David Beckham and a few other English soccer stars — including John Terry, Wayne Rooney and Glen Johnson — are featured in a new promo photo where the men are modeling the Away Uniforms that Team England will wear in World Cup competition this year. The kits were designed by Umbro and are modeled on the uniforms worn by Team England in 1966 when the won the World Cup … behold:
Shoulders back, head held high, this is John Terry modelling the latest England kit. It’s the ‘away’ strip which the players will wear at the World Cup in South Africa this summer. When the picture was taken sex-shamed Terry was England captain, and first choice to front the Umbro promotion. Now the father of two has been stripped of the captaincy after having an affair with a former team-mate’s ex-girlfriend and his form for Chelsea is deteriorating as fast as his reputation. Umbro chiefs could be forgiven for regretting the timing of their new campaign. His appearance in the kit may spark observations about his record of playing away and it remains to be seen how sales fare of the shirt, which is loosely based on England’s 1966 World Cup winning shirt. Joining him in the promotional picture are David Beckham and Wayne Rooney, whose own records are not exactly spotless. The fourth member of the party is defender Glen Johnson and what he lacks in the infidelity stakes he more than makes up for with his many tattoos. The outfit will set back fans £45 for a shirt, £25 for shorts and £10 for the matching socks. The away kit will be premiered by the squad for the first time tomorrow against Egypt, in a friendly at Wembley. One player who won’t be wearing it is Terry’s former friend Wayne Bridge. The Manchester City player has already ruled himself out of competing in this summer’s World Cup, to avoid appearing in the same team as Terry.
Meh … controversy aside, the guys do look hot in their new soccer unis. You can just tell that the English Team is DYING for a World Cup win. I’m certain this will be David Beckham‘s last shot at the trophy so he is prolly losing sleep over England’s chances at a win. Whatever the case may be, we know the best team will win the World Cup. At least the English boys can take comfort in the fact that they got the hotness factor taken care of. Now, all they’ll need to do is play some serious soccer ;)
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ahhh cant wait for world cup! Englands my team :) hopefully, this year’s good for them.
I can’t wait for World Cup either!! Though of course I’ll be cheering on USA, Spain is the team I’m hoping will go all the way..No matter what, there are going to be some incredible matches and super hot guys!
Team USA all the way. if not, Team Oranje (Holland).
Um, am I the only one that doesn’t believe this “photo”. The only person that looks like they are actually wearing the shirt is the guy in the middle looking directly at the camera. The other three look like they’ve have the shirt photoshopped onto their bodies.
Am I missing something here?
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@Ashlee it was photoshopped (and admittedly so) apparently there was some aim in the advertising to show how it’s design is specific to the body areas or something & so they computer-generated parts out of the shirt to show how it fits to the skin. Meh…something dull like that, either way it was photoshopped in some way & it was entirely intentional. The real full kit is just pure red, like the one Terry is wearing, the others are showing the special “design” areas or whatever.
I seriously don’t believe it. I pray Wayne is ok for the world cup!
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