I designed a new kit in two minutes - and it could be worn by Man City for real

Manchester City are boldly entering the world of AI - and they are not doing it quietly or cautiously.

In a first for football, City will give fans the chance to design the club's third kit for the 2026/27 season using a bespoke Generative AI design tool. Fans will be able to submit designs using AI prompts, rank other designs and one will be chosen as a future first team kit before going on sale to millions.

It's an opportunity that turns those doodles and drawings you did as children into a genuine reality, and the club hope they will receive hundreds of thousands of submissions.

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Working with Puma, City have today launched a competition for fans to design the future kit, giving 'the power to supporters' and handing over the creative baton to fans around the world.

To illustrate the process, City let goalkeepers Ederson and Stefan Ortega and defender Rico Lewis test-drive the AI Platform to design a 'keeper kit, that will be produced to be worn in a one-off game in January and sold in a limited run.

Ederson showcased the final product - a green shirt with a white design mimicking the netting of a goal - at an event at the Etihad last week, proudly likening it to a Brazil jersey. It is thought to be be the first kit to be designed and then worn by a football player.

The Manchester Evening News were among the first to design a kit on the new platform, determined to test whether it is indeed as simple and intuitive as its creators claim.

With a simple prompt, a few boxes ticked to decide on a specific style and