Nike Chelsea 17-18 Home Kit Released
Jul 1, 2017, by Chris
Introducing a very clean look, the Chelsea 2017-2018 shirt was launched on July 1, one day after the previous deal with Adidas expired.
Nike replaces long-term kit supplier Adidas, who terminated their deal with the Blues prematurely, whereas Yokohama Tyres stays as primary sponsor.
Nike Chelsea 17-18 Home Kit
This is the Chelsea 17-18 home shirt.
The new Chelsea 2017-2018 home jersey, the first-ever to be produced by Nike, uses a darker shade of blue than what Adidas used in recent years. A very clean design, the Chelsea 17-18 home shirt features very little white applications and is almost entirely blue.
Based on the 2017 edition of the Vapor Aeroswift template, the new Nike Chelsea kit boasts knit details on the front, sleeves and back, while a tonal panel is placed on each side of it as well as under the arms.
A blue stripe holding an even thinner dark blue stripes runs around the back neck of the Chelsea2017-18 jersey - 'Chelsea FC' is written on the back.
The shorts of the Chelsea 17-18 kit are just like the shirt, while the socks are be white with blue details on the calf.
The Nike Chelsea 2017-2018 home jersey was released on 1 July 2017.
Do you like the first-ever Nike Chelsea jersey better than the Adidas kit preceding it? Let us know in the comments below and check out all 2017-18 Premier League kits in our Kit Overview.
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