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title: "Aston Villa fans react to potential new kit and sponsor leak"
canonical: "https://readastonvilla.com/2020/02/20/aston-villa-fans-react-to-potential-new-kit-and-sponsor-leak/"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Abdullah Mulla"
section: "Features & Analysis"
published: "2020-02-20T12:00:00Z"
modified: "2026-09-03T11:41:47Z"
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# Aston Villa fans react to potential new kit and sponsor leak

Aston Villa fans have provided their reaction to a potential leak of their new kit and sponsor for next season, which emerged on[Instagram and Twitter](https://twitter.com/villareport/status/1230239939146723329) earlier this week.

The video appears to show betting company ‘SportPesa’ on a Villa kit as the sponsor on the front of the shirt.

Fellow Premier League side Everton[recently ended](https://lbndaily.co.uk/everton-fc-ends-9-6m-year-shirt-sponsorship-deal-sportpesa/) their £9.6m a year deal with SportPesa and it appears that the company could be in line for another deal with a top-flight club.

Many Villa fans aren’t too pleased with the potential new sponsor and have flocked to[the video](https://twitter.com/villareport/status/1230239939146723329), which now has over 16,000 views on Twitter, to provide their thoughts on the potential new deal.

Villa’s current shirt sponsor is[Asian betting and gaming company W88](https://www.avfc.co.uk/News/2019/06/06/w88-become-new-principal-partner-of-aston-villa), who they signed a deal with for this season, but it now seems that a switch to the Africa-based gambling firm is likely for the 2020/21 season.

Here’s how fans reacted [on Twitter.](https://twitter.com/villareport/status/1230239939146723329)

Some were not in favour of the change, others feel it is a tactic to increase their fanbase and some feel that the material of the shirt didn’t look like Kappa, hinting at a new manufacturer.

> Twitter: @villareport I hope not, was hoping for a non gambling sponsor next season…. (@Hotwheels\_1978)

> Twitter: @Hotwheels\_1978 @villareport Agreed. So disappointing. The days of Acorns were great, proud of the shirt and sponsor. (@SheldonLT)

> Twitter: @villareport That dodgy company Everton are sacking off (@AndrewTaylor85)

> Twitter: @villareport Gambling = no class. (@\_richardcbrown)

> Twitter: @Tee45358273 @villareport It looks like we are trying to be the biggest team all over Africa!! (@Dpn76)

> Twitter: @villareport That doesn’t look like kappa material ether (@spartan888)