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Ranking every Premier League team’s new kits

By Kameron Duncan

PRESTON, ENGLAND - JULY 21: Declan Rice of West Ham United during the Pre-Season Friendly between Preston North End and West Ham United at Deepdale on July 21, 2018 in Preston, England. (Photo b Lynne Cameron/Getty Images)
PRESTON, ENGLAND - JULY 21: Declan Rice of West Ham United during the Pre-Season Friendly between Preston North End and West Ham United at Deepdale on July 21, 2018 in Preston, England. (Photo b Lynne Cameron/Getty Images) /
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23rd July 2018, Optus Stadium, Perth, Australia; Pre season football friendly, Perth Glory versus Chelsea; Tammy Abraham of Chelsea watches play during the second half (photo by David Woodley/Action Plus via Getty Images)
23rd July 2018, Optus Stadium, Perth, Australia; Pre season football friendly, Perth Glory versus Chelsea; Tammy Abraham of Chelsea watches play during the second half (photo by David Woodley/Action Plus via Getty Images) /

6. Chelsea

The Blues are in their second year with Nike, and they once again have two very good options to choose from. The home kit features the classic blue, but with red and white lines (not quite stripes) all over. Chelsea don’t usually make drastic alterations to their home kit on a yearly basis, and this year’s options reflect that. After last year’s basic blue, it’s not much of a change. But as they say, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

The away kit is a return to yellow, a color Chelsea last wore away from home when they won the league in 2014-15. Perhaps the hue will bring them good luck again.

Chelsea wore a plain white kit for away games last year, and it made them look a lot like Tottenham. It’s nice to see Nike learn from its mistake and not design the kit so similarly to that of a league rival.

https://twitter.com/ChelseaFC/status/1023824261285203968

It’s still strange to see a Chelsea kit without “Samsung” on the front after all these years, but they’ve managed to win trophies two out of the three seasons they’ve had Yokohama Tyres as the main sponsor.

Chelsea will be entering this season with a new manager, as Antonio Conte is out and Maurizio Sarri is in. Sarri will try to follow in Conte’s footsteps by winning a Premier League title in his first campaign, and Chelsea will also compete in the Europa League in Sarri’s first season as the boss.

Maybe change isn’t so bad after all?