Sammy Virji, MUNDIAL unite music and football in new collab

Sammy Virji

The Arsenal-loving DJ has teamed up with MUNDIAL on two bold designs inspired by UK garage, football culture and the many identities of modern England.

It’s Virji, isn’t it?

MUNDIAL have teamed up with hitmaker, DJ and all-round good bloke Sammy Virji to create a football shirt celebrating the very best of being English.

Born in London and raised in Witney, Virji has music and football in his blood. His father, a trombonist, even featured on Lauryn Hill’s seminal album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. Virji, meanwhile, grew up surrounded by music, garden kickabouts and an obsession with Arsenal.

Those interests eventually became inseparable.

Virji’s musical education stretched from Michael Jackson and Motown to dubstep and bassline, which he began producing while at university. He ultimately found his home in UK garage, a genre shaped by a blend of sounds and cultures, from pirate radio and rave to dancehall.