Football fans can not order German national team shirts online with the player names Kai Havertz, Alexander Pavlovic and Deniz Undav because of a shortage of the letter V for flocking.
Sports goods makers Adidas on Tuesday confirmed a report from the Bild paper but expect the bottleneck to be ended soon.
“Due to high demand for flocks featuring the players Undav, Havertz and Pavlović, there were some short-term supply issues with the letter V," an Adidas spokesperson said.
“Working with our partner 11teamsports, we were able to resolve this quickly, so flocks featuring the letter V will soon be available to order online again.”
Selling shirts is big business for companies like Adidas around the current World Cup. Adidas equips 14 of the 48 teams at the event in the United States, Mexico and Canada and said that its overall World Cup turnover is around €1 billion ($1.16 billion).
Adidas said that the blue German away shirt is selling surprisingly well, with sales rising sharply after the German squad nomination on May 21 and the June 11 World Cup start.
The company said that the away kits with a retro vibe are selling so well that there was also short supply in some sizes for the shirts of Belgium, Japan and Curacao.
In Germany the shirts are sold in two quality versions for €100 or €150.
