To think my mum bought my son a fake football strip? Pic attached

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My 7yo son is Ronaldo mad and a AI Nassr kit was on his list to Santa. My mum insisted on buying it as it met her budget. He loved it on Xmas day and was very grateful and I’ve only just washed it yesterday. I washed it at 30 degrees, which is much cooler than I’ve washed his other kits before when he’s played matches. However the blue colouring on the lettering has disappeared completely on the back! Pic attached - AIBU to think she’s bought him a fake kit? He’s always had football kits as presents and this has never happened. I’ve got in touch with her to ask her where it came from to see if I can return it. She said she bought it in a sports shop in France and can’t return it as she bought it in November.

For context, she is SUPER tight. She will come stay with me for a whole week, eating food I’ve paid for (which is fine, she’s a guest) but will then want the 49p for the pint of milk I’ve asked her to get for me when she’s at the shop. She’s very much a penny pincher. For clarity she isn’t poor - she retired at 48 and has been mortgage free since 40 (she’s 65 now).

Even though she knows my strong feelings on counterfeit goods and I didn’t think she’d get her grandson a fake kit but I just have a gut feeling!

@TheWonderhorse there's plenty of information about it available if you want to read up about it:

https://www.interpol.int/en/Crimes/Illicit-goods/Illicit-goods-the-issues#:~:text=The%20trade%20in%20fake%20and,corruption%2C%20bribery%20and%20money%20laundering.

https://www.unodc.org/documents/counterfeit/FocusSheet/CounterfeitfocussheettENHIRES.pdf

www.cityoflondon.police.uk/police-forces/city-of-london-police/areas/campaigns/counterfeit-goods/

www.unodc.org/toc/en/crimes/counterfeit-goods.html

www.atlasfree.org/news/counterfeit-goods-and-human-trafficking

Etc

@WhereAreTheMarbles come down off your high horse you sanctimonious trout. Nobody is denying anything. Like I said you're lucky enough to be able to afford it, or save up for it. There's a col crisis don't you know? Not all of us can even spare the money to save up.
The football clubs who sell these expensive shirts are exploiting the children who idolise the professional footballers, and their parents, just so they & the players can earn a ton of money. No one deserves the high wages our top players earn just for kicking a ball about. I remember a day when it was about the football, now it's just about money.
Most importantly, the suppliers of these official shirts, still exploit workers in the far east, by using companies who pay their workers a pittance for long hours in a sweat shop.
As for the sellers of fake/replica kits not paying tax, most of the big businesses/very well off people, have clever accountants to hide their wealth in offshore accounts