AS Monaco have unveiled their new house equipment for the 2025/26 season – with a post-release help from new signing Paul Pogba.
The shirt marks the membership’s first-ever collaboration with Mizuno, their new technical accomplice, and pays tribute to Monaco’s historical past with a recent twist.
Whereas the long-lasting purple and white diagonal stripe stays entrance and centre, the shirt additionally encompasses a distinctive embossed striped sample – refined vertical bands that nod to the kits worn by Monaco gamers earlier than the diagonal was launched, together with the one they wore when profitable their first main trophy, the Coupe de France, in June 1960.
Quite a few wonderful particulars spherical out the design: a redesigned Japanese-style collar, gold piping on the sleeves, and the membership’s slogan, “Daghe Munegu” (“Go Monaco!”), printed in gold lettering under the again of the collar.
The shirt was formally revealed in a brief, trendy video that includes a number of membership stars – together with Takumi Minamino, Mika Biereth and Aleksandr Golovin – posing alongside the Monaco shoreline.
However the drop didn’t cease there.
A day later, Monaco unveiled the sensational signing of Paul Pogba, who returns to soccer after an 18-month doping ban. In his first official look for the membership, Pogba posed proudly within the new equipment.
He actually seemed the half – however after such an extended spell on the sidelines, it stays to be seen whether or not he can stroll the stroll as soon as extra.
One factor’s for certain: if Monaco can reignite the fireplace within the 2018 World Cup winner, they’ll have a world-class expertise again on their palms – and he’ll look good doing it.