Barcelona's home shirt for the 2019/20 home shirt will be very different to for what the club normally opt for - though midfielder Ivan Rakitic will be used to it.
As we know, the Blaugrana's traditional colours are red and blue, with stripes the normal design for them. Sometimes they've switched it up and had half and half, while the 2015/16 campaign saw Luis Enrique's treble-winners don hoops on their home shirt.
But next season's home shirt is moving into an entirely new direction. Catalan outlet SPORT reported back in September that the La Liga champions will be sporting a chequered square design that looks awfully similar to what we see on Croatia's home shirt.
Mocked-up images started circulating months ago and now pictures of the actual shirt in the Nike store have surfaced courtesy of Footy Headlines.
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Barcelona have been a Nike client for over two decades now and even released a mash-up kit marking their partnership. But the upcoming design looks set to the most bold by a country mile.
As for the away kit, Barcelona will sport yellow away shirt containing a blue and red diagonal stripe that is a nod to the one the legendary Johan Cruyff wore in the 1970's.
It also has a similar colour scheme to the kit Barca sported between 2008 and 2010 - the one that Andres Iniesta was wearing when he sent his side to the Champions League final with a dramatic equaliser at Stamford Bridge.
Barca aren't the only European giant who are going against their traditions in regards to their home shirt.
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Since 1903, Juventus have adopted zebra stripes but it's all change for the 2019/20 campaign. One half of the top is white with a black sleeve, while the other side is black with a white sleeve, separated by a pink striped bar.
Leaked images had been doing the rounds for a while but now some official-looking images of both Paulo Dybala and Federico Bernardeschi wearing the controversial strip at the Allianz Stadium.
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