Arsenal are keeping their current home shirt
for the next campaign, but the garish canary yellow away has
apparently been dumped in favour of a shade green of green that is
bound to clash with the referee’s shirt. The last time the Gunners
wore green on their travels was the 1982/93 season, when they
finished 10th and got knocked out of both domestic cups at the
semi-final stage, by Manchester Utd. An inspirational choice,
then.
Chelsea fans will have to fork out for both a
new home and away strip next season. Lazy kit makers Adidas have
allegedly gone the same route as their proposed Bayern Munich design, and decided on a
Robocop body armour aesthetic, which has what appears to
be a zip running down the front. Because we all want to see Ashley
Cole’s chest hair.
Like Arsenal, Liverpool are sticking with their
home design next season but may be trading in the retro grey second
strip for a classy black, red and gold affair. Since switching from
Reebok to Adidas for their official kit-maker, it seems the
Scousers have had first dibs on all the good designs, while Chelsea
have had to settle with some rubbish day-glo efforts.
