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Portugal are eyeing their first World Cup triumph this winter.

The Selecao broke their silverware duck on the international stage by winning Euro 2016, but have hitherto failed in their attempts to be crowned champions of the world.

And Portugal’s campaign in Qatar will be given the extra jeopardy of almost certainly being the final iteration at which Cristiano Ronaldo, their captain and greatest ever player, will compete.

Though it’s not impossible that the evergreen Manchester United star will turn out at the 2016 edition in his forties, it’s more likely than not that this year’s tournament will be his final hurrah.

Marry that to Portugal experiencing something of a ‘Golden Generation’ with a whole slew of Premier League stars in their squad and the pressure is on for them to finally conquer the globe.

And while we won’t know for certain whether or not Fernando Santos’s men will go all the way until December, we are starting to get a vague idea of how the players might look in Qatar.

Yes, that’s right, it’s the time of year when information and leaks are starting to emerge about the shirts that each of the 32 nations will where for the World Cup finals.

And supporters have now been given the biggest update yet on how Portugal’s home strip will shape up courtesy of intel from the football kit experts over at Footy Headlines.

They can now reveal that Portugal will be celebrating the 25th anniversary of their collaboration with Nike by releasing a home kit that will feature “a half-and-half design in red and green”.

It’s the first time that Portugal will ever have worn a design of this nature and Footy Headlines has helped fans to visualise how the final product might look by pursuing three possible avenues.

They have drawn up a classic half-and-half design, a Monaco-esque diagonal split and a horizontal block design, which you can check out for yourself down below:

💣💣💣 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆: 3 Possible Portugal 2022 World Cup Home Kit Designs Leaked: https://t.co/JfrgcrnVse — Footy Headlines (@Footy_Headlines) June 4, 2022

💣💣💣 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆: 3 Possible Portugal 2022 World Cup Home Kit Designs Leaked: https://t.co/JfrgcrnVse

😘 pic.twitter.com/IZhLx6mHrf — Footy Headlines (@Footy_Headlines) June 5, 2022

😘 pic.twitter.com/IZhLx6mHrf

Footyheadlines – the most credible source on football kits, are now saying portugal home kit will have a red green split but they aren’t sure exactly what type of split and how it will look. Craziness . Nike always using Portugal for their Zany experiments pic.twitter.com/e3EFRtmpxl — —Z— (@Z_SportingCP) June 5, 2022

Footyheadlines – the most credible source on football kits, are now saying portugal home kit will have a red green split but they aren’t sure exactly what type of split and how it will look. Craziness . Nike always using Portugal for their Zany experiments pic.twitter.com/e3EFRtmpxl

They’re not great, are they?

While we don’t know for certain that this is what the end product will look like at this early stage, the simple fact that Portugal are opting for a 50:50 design seems to be roving into risky territory.

As Footy Headlines have demonstrated, there are several ways you can take that design premise and the moral of all them – at least from where we’re stood – is that they’re not brilliant.

And we’re not alone in our convictions with many football fans reacting to the early leaks by also suggesting that it’s not their cup of tea. Check out some of the best tweets down below:

Now, of course, judgements on football kits and fashion in general are ultimately subjective, so power to you if you’re absolutely loving the projections of Portugal’s home kit for the World Cup.

However, our two cents on the matter is that the Selecao could be set to sport one of the worst-looking kits at the tournament. At least, based on all the leaks that we’ve seen so far.

But if there’s one way that Portugal can ensure that a design become iconic forever no matter how poorly it’s received, then they can rest assured that it’s by going the whole way in Qatar.

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