Manchester United have confirmed their away kit for the current season will be pink in tribute to a local newspaper’s former sports section.
United announced that they will wear the pink away strip in 2018-19 in the programme for their Monday night Premier League encounter with Tottenham Hotspur.
The kit had been leaked back in July, with pictures revealing that the shirt had already gone on sale in Taiwan.
The adidas kit will be launched on Tuesday and is inspired by The Football Pink newspaper, which was created by the Manchester Evening News and went out on Saturday afternoons until its closure in 2007.
“Its legacy endures and this season The Pink rides again,’ said the front page of United Review. ‘Not just in the hearts and minds of the fans, but on the backs of their heroes too.”
They appeared to confirm that the away strip would be pink for the 2018-19 season – and now that has been confirmed.
It will be the first time any Manchester United team has played in pink, having never previously used it as a colour for an away shirt.