Arsenal and Puma unveil Gunners’ 2014/15 home kit, the first kit with a cat on it

After deals with Umbro and adidas, Arsenal spent twenty years with Nike’s logo on the players’ chests. The Swoosh saw the Gunners win the league on three occasions, lift the FA Cup five times, and reach the Champions League semifinals. After two decades, the two groups decided to part company with Puma putting up big money in a five year deal that would see Arsenal get a reported $50 million per annum.

The new 2014/15 Arsenal home kit is based on Puma’s Speed template and will be available in the skin-tight look that we have come to expect from Puma’s World Cup kits. It features an all-red body and white sleeves, a style that the Gunners have been known to wear quite a bit. Unlike the club’s recent kits, the white sleeves extend all the way onto the shoulders, only stopping at the red crew-neck collar.

The kit, known as “Forever,” features white inserts on the sides, flanking the Fly Emirates sponsor logo, with more white emanating from the hem before terminating sharply just a little way up the shirt. The shirt ditches the gold and navy blue colors that have had cameo roles on Arsenal’s kits over the last few years, opting for just the red and white look. The back of the shirt features more white inserts while the inside of the neck bears the words “Future Forever Victorious.”

As with all of Arsenal’s home kits over the last century or so, the home shorts will be mostly white save for some red piping a red Puma logo, and the club crest. The kit is completed by red-and-white hooped socks that mimic a style last used by the Gunners from 1994 to 1996.