The 10 teams that have announced their replica jerseys prices for the upcoming Premier League season have driven their prices up between 9% and 14%, away from the regular cost.
Replica jerseys of Manchester United and Arsenal have been hiked from £70 to £80 for next season, an upward surge of 14%.
Tottenham Hotspur, who basically increase their shirt prices by £5 yearly, their jersey cost is also £80.
Spurs will have the costliest basic adult short-sleeved replica jerseys after the hike in price.
How much will jerseys cost with the inclusion of name, league badges and number?
If fans want to include the official Premier League badges, in addition to name and number, the amount will rise astronomically to £100.
Based on information from a German sports marketing guru, Dr Peter Rohlmann, the “basic” cost of making a “typical” £80 jersey is only £8 per unit or 10% of the sales cost.
That £8 is in addition to the cost of materials and labour, (particularly in Asia) alongside transportation.
Those is charge of selling the shirts at retail level, usually the clubs, they often profit £26.40 from an £80 jersey.
The manufacturing brand takes £23.47, while VAT is £13.33, the club additionally receives £4.80 “license fee” for every shirt.
£2.40 for every shirt is spent on marketing the jersey, while £1.60 is spent on local distribution.
These cost are illustrative and could be different based on the contracts between the teams and their manufacturers, who often times pay a considerably higher amount to the teams yearly.
Many teams that have been met concerning how the shirt prices come about, they reveal that Sport manufacturing brands like Adidas, Nike and Puma are the ones in charge of such.
Futballnews will be providing you a listed jersey cost for the new season, in comparison with last season.
The current prices of replica jerseys in comparison with the price for the 2022-23 Premier League season
Arsenal £80 (was £70 for the 2022-23 season) +£10 increase
Manchester United Utd £80 (was £70 for the 2022-23 season) +£10 increase
Tottenham £80 (was £75 for the 2022-23 season) +£5 increase
Man City £75 (was £70 for the 2022-23 season) + £5 increase
Liverpool £74.95 (was £69.95 for the 2022-23 season) +£5 increase
Villa £70 (was £65 for the 2022-23 season) +£5 increase
Newcastle £70 (was £65 for the 2022-23 season) +£5 increase
Everton £65 (was £60 for the 2022-23 season) +£5 increase
Palace £60 (was £55 for the 2022-23 season) +£5 increase
Wolves £60 (was £55 for the 2022-23 season) +£5 increase
Note: The above shirts are adult, short sleeve, without the inclusion of letters/numbers, from online club stores.
It is left to be seen whether these price changes will deter fans from acquiring these jerseys. However, don’t be surprised when the clubs record more sales this season as fans of the Premier League clubs are mostly die-hard supporters.
