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We've scoured the globe - and found the 11 most despicably dreadful strips being worn by professional footballers this season
Professional footballers get to choose their fancy cars, their weird hairstyles and their increasingly bizarre fashion statements.
But when it comes to the kit they wear on matchdays, they have no say whatsoever.
Granted, footballers aren't exactly known for their classy, understated style. But in the case of the strips you can see below, even Mario Balotelli might have suggested the designers toned it down a bit.
Ladies and gents, we give you… the 11 worst new kits in world football:
Porto Away Jersey
Chocolate brown? The looks on the players' faces in the promo shot says it all.
Reading FC away jersey
What colour is that? Violet? Indigo? The shade of a young drunk's vomit when they've overdosed on red wine?
SK Brann
Forget the inoffensive plain red colour. This Norwegian club's kit is made out of rubber-latex. RUBBER! Still, at least it's waterproof…
Birmingham City away jersey
This appears to be a bizarre mix of the Belgian and German flags. Quite why Birmingham are wearing it, is anyone's guess.
Juventus away jersey
We're not against the pink shirt idea - Palermo have proved it can look decent. Sadly, this Juve shirt looks more like the type of thing a six-year-old girl might wear to bed.
Stoke City away
A team of footballers, or 11 teenagers in uniform for their Saturday game?
Japanese side V-Varen Nagasaki
Tuxedos have their place in football (just ask Newcastle's Chancel Mbemba) - but they have no place ON A KIT.
Norwich City third kit
Included more for the madness of its existence, rather than its look. The home kit is yellow and green. The away kit is yellow and green. So what exactly is the point of a change strip that is… yep, yellow and green?
Plymouth Argyle away
No, Plymouth. Just NO.
Tranmere Rovers
We realise finances get tight when a team is relegated out of the Football League, but even so… this Tranmere shirt looks like it's come straight out of Poundland.
Genoa goalkeeper jersey
Try looking at this monstrosity for more than 10 seconds without getting a headache. It's not physically possible.
