Nike instructs federations to steam World Cup jerseys to fix shoulder seam issue | World Cup 2026

When Nike’s World Cup kits debuted in March, many fans identified a bizarre detail: an unsightly bulge along the shoulder seam. The bulge was subtle on some players while on others, such as France’s Kylian Mbappé, it was borderline comical.

It felt entirely unrealistic that the design of the shirts would be fundamentally changed with only three months left before the start of the World…