Barcelona's new shirt for next season will be missing its traditional stripe design for the first time in club history – and fans aren't happy about it.
The club's famous blue-and-burgundy colours will be distributed in a checkerboard pattern for the 2019/20 campaign.
The club says that its first-choice uniformused for home matches has always used some form of stripes until now. The shirt will be accompanied with blue shorts.
Fans were quick to voice their disapproval on Twitter, however, after the new kit was revealed on social media with the tagline "Talent Takes Different Shapes".
"Destroying a historic kit," one fan wrote with an angry-faced emoji while another posted, "Horrible!!!".
— Elsie not Elise 💿 (@ElsienotElisee) June 3, 2019
While the new kit didn't receive the warm reception hoped for, club captain Gerard Pique stood by the new look insisting it was "100 per cent Barcelona".
"The kit is something new and exciting,"he said.
"It is even better that the design represents the bond the club has with the supporters and the people who are driving the city forward."
