Hope this helps you decide
My sons replica shirt
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Tommy G in his players shirt
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i would say that apart from the players having the "fitted" version rather than the "comfort fit" that the replicas use they are pretty much identical. Don't forget the badge on left of the players chest is different for each player due to them having different shirt sponsors.