Revealed: Umbro also tampered with St George's flag in their 2011/12 England ... trends now

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Nike are facing backlash from furious football fans for altering St George's flag on the new England kit that the team will wear tonight as the play Brazil but it's not the first time as Umbro also tampered with the flag in their 2011/12 kit.

Umbro held a deal with England before Nike and designed the kit for Euro 2012 featuring St George's flag in four different colours across the upper back of the shirt in red, blue, green and purple.

The idea behind the multi-colour crosses was thought up by designer Peter Saville and Umbro to represent the countries cultural diversity - similar to the sentiment behind Nike's - and was met little to no response from fans.

Umbro then released a special edition version of the home kit with the multi-colour crosses scattered across the whole shirt which, again, was met with zero uproar.

It is a stark contrast to the reaction from fans over Nike's new home and away shirts which many have expressed anger over as they believe St George's flag should not be tampered with out of respect and patriotism.

Even Prime Minister Rishi Sunak disproves as he told reporters: 'When it comes to our national flags, we shouldn't mess with them because they're a source of pride, identity, who we are, and they're perfect as they are.'

The design released on Monday ahead of the Euro 2024 in Germany features a blue, purple and red rendition of the cross on the collar which Nike described as a 'playful update' but many fans and commentators have called it 'woke'.