Cash-strapped Premier League fans are turning up a splash on fake team shirts for Christmas presents.
Data shows supporters made 48,510 online searches Fake top-flight club clobber From September to early December.
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In comparison, there were only 4,230 searches from January to August festival The shopping season begins.
fake Manchester U Shirts topped the table with 17,730 searches.
The team’s official home shirt costs £80 for adults, and £55 for children, with both going for £12 on knock-off websites.
Betting site Footy Accumulators, which analyzed the search data, said: “It’s sad that clubs have priced out many loyal fans without being able to buy a shirt, leading them to use counterfeit websites to buy gifts for their loved ones. Christmas.
“rising prices This means that a family of four who want a new shirt will have to shell out around £370 from the club shop where the knock off site would cost as much as £50.
“We hope that clubs across the UK will take note of these worrying figures and try to make merchandise more affordable in future to help supporters not turn to counterfeit merchandise.”
claim for Arsenal Counterfeit shirts rose 191 percent year-on-year from 680 to 5,940 over Christmas, peaking in demand from counterfeit gunners.
Newcastle Demand for knock offs was the third highest with 4,830 searches compared to the year before – an incredible 419 per cent increase.
Tottenham Hotspurs Demand came in fourth with a 184 percent increase from 440 to 3,750.
Liverpool It came fifth with a 169 percent increase from 460 to 3,720.
Came in sixth place Manchester City 3,150 knock-off searches – up from 420 and a 150 percent increase.
