It’s a risky business trusting the general public to make any decision these days, so hats off to Atletico Mineiro for having it in them to let their fans design their new kit.
If a club in England decided to do that, chances are they’d end up with a drawing of Boaty McBoatface on their shorts, but it seems the Brazilians trump us lot in both the common sense and style departments.
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Atletico Mineiro released their fan-designed kit for the 2021/22 season recently and it’s a thing of absolute beauty.
The shirt contains a map of Minas Gerais – the Brazilian state the club are based in – along with the writing ‘Uma Vez Até Morrer’ which is Portuguese for ‘Once Until I Die’ on the chest, and it’s fair to say it went down a treat on Twitter…
O #MantoDaMassa é diferente de todas as nossas outras camisas. Ele é uma edição especial e você não pode ficar sem. Garanta o seu e faça parte dessa história!
? Seja @GaloNaVeia e compre o seu agora por R$199,90: https://t.co/YPTLXpWeO9 pic.twitter.com/4mV6NoNwMa
— Atlético ? (@Atletico) July 14, 2021
i have never watched an Atletico Mineiro game in my life, but i might need to cop their jersey ?? https://t.co/8UGbO6vlzE
— Grealish (@kumille_) July 15, 2021
If you see me in a Atletico Mineiro shirt please don’t ask me questions about them ??
— empathic narcissist (@Pravz__) July 15, 2021
The Atletico Mineiro supporter-designed kit is a thing of beauty ??
— Jonah (@JustJonesy_8) July 15, 2021
Atletico Mineiro have pulled out one of the best kits I’ve ever seen. What a beauty. pic.twitter.com/2VXSXg9ZWG
— Elliot Hackney (@ElliotHackney) July 15, 2021
Attention soon turned to whether anyone outside of Brazil would be able to get their hands on the new Atletico Mineiro kit…
Does anyone know if you can buy the Atletico Mineiro shirt in Europe?
— Theo (@TheoTheoTheo__) July 14, 2021
I want that Atletico Mineiro jersey but I dont think it’ll be available in our country?
— Don Carlo (@Madr1dism0) July 15, 2021
This is beyond fancy…. #AtleticoMineiro
Where is the online purchase page? https://t.co/CBzkNhcYiq— Alex Williams (@AlexTheGreatECU) July 15, 2021
This is beautiful. How do I buy it to England?
— Steve Stone’s Mullet (@RedDogCam) July 14, 2021
And after hours of panic with people from all over the world desperately searching for the answer, one good Samaritan finally popped up…
(Disclaimer – we’re not sure if it’s actually the right answer or not, but given people on social media are almost never wrong we’re going to give them the benefit of the doubt).
at the moment it is only available to fan members, from the 17th it will be sold to other people
keep an eye on @Atletico‘s social media
— lorraine (@lorrainedsr) July 15, 2021
Of course, nothing good can ever happen in the world without people on social media deciding to use it as a stick to beat someone else with, and it didn’t take long before people started furiously comparing the design to their own club’s shirt.
Can you tell the difference? Neither can Nike. Not a bad idea to have fans design kits for clubs. pic.twitter.com/o7yOYq126i
— Patrick (@B2Life33) July 14, 2021
This is Atletico Mineiro’s new kit, which is beautiful! ? Then you look at Man Utd’s… ? pic.twitter.com/eC3zCriMrM
— MD Footy Tips (@MDFootyTips) July 15, 2021
With the fan-designed kit proving to be a hit among the good people of Twitter, some supporters were found desperately pleading with their club to let their fan base design the kit for next season.
We’ve already discussed this guy, it just won’t work.
More fans need to be tasked with designing football shirts!!
This Atlético Mineiro one is a thing of beauty ? https://t.co/K6GDObNMi6
— Luk3 (@Luk3Design) July 15, 2021
Atletico mineiro new strip with a organised competition with there supporters to design the clubs top absolute minted ? @CelticFC should sort something like this out for a strip. pic.twitter.com/ng2wr1BMPh
— ? Ivory.L ? (@THE_POPES_11) July 14, 2021
