bring their kit fully in line with Premier League rules.

When they host Ipswich at Old Trafford on Sunday, United will wear official Premier League badges on both sleeves, correcting an oversight from the opening day defeat at Hull City.

League regulations are clear: every team must display the Premier League badge and the “No Room For Racism” element on the right sleeve. If a club does not have a commercial partner on the left sleeve, the same official league badge must also appear on that side.

United currently have no sleeve sponsor. Yet in the 2-0 loss at Hull, their left arm was bare of the Prem logo, leaving them technically short of the rulebook.

There will be no punishment. Both the club and the Premier League recognise it as an error, and United have moved to fix it in time for their first home league game of the season against the newly-promoted Tractor Boys.

The club had planned to unveil a new sleeve sponsor, but talks over a fresh commercial agreement are still ongoing. In the meantime, they debuted their new third kit on Saturday with unbranded sleeves.

The gap was created when Old Trafford’s £20m-a-year deal with DXC Technology expired in May, ending eight straight years with a sleeve sponsor and forcing United back to the default of dual league badges.

That setup is not optional. It is a direct application of Premier League Rule M.15, which states that if a club has no left-sleeve sponsor, the official league badge must be used on that sleeve as well as the right.

United are not alone in doubling up. Chelsea, Sunderland and Crystal Palace all wore the lion crest on both sleeves on the opening weekend.

Off the pitch, United’s commercial machine is still humming. Earlier this month they signed a record multi-year training kit deal with Betway worth around £20m per season, while Snapdragon have taken over as front-of-shirt sponsor from the start of the 2024/25 campaign.

The only thing missing now is a logo on that left arm – and until a new partner is signed, the Premier League lion will keep the space warm.