Photos of Newcastle United Castore kits emerge onto reliable website FootyHeadlines.com amid reports of a £5m-a-year deal being close.
The Magpies could potentially be set to switch kit suppliers, switching to Castore once the Puma agreement is scheduled to end this year.
Reports of a £5million-a-year deal came to light on Friday – yet Newcastle and the brand are yet to speak out about those claims.
Puma signed a short-term extension last year as takeover talk continued with the consortium understood to have had plans to examine all of Newcastle’s commercial arrangements.
Castore described themselves as a “luxury” sporting brand and currently makes kits for Rangers, as well as bringing in Andy Murray as their new ambassador.
On Sunday afternoon, photos were posted on FootyHeadlines.com of possible designs for the Premier League club made by Castore over the weekend.
The website said: “Inspired by the Rangers FC 2020-21 kit set, our Castore Newcastle United FC 2021-2022 concept home jersey has a classic yet classy look – it is black/white striped with golden detailing.
“We created two versions of our Castore Newcastle 21-22 concept home jersey – one with a “friendly” golden Fun88 logo, another with the blue used by Fun88 for previous Newcastle home shirts.”
No deal has been agreed as of yet, so these images you are looking at are just concept designs, but it just goes to show how Castore Newcastle kits might just look should the deal go through.
Castore have changed the kits of Rangers to include cleaner lines and also produced a retro kit for the Scottish Premiership league leaders.
Rangers said via their club website: Rangers and Castore are today delighted to unveil two very special retro kits that combine some of the most iconic elements from famous Rangers kits with a high-performance fabric to create a range that merges the best of tradition and modernity.
The kits, which will be worn by the men’s first team for a select number of games in the 2020/2021 season, have been inspired by some of the most famous shirts and players from Rangers’ illustrious history.
The shirts carry a large, woven scroll crest as a tribute to the classic kits that were worn in the 60s and 70s – in particular, the famous plain blue kit with a large scroll crest that was worn on that legendary night in Barcelona in 1972.
As a nod to our more recent success, the five stars which represent the club’s “First to Fifty” league titles achievement have been subtly placed on the back of the shirt and shorts.
The outfield shirt features a traditional collar, which is reminiscent of the styles worn by some of the club’s earliest heroes, such as David Meiklejohn and Alan Morton, plus more recent Rangers Hall of Fame inductees such as Davie Cooper and Derek Parlane.
The goalkeeper kit is a vivid purple hue, which has been inspired by some of the club’s memorable purple kits from the 90s.
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Captain James Tavernier said: “I love it. It’s bringing old school back! Walking into Jimmy’s kit room every morning, you see John Greig and Sandy Jardine on the wall wearing these kinds of kits.
It’s bringing some really good heritage back, and I’m looking forward to putting it on.” James Tavernier
To maximise the retro theme of the kits, they have been created without sponsor branding, which has been made possible thanks to the support from our kit partners 32Red, The Energy Check, SEKO, Tomket Tyres, and Utilita.
Commercial and Marketing Director James Bisgrove added: “We entered into the new Castore partnership with a great deal of excitement around their commitment to develop bespoke designed and innovative products for Rangers players and our global fan base.
This retro edition kit is an exciting demonstration of this commitment, and its classy retro approach combines both high performance with a design that celebrates the generations of success that Rangers Football Club has always been famous for.” James Bisgrove
“We’re grateful that our committed club partners 32Red, The Energy Check, SEKO, Tomket Tyres, and Utilita have been supportive in enabling this strip to come to life in a true retro fashion.’’
“The kits, which will be available in toddler, junior and adult sizes, will be available to purchase online and from The Rangers Store at Ibrox Stadium this Saturday. In addition, the retro kits will be available to buy from The Rangers Store: Buchanan Galleries, which opens this Saturday at 9 am!”
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