r/TheKitRoom

Made a full investigation into the football shirt counterfeit market. Ended up with a 7-min video covering:

- Where fakes come from (China, Turkey, Thailand)
- How the wholesale pipeline actually works
- What tactics counterfeiters have gotten alarmingly good at
- The 2026 World Cup seizures (Hong Kong $20M, Houston $9M, Toronto arrests)
- What enforcement is actually doing

Sources cited include FIFA data, Corsearch UK report, French Customs (via AFP), US CBP press releases, Hong Kong Customs, and Reuters.

Full video: https://youtu.be/9hEjlG5eVEI

Genuinely curious what the collector community thinks about the state of the market right now. Have you spotted fakes in the wild recently? What tactics did they use to fool you?

I’m contemplating a new-ish Tottenham shirt with Ginola 14 on it.

Is it weird? I know it’s intentional and an homage to a classic player but will people think it’s odd?

What do we think of it?