By Chris Wright
As modelled by an incredibly serene Ashley Young (bird guano is obviously one helluva drug), this photo purporting to be Manchester United’s brand new Adidas home shirt for 2015/16 has leaked out all over the internet in the past 24 hours…
Meh, we could take it or leave it. It just looks a bit “basic template-y” to us and, once again, that chintzy gold Chevrolet logo does it no favours whatsoever.
The away kit looks like more of the same, just with the colours inverted…
But the new third strip, now that’s an entirely different matter – solely by virtue of Adidas attempting something a little off the beaten track with a little design Easter egg for fans of a certain vintage…
We’re getting definite shades of 1990-1992 retro goodness. That greyscale fade is positively an ode to the Hewlett-Packard inkjet printers of the time.
In fact, it’s the very same tessellating foil pattern as used on United’s away kit from that era – that last time Adidas produced the club’s clobber…
Nice one, Adidas. Help yourself to 10 Pies points.
What’s the verdict (on both kits) folks? Yapple-dapple or nopey-dopey?