Nike is moving on to other clubs while the Gunners are switching to Puma, lucrative contract in tow. Their deal concludes on positive terms with Arsenal ending a nine-year trophy drought with last weekend's FA Cup win over Hull City.
Nike says goodbye to Arsenal with very limited edition patchwork shirt
After 20 years, Arsenal and Nike have parted ways, but are going out with a bang.
To mark their relationship with Arsenal, which started in 1994, Nike has created something that is very much out of the ordinary. The going-away present is a new shirt based on Arsenal's 2013-14 top that manages to combine two decades of history into one garment thanks to an intriguing patchwork design. The shirt is covered in not-so-subtle elements from past kits with a 1994-2002 crest, the Invincibles kit, the Highbury farewell shirt, 2008-10 home shirt, 1997-99 away shirt, and many more taking their place on the special top.
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Marc van Pappelendam, VP/GM of Nike UK and Ireland, called Nike and Arsenal’s partnership one worth commemorating:
“Nike has enjoyed a wonderful partnership with Arsenal Football Club. The kits that Nike has produced for the Club over the last 20 years tell a story; a timeline of quality that will be remembered for a long time to come.”
The top will be available in very limited quantities and only in London when it goes on sale. Each shirt will be individually numbered, available for purchase (again, in very limited quantities) at the Nike Phenomenal House at the Sorting Office. The shirt will be part of a display, open from May 26 to the end of the month that features London’s love affair with the sport.
After its stay at the Phenomenal House, the shirt will be on display at NikeTown London from May 31 until the end of June before it permanently relocates to The Arsenal Museum at Emirates Stadium.
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