After Sunday’s disastrous defeat to Aston Villa, it’s time to focus on the things that really matter, like the design of the ridiculously expensive polyester kits the lads and lasses will be wearing next season.

Last week a photo of the new home shirt (seen hanging on a rail in the window of one of the club’s offices) was confirmed as the real deal by a number of sources, including kit leak specialists Esvaphane and Footy Headlines.

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Using the adidas ‘Tiro 24’ template, the design, at first glance, appears to be a mash-up of kits used between 1990-92 and 1998-2000 with navy blue used as an accent colour and white panelling running the length of the side of the shirt.

The most interesting aspect of the design is the use of the simplified cannon rather than the full shield-style crest. While the ‘2002’ cannon has been used on recent away and third shirts, it’s the first time it’s been given prominence on a home shirt. The last time we used just a cannon was 1989/90.

The new design looks clean enough although the way the blue sweeps down the body of the shirt to correspond with the blue on the shorts means the colour is very prominent from behind.

We should point out that the Gunners have integrated blue on home kits as far back as the 1880s (for shorts) and that it was also used regularly on socks through the 1930s-1950s. Umbro then introduced the colour to shirts in 1982.

Since adidas took over from Puma as the club’s kit suppliers, Arsenal have been in the habit of wearing the new design for the final game of the season. We’ve heard the Gunners will only do that this time around if a rival club has already won the title.

As for the away and third shirts, we’ve known the colour schemes since November but heard nothing more about the details.

The away will be predominantly black with red and green as accent colours, the third, featuring a retro adidas trefoil logo, will be aqua with light purple and navy blue details.

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