For many football fans, Christmas is not only ... out of giving the real deal and are settling for fake versions of their club's famous kit instead, with 78 per cent more people searching for ...

Major international football tournaments like the Euros will ... these businesses as a front for things like drug dealing. Fake kits are often advertised on social media marketplaces.

Mike Roylance, brand protection manager for Adidas UK, explains how to spot fake football kit, and the pitfalls of buying it. With demand rising for the World Cup, he was taking part in an ...