There's something of a new era at Cardiff City, with the club set to undergo one of the most significant summer upheavals of recent years.
Boss Steve Morison is facing a huge task in rebuilding a squad that could lose as many as 21 players this summer. You can read more about that here.
The club completed the signing of Forest Green Rovers midfielder Ebou Adams on Friday afternoon, and there will surely be a number of new faces through the door before the close of the transfer window.
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However, it's not just the playing staff that will see changes. It's all change for Cardiff's kit too, with New Balance recently confirmed as the club's new shirt supplier for the next four years, ending their association with Adidas. The move also makes the Bluebirds the first Championship club to work with the American company, and fans are already wondering what to expect ahead of the new season.
It's understood the new kit is likely to be launched some time in July, and there has already been plenty of speculation over what it might look like. Concept kits are nothing new at this time of year, but one design in particular has helped to whet the appetite ahead of this summer's new release.
Graphic designer RH Designs has put together an effort that seems to have been inspired by a couple of kits from the late 80s. It features the traditional Bluebird blue with a white pinstripes. A white rounded collar is complimented by white and yellow trim on the sleeves.
Our own fan columnist Scott Johnson has already given the design the thumbs up, as has Bluebirds legend Kevin McNaughton, who took to Twitter to say: "All over this!"
Other fans were similarly positive. "Really like this, echoes of the Buckleys brewery shirt of the late 80s," said one. "Best concept I’ve seen so far hands down. Guaranteed it won’t look like any of them, they never do," said another.
However, not everyone is convinced. Some have pointed out that it looks like a shirt worn by another EFL club.
"Like it, but it is very Ipswich," was another verdict, while one critic said: "I don’t like the white stripes or the two tone blue. It a big no for me. I’d go as far as to say it’s one of the worst home shirts I’ve seen us have aside from the red rebrand shit."
