Thanks to the unusual timing of the 2022 World Cup, the celebration of the festival has been pushed back for a while this year, but that hasn’t stopped football clubs from across Europe’s top leagues from cramming in. Their stores are full of Christmas knick-knacks.
At the heart of each collection is the official Christmas sweater, which has become an annual tradition in the football field. Clubs have rolled out a bunch of new designs for 2022, but while some of them are the perfect outfit to wear while singing carols around the fire, others are purely holiday terror.
Here’s our pick of the best and, of course, very worst festive knitwear on offer at the club’s official stores this holiday season.
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The reigning Serie A champions Milan stuck with them Rossoneri color club for their 2022 Christmas sweater, with a decorated Christmas message on the midriff. Fans who want the full range of accessories can team the sweater with a matching bobble hat.
With classic details taken from the club’s kits and emblems of the past, the Gunners have produced a jumpsuit that’s both festive and sweet — as Katie McCabe and Martin Odegaard demonstrate here. It certainly suits a team that is topping the Premier League at Christmas.
Barca keeps things simple and classy with a nifty gray sweatermodeled by Map of Leonfeatures a blaugrana Patterns all over and a large club crest front and center.
Benjamin Pavard kick what Bayern are calling “Norwegian kitted sweater,” made such an impression on fans that it was sold out in the club store.
Dortmund’s official Christmas jersey for 2022 is inspired by traditional adventure features and calendars a huge network of seasonal motifs of all kinds. Sadly, there isn’t any hidden chocolate behind any of them.
There’s not much wrong with Chelsea’s dominant royal blue designalthough it doesn’t feel very Christmassy.
There’s a lot going on in Inter .’s festival design — modeled by World Cup winner Lautaro Martinez — but it’s the 8-bit reindeer that really stands out. There is also a matching bobble hat with traditional blue, black and white.
Never afraid to push the boundaries a little, Juventus went along an abstract pattern burns the retina of jewelry, reindeer and — palm trees? Juve defender Bremer although it seems happy enough to wear it.
in what is supposed to be Best Christmassy design of allThe Red Devils didn’t just live up to their moniker by adding the “LFC” crest to their classic Santa outfit.
When The design is supposed to be a bit simpleIt’s definitely smart enough to wear around the dinner table on the big day.
United has a few different options to choose from but the best is definitely this scene of a trio of gnomes stood in front of the club’s famous “Holy Trinity” statue outside Old Trafford on a snowy starry night.
PSG also has a sweater with a very classy traditional designbut we think they want us to share this Papa Noel scores for the defending champion France.
Meanwhile, things are almost as joyful at the Bernabeu with Real Madrid choosing to wish their fans a “White Christmas” through a Cartoon reindeer emerging from a frozen chimney.
Italian club Salernitana may not have the same stature as the other clubs here, but they deserve an honorable mention for their achievements. white and white mosaic pattern. It features the club’s colors, crest and year (1919) as well as a selection of festive images. It will certainly divide opinions, but it is working for us.
Spurs’ festive knitwear is quite delicate and the description is simple a large polar bear holding a soccer ball with the kind of great assurance that fans want to see more often from Hugo lloris.
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