This week, the widely popular kit website FootyHeadlines, which is well-known for revealing first-hand information about club and international football worldwide, released a suggested Celtic third jersey for the 2024–2025 season, which quickly generated buzz.
Soon after, it was discovered to be fraudulent.
This is the merry-go-round we have throughout this season.
Following the current pattern, Celtic releases three or more kits a year, which typically sparks midsummer anticipation about the design of the team’s upcoming shirt line and when we might be able to get our hands on it.
Since there is currently a dearth of verifiable Celtic transfer news and club football is just now beginning to pick up steam after the season, kit speculation has provided those with an interest with something to think about.
And that was made possible by the most recent “leak” of the Celtic third kit.
The kit screams fan-made concept, and I have the utmost respect for anyone who fell for it. Since the German company and Celtic teamed up in 2020, we’ve seen a lot of conservative, play-it-safe Adidas numbers, but this one is a touch too provocative.
Still, the outfit shown above is fantastic, with its gradient shading of lime green and mesmerizing four-leaf clovers that radiate forth from the jersey’s center.
The wildly ambitious design of the kit, which would have undoubtedly failed on both online and physical retail shelves, as well as the Cinch patch on the upper right arm served as a dead giveaway that this was probably a hoax (since the auto financier is no longer the Scottish Premiership’s sponsor).
I had wished for the above to be true precisely for the reason mentioned in the later.
I was around for the first Bumblebee kit launch in 1996, and I think that strip’s lasting appeal stems from its willingness to go against the grain.
The iconic bumblebee captivated Celtic fans’ minds during the chaotic era of experimental football jerseys in the 1990s, particularly the migraine-inducing goalkeeper tops.
The 2009–10 redesigned Bumblebee kit was a fantastic nod to the original, but in terms of design, concept, and theory, I believe the above concept kit to be the best since the Bumblebee.
Who knows what the official Celtic third uniform for 2024–2025 will look like, but I wish Adidas would try something a little more unconventional and throw caution to the wind.
Or perhaps the return of the modern-day bumblebee, dare I say it?
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