Barcelona 'will move ahead with plans' to wear white next season
Barcelona ‘will move ahead with plans’ to wear a white away kit next season thanks to ‘POSITIVE’ fan surveys… despite the colour being synonymous with Clasico rivals Real Madrid
- Barcelona ‘are planning to wear a white away kit during the 2023-24 season’
- The colour white is synonymous in Spain with their fierce rivals Real Madrid
- The controversial move ‘is being pushed forward by the club’s board of directors’
- Surveys are said to suggest a white Barcelona away jersey ‘would sell very well’
Barcelona are controversially planning to wear a white away kit during the 2023-24 season despite the colour being synonymous with bitter rivals Real Madrid, a new report has claimed.
The Catalan giants previously met backlash from fans at attempts to don a white strip in 2019, after the club proposed to commemorate the Catalan patron saint, St George, by wearing a white top emblazoned with a red cross.
Those plans were swiftly scrapped by the board of directors, but according to ESPN, Barcelona ‘will move ahead with plans’ to wear a white away kit next season thanks to ‘positive enough’ surveys from fans.
Barcelona are ‘controversially considering wearing a white away kit for the 2023-24 season’
The club scrapped plans in 2019 to wear a white kit with a red cross emblazoned on its front
Reports also suggest that the cash-strapped club are considering the move for financial reasons, with Barcelona believing that a white away kit ‘would sell very well.’
Sales from the new kit could go some way in helping the club rescue their dire financial situation, after the club had to execute several ‘economic levers’ to amass enough funds to register new players in the summer, such as Robert Lewandowski and Raphinha.
But it won’t be the first time the Catalan club have pulled on a white strip, with the Catalan side donning an all-white shirt, blue shorts and striped socks back in 1978.
Club legends like Johan Cruyff (pictured) wore white kits for the club during the 1970s
In Spain, the colour white is largely synonymous with Barcelona’s Clasico rivals Real Madrid
It has been claimed that the club almost implemented a white strip for their away kit for the current season but in the end a grey kit was selected.
Understandably, some fans of the club have not reacted well to the idea that Barcelona could pull on a white shirt next season.
Spanish journalist Jota Jordi, who works for popular TV show ‘El Chiringuito’, said, per Marca: ‘The white shirt belongs to Real Madrid. Barcelona with a white jersey? It’s a shame.
‘You have to respect certain things. You have to respect the history of the clubs and the feelings of the people.
‘Barcelona’s badge on top of a white Real Madrid jersey is a disgrace, and I hope no one buys it.’
In 2016, the club agreed a £120m-per-year deal with Nike to design their kits, with the sports brand having produced some of the most iconic Barcelona kits in history, worn by the likes of Lionel Messi, Ronaldo and Ronaldinho.
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