CHELSEA have revealed their away kit for next season which will see the Blues play in dark grey with bright green details.
Oscar, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Nemanja Matic, Kenedy and Diego Costa were chosen to model the new strip, described as “striking” in a press release.
The Stamford Bridge club are heading into their final year with Adidas, which will end an 11-year relationship.
After agreeing in May to end their contract with the German company six years early, the Blues are expected to turn to Nike.
A likely £60million-a-year deal will net Chelsea double what they were earning before.
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In a statement, Chelsea described the away shirt as featuring a “striking new design [that] combines engineered mélange stripe fabric in grey and black with neon yellow accents, short shoulder stripes, a two-colour crest and an engineered collar tape featuring ‘Chelsea FC’ text.”
Chelsea's next game is a friendly against Austrian Bundesliga outift Rapid Vienna - Antonio Conte's debut as boss.
The new away shirts were met with a mixed reaction this morning, with one Twitter user branding them "pyjamas."
Choosing Loftus-Cheek as a model for the launch hints that the youngster will be given a chance under Conte.
The midfielder, 20, has struggled to make the step up to first-team football, with Chelsea's academy failing to supply homegrown players.
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