Kanye West stuns fans on Instagram as he wears a lower-league team’s niche goalkeeper shirt… and it’s not the first time the rapper has worn bizarre kits!
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Kanye West has stunned fans online by wearing an old England goalkeeper jersey in an Instagram post, but it's not the first time he has opted for an unusual kit.
The controversial rapper – also known as Ye – has attracted negative attention in recent years for his antics outside of music.
But his love for fashion has seen his clothes attract a lot of attention – and eagle-eyed fans spotted the 46-year-old posting on social media and seeing him wearing an old goalkeeper shirt from a famous English club, when they came in second place sat. low.
West shared an Instagram post of him wearing a gray Asics jersey, a long-sleeved design worn by Portsmouth goalkeepers between 1995 and 1997, when the South Coast club were in the old First Division.
There was no caption to provide context for West's choice, although it baffled fans who did not foresee one of the world's most famous names wearing a second-rate football goalkeeper jersey 28 years after its release.
Kanye West stunned fans on Instagram by wearing Portsmouth's 1995-1997 goalkeeper shirt
The Asics long sleeve shirt was worn by Portsmouth's goalkeepers in the old First Division
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Portsmouth narrowly avoided relegation from the First Division in the 1995–96 season, before missing out on the play-off places in the following campaign after improvements on the pitch.
The choice of a top is another fashion decision for the man who has had a number of his own clothing lines.
It is not clear which football team West supports, but he was pictured wearing a Manchester United jacket in 2018 and another Red Devils shirt earlier in 2023.
In October, the 24-time Grammy Award winner attended Tyson Fury's fight with Francis Ngannou in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, wearing a shirt with a Premier League logo on the sleeve.
There were three stripes – suggesting it would be an Adidas kit design – but it left fans guessing which club and era the design referred to.
West attended Tyson Fury vs Francis Ngannou wearing Premier Leauge patches on his shirt
The rapper previously wore a sports jacket with the logo of a primary school in west Belfast
One fan tweeted that it could be a Manchester United shirt to show support for Manchester-born Tyson Fury, while a Tottenham goalkeeper kit from 2001-2002 and Chelsea's third shirt from 2012-2013 were also touted as possible options.
In October, ITV reports this that a video shared by hip-hop artist Ty Dolla $ign had shown West wearing a sports jacket with the logo of St Mary's Christian Brothers Grammar School, an educational institution in west Belfast.