Nike have revealed that they are ditching templates when it comes to kits, giving Liverpool fans hope that next season's designs will be unique.
American company New Balance have been making the Reds' kits since 2015, but it was announced earlier this season that Nike will take over in 2020/21.
The manufacturer's senior director, Heidi Burgett, has told fans that next season's kits will not feature templates.
Her comments came in response to a Liverpool supporter on Twitter, who questioned why the Nigeria kits that Nike make are so distinctive from the shirts they create for other teams.
Twitter user Liverpool Offside tweeted: “I don’t know how Nigeria keep getting kits that are a billion times better than the rest of Nike’s templated bull**** but here’s hoping whoever’s doing it for them is in charge of Liverpool’s 20-21 kit.”
Replying directly to this, Burgett tweeted:
We're ditching the templates. For the 2020 kits, Nike designers had 65 chassis options available to them across varying necklines, sleeves, cuffs, badge placement, etc. From hand-drawn prints to custom fonts, each team’s look will be its own.
— Heidi Burgett (@heidiburgett) February 5, 2020
There had been some fears among the Anfield faithful that Nike would follow templates in a similar manner to the Manchester City kits they have manufactured in the past, but that now seems unlikely.
Liverpool announced that Nike would become their new kit manufacturer in January in a deal worth
City’s new kit for next season that is scheduled to be worn tonight.
— David Walker (@djwskyblu) May 9, 2018
It’s the last season of Nike - THANK GOD!
How unimaginative can you get?
Good job the football played in City’s Nike kits is 1,000,000% better than the shirts!@ManCity #MCFC #CHAMP18N5 pic.twitter.com/K42lGGthzC
Source : 90min