Sure you want to leave, Didier? Chelsea unveil away kit that borrows Marseille colours

All change: Chelsea's new away strip features a diagonal blue stripe

Top Drog: Didier Drogba enjoyed a successful season at Marseille in 2003/04

After Chelsea revealed a gold trim home kit to inspire Roberto Di Matteo’s side to Champions League glory, you don’t have to look far to see their inspiration for the new away kit.

As talks with Didier Drogba to extend his stay broke down to the point of the striker leaving, it seems the Champions League winners' last desperate attempt to keep the veteran was to offer him a playing kit that resembled his former club Marseille!

The Ivorian has quoted in the past he would have liked to end his career at the Ligue 1 club who he left to join Chelsea for £24million in 2004.

And although the strip borrows a template from Argentine side River Plate, the colours look remarkably similar to that of the southern France side.

But all jokes aside, the new strip is laced with adidas’s TechFit technology (proven to enhance performance) and the colours are meant to be synonymous with the success the club have achieved over the years.

Fans can see the strip for the first time when it will be worn during a pre-season tour of the USA when Chelsea face the MLS Allstars on July 25 in Philadelphia.

omgukilledkenny

7 Jun 12, 22:39

why did they choose sky blue, city's colour. and pattern looks like city's also.

I think this was City's 2 seasons ago?

zocoss

26 Jul 12, 23:51

Black and yellow: European champions Chelsea unveil new third strip

Standing out: Chelsea have unveiled their new third strip for next season

Releasing three kits a season has become normal for many Premier League clubs and it's no different at Chelsea who have a history of pushing the envelope in design for their change strip.

And their third kit for the 2012/13 season is no different with the club revealing a striking yellow and black number.

In recent years we have seen the club run out in luminous green, luminous yellow and orange and black in strips that have garnered attention.

That will also be the case with their latest release which although features yellow, a longtime staple on Chelsea change strips, looks more like a goalkeeper's jersey with its flashy design on the front of the kit.

According to designers adidas, the striking sun graphic on the front of the black shirt creates a contrast in colours, giving the impression of power, while the fade in the graphic represents speed.

The Chelsea badge is black and white and stands out against the sun graphic.

Although the kit is based on something as hot as the sun it is laced with adidas' ClimaCool technology, a mixture of heat and moisture controlling materials, ventilation channels and 3D fabrics which improve air flow to the skin in the key heat zones.

Sun coloured mesh panel also feature on the sleeves of the shirt for better breathability in core sweat zones.