The best pre-match jerseys of the top European clubs - Hard to determine which one is the most interesting

Clubs across Europe are taking advantage of the unique allure of a stage like the Champions League, even if it's just to unveil a pre-match jersey. Girona, Manchester City, and many others have chosen to showcase interesting kits during their first appearance of the season in the competition's new format, as intriguing as those worn for the full 90 minutes. After all, a top-level match kit should be paired with an equally stunning training one. At the same time, one might think that the creativity and extravagance poured into creating pre-match kits shouldn’t overshadow that of official match kits. Nevertheless, clubs and sportswear brands are free to decide how to boost sales of their merchandise. In short, the Champions League started this week, and even on the jersey front, there have been plenty of new releases: let's discover the best pre-match kits of this competition's opening phase.

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Different choices, all interesting in their own way, were made by clubs sponsored by adidas. Juventus revived a design already teased last season, while Bayern Munich opted for a nearly uniform look from the arrival at the stadium, through the warm-up, and into the 90 minutes. The most interesting case is Arsenal, which once again showcased the kit created in collaboration with Labrum London, chromatically very similar to the Away kit and the training kit the club exclusively uses during daily sessions at the Sobha Realty Training Centre.

The season is still very long, and we have high hopes for the aesthetics of the training kits, which experienced a revival after this summer’s Euro2024.