'Kanye West, can I have my shirt back?' – Rapper bizarrely wears retro Portsmouth shirt with ex-Pompey No.1 Alan Knight poking fun at photo

by n8rngtd.top · 12/16/2025

A former Portsmouth goalkeeper has asked for his shirt back after Kanye West bizarrely wore a replica while launching his new product.

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WHAT HAPPENED?

On Thursday the controversial rapper launched his new Yeezy Pods socks with an Instagram post, in which he was wearing a 90s Pompey goalkeeper shirt. In response, the club's former number one Alan Knight took to Twitter to send a message to West.

WHAT ALAN KNIGHT SAID

Knight tweeted West's official X account and said: "Can I have my shirt back please buddy? PUP [Play up Pompey]."
THE BIGGER PICTURE

This isn't the first time West has publicly shown off his love of vintage football gear. In the past he has been spotted donning Manchester United shirts and jackets, while in October he appeared to wear a Tottenham 2001/02 third shirt at the Tyson Fury v Francis Ngannou fight.

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DID YOU KNOW?

Eagle-eyed Portsmouth fans noticed that the Asics logo – the manufacturer of the shirt – looked different on West's shirt to the one Knight wore in the 90s. One supporter suggested that West was wearing a training version of the shirt rather than the match version.

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