The red and white on a Bayern shirt is the Bavarian flag, and the connection is old enough that the design has never needed explaining. It is also a forgiving combination in practice — red carries the body, white does the trim, and the shirt reads cleanly at any distance.

German design confidence applies here as much as anywhere: big flat colour, minimal ornament, and nothing that will look wrong in five years.

Most clubs churn numbers. Players arrive, take a new one, leave, and the number goes to someone else. Bayern's numbering has been unusually stable by comparison, which means a printed shirt is more likely to still mean what it meant.

That is the practical argument for printing here if you are unsure. It is also the argument for printing a surname rather than a number — a name does not get reassigned.

German cuts are roomy and this one is no exception. Your normal size will be right for almost everyone, which is one reason this is the club people buy as a first German shirt.

As clothing it is easy too: flat red body, white trim, no busy pattern. If you want a football shirt that behaves like a normal shirt, this is among the best on the site.