Photo: Manchester United/Adidas Football
Manchester United have released their new third kit for 2017-18 and it’s not nearly as bad as it might have been.
When images of the strip leaked a couple of months back it looked like United’s ‘Holy Trinity’ homage was shaping up to be an eyesore – “Morph and his family choosing which rollercoaster to go on” – but, mercifully, the design is much more subtle than first feared.
Instead, the demure silvery-grey shirt features a delicate image of Messrs Charlton, Best and Law, stood on their plinth outside Old Trafford…
Silver ware.
Our new 2017/18 3rd kit by @adidasfootball.
Get yours: https://t.co/EoWKHOxBzz #MUFC #HereToCreate pic.twitter.com/zsFB4stPhD— Manchester United (@ManUtd) July 21, 2017
Adidas have revealed that the shirt was actually initially conceived by a United fan using their Creator Studio software.
The ‘Holy Trinity’ graphic was proffered forth by Italian supporter Nello Carotenuto, a 21-year-old computer science student at the University of Salerno.
Designed by fan @nellocarotenuto in the @adidasfootball Creator Studio. Our new 3rd kit: https://t.co/hBZ2dfdVDp #MUFC #HereToCreate pic.twitter.com/tc08avTeVQ
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) July 21, 2017
United back in grey, eh? What could possibly go wrong…
Anyway, in mitigation, we’re picking up distinct hints of United’s 1995/96 home shirt, which had a large graphic of Old Trafford incorporated into the ‘background’…
Photo: Football Shirt Culture
Now that, dear friends, is a classic of the genre.