Nike's new multi-coloured St George's Cross flag has been met with anger and criticism together with Labor chief Sir Keir Starmer.
The sports activities model referred to as the modified cross for England's new £125 European Champions equipment a “playful replace” however was accused of being a wake-up name and advised to go away the England flag alone.
The English flag includes a pink cross of St George, however Nike's redesigned model consists of pink, purple and blue horizontal stripes.
Sir Keir advised The Solar's YouTube channel that the design change was “dangerous”.
“I'm an enormous soccer fan, I am going to England matches, males's and ladies's matches and everybody makes use of the flag. It's a unifier. It doesn't have to be modified. Now we have to be pleased with it.” .
“So I feel they need to rethink and alter it again. I'm not even positive they will correctly clarify why they thought they wanted to vary it.”
Former England goalkeeper David Seaman advised the Each day Mail: “It doesn't want fixing. What's subsequent, will it flip the Three Lions into the Three Cats? Go away it alone.
On the suggestion that the shirt can be boycotted, he mentioned: “I had that state of affairs once I noticed my pink jersey that I wore for Euro 96. I used to be like, do I’ve to put on it?
“But it surely's completely different. It's a St. George flag. Go away it alone. I'm positive in the event that they got here as much as these boys and requested them about it, they'd say no. Go away it alone.”
A petition launched on Change.org has been signed greater than 17,000 occasions.
Former FA chief government Adrian Bevington advised talkSPORT the cross mustn’t have modified.
“I feel it's an emotive subject and it's at all times brought on the conjecture that we've had,” he mentioned.
“I at all times strive to take a look at it from all sides and I perceive that from Nike's viewpoint they’re at all times attempting to push themselves and be on the high and be as fashionable as they are often within the completely different markets that they’re in.
“However… it's our flag. When the video games are performed, particularly throughout the match, you'll see the stadium utterly flooded with St. George's crosses hanging in every single place.”
“It's a nationwide id and I simply don't assume it must be modified. And it's going to upset lots of people as a result of folks really feel captivated with it.”
