Manchester City won the Barclays Premier League championship last season, one of the great accomplishments in all of sports. This season they celebrate with a bold, bright new away kit that hearkens back to the club’s early-90s looks.
Putting a unique new spin on two-tone, the new Manchester City away kit features lighter purple on the front of the shorts, jerseys and socks, and a darker shade on the back — each separated by a lime green stripe that runs from the shoulders down to the underarm, and on through the legs and socks. The stripe is intended to accentuate the sense of speed when players are in motion.
Classic football style is added by way of a polo-style collar and three-button placket, meanwhile, and a team-specific motivational is emblazoned inside the back of each collar: “WE ARE CITY.”
And of course, all those design elements converge in the most technologicaly-advanced football uniform imaginable; lighter, faster, slimmer, and more effective at wicking moisture than ever before. Look for the new Manchester city away kit on pitches throughout the 2014-15 season, and at global retailers beginning September 25. Nike.com is now taking pre-orders.