Barcelona Ready to Rival Real Madrid, Make Decision to Wear All White Away Kit for 2023/24 Season

Barcelona Ready to Rival Real Madrid, Make Decision to Wear All White Away Kit for 2023/24 Season

Byron Pillay
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:11 PM
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  • Barcelona are preparing to make an audacious move to change their away kit next season to an all-white one
  • FC Barcelona last used a white kit in the late 1970s when Johan Cruyff was still a player at the club
  • Barcelona's president and board have agreed to adopt an all-white kit, knowing the controversy it would cause

FC Barcelona are looking to take their rivalry with Real Madrid to new levels.

The Blaugrana reportedly agreed on a colour for their away kit next season, which resembles Los Blancos’ kit.

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Barcelona have three colourful kits this season, but new reports indicate that the club will go to an all-white kit next season. Image: Harry Langer/ Alex Caparros/ Fran Santiago
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Journalist Joan Vehils took to Twitter to confirm that Barca’s second shirt will be white next season.

No further details have been released at this stage about what the kit will look like.

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90Min added that president Joan Laporta and the Barcelona board approved the decision to use a white kit next season earlier this year. However, the management are also aware of the controversy it will cause and are willing to go ahead with the decision anyway.

Laporta and the board believe that the kit will be one of the best-selling kits in the club’s history.

Have Barcelona worn a white kite in the past?

The answer is yes. Even though white is the colour of their rivals Real Madrid, Barca have had white kits in the past.

They used white as a change strip in the 1950s and last used one in the late 1970s when Johan Cruyff was still a Barca player.

What colour kits do Barcelona have this season?

Barcelona’s home kits this season is their traditional blue and red, while their away kit is solid gold.

Barcelona also have a third kit this season. The kit is a light grey and features a red and blue cross down the middle, which represents the St Georges Cross.

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Byron Pillay
Byron Pillay is a sports writer and Head of the Department at Sports Brief (joined in 2022) with over 10 years of experience in community journalism and a degree in journalism from Caxton's Cadet School.
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