After several years of dressing the PSG third jerseys, Jordan Brand is invited this time as an outfitter for the home jersey of the capital club.
As a result, a sleek jersey with red edging near the collar and sleeves, directly inspired by the Chicago Bulls jerseys, with whom Michael Jordan made NBA history by winning six NBA titles.
The notable absence of a red vertical stripe has nevertheless already unleashed passions within the Parisian community, since long before the officialization of this jersey, the ultras called for the boycott of this new tunic, believing that 'it does not respect the traditional colors of PSG.
"We are not in marketing"
Ultras Paris collective
“We are viscerally attached to our colors, to the home shirt says Hechter and to the white away shirt with red and blue vertical stripes… We believe that the identity of a club depends on respect for its traditional colors which make it recognized among a thousand .
We are not in marketing, but we know that this respect is necessary for a strong institution.
We dream of seeing our players win many titles wearing the only colors that make our hearts beat, ”wrote the Collective Ultras Paris in a press release Tuesday.
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- Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_inside) May 14, 2021
The Marseillais, for their part, will wear a jersey more linked to their history next year, white with sky blue vertical stripes on the sleeves.
A tunic directly inspired by the 1989-1990 campaign, resulting in a title of champion of France and a semi-final of the Champions Clubs Cup.
A season among which evolved the former defender Eric Di Meco (OM player between 1980 and 1994), who participated in the promotional clip of the jersey on the social networks of the club where we find him in a maternity hospital to address to a newborn, explaining to him why he was a supporter of OM.
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- Olympique de Marseille (@OM_Officiel) May 14, 2021
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- Olympique de Marseille (@OM_Officiel) May 14, 2021
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