This will make us very, very unhappy.
As Irish football fans we can now look forward to the national football team heading out to France for Euro 2016 after our play-off win over Bosnia.
"Yay," we said, and "yay" said the Ireland team shirt makers Umbro, who'll be bringing out a new kit especially for the championships, no doubt.
We don't mind that as we want Wes and Jon to be looking their sharpest when they kick off in France next summer.
Plenty of teams that qualified before this week have already launched their jerseys for next summer's bonanza of football, including this delicious alternative Belgium strip.
https://twitter.com/IBWMJeff/status/664926270548000768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Even the unpopular ones like this effort from Northern Ireland have their own certain charm.
https://twitter.com/OfficialIrishFA/status/663681565025783816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
But it seems that Fifa have spied an ideal opportunity to extract even more cash out of the game by allowing sponsors get their sticky hands on international jerseys.
According to
The Guardian this morning, FIFA presidential candidate Tokyo Sexwale thinks it would be a good idea to allow sponsors emblazon their names across the front of international jerseys.
All in the name of money of course:
“Seriously explore the possibility of the national jersey, as happens in other sporting codes, bearing the logo of the main sponsor – not only the jersey-maker as is currently the case. There is space there for much value worth millions of dollars which will be destined directly into [various] FAs’ coffers.
We would be so disappointed if this actually happens.
It's just wrong isn't it.
https://twitter.com/dw_sports/status/667277119152644096
https://twitter.com/MagZaz5/status/667249763218300928
