2022 World Cup kits: Bizarre Puma 'box' designs have been leaked

The 2022 World Cup will be upon us before you know it.

While we’ve spent our whole lives orbiting around the fact that FIFA’s premier male tournament comes around at the end of a domestic season, this year’s edition in Qatar breaks tradition by taking place in the winter.

And although that will no doubt grind the gears of footballing purists the world over, it will nevertheless be fascinating to see how a mid-season World Cup plays out when it arrives.

So just as you’re now fussing over Erik ten Hag’s tactics and lamenting Darwin Nunez’s red card, you’ll soon be debating Gareth Southgate’s squad and who’s going to go all the way on December 18.

And one element of the World Cup that will help get you excited for the competition itself is the release of the jerseys that will be sported by the 32 teams heading out to Qatar this winter.

As the annual unveiling of club kits starts to wind down upon the commencement of the 2022/23 season, it’s now all steam ahead for manufacturers to finish titivating their designs for the biggest stage of all.

Naturally, in amongst these last-minute whisperings and rumours, the kit experts over at Footy Headlines are on the ball to let us know which leaked designs are the real deal ahead of their official release.

The ever-reliable website has already given the world a heads up on England’s home and away shirts, as well as France’s stellar primary design, but it’s this week that saw the biggest set of leaks so far.

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That’s because Footy Headlines have corroborated a leak of 11 Puma international away shirts, five of which will be on display at the World Cup, that represent