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New Liverpool Jersey 2019-20 | LFC Bob Paisley Tribute Kit by New Balance

This is the new Liverpool 2019/20 kit, LFC’s new home strip for the upcoming 2019-2020 Premier League season. Made by New Balance, the new LFC 19/20 uniform was officially unveiled on 18 April, 2019- the first Premiership club to do so.

The kit is a tribute to legendary Liverpool manager Bob Paisley, who was born in 1919. To mark 100 years of Paisley, the top features thin white pinstripes, that were first introduced to the uniform back in 1982/83, when Paisley managed the Reds.

The inside of the jersey also features Paisley’s signature.

Goalkeeper Alisson will be wearing a black jersey for the 2019/20 season. The jersey will officially go on sale on 9 May, 2019.

Standard Chartered remain principal shirt sponsors while Western Union appear on the sleeves.

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New Cameroon Le Coq Sportif Deal 2019- Indomitable Lions to leave Puma

Cameroon will wear Le Coq Sportif jerseys at this year’s Africa Cup of Nations after the Indomitable Lions announced that the French firm will replace Puma as their new kit partner. The deal brings to an end Puma’s two decade long association with Cameroon (began back in 1997). Le Coq Sportif currently outfit clubs like Fiorentina and Saint-Etienne- Cameroon will be the first major football nation in their portfolio.

Le Coq Sportif have made uniforms for Cameroon in the past- most notably in the early 1980’s (they wore LCS at the 1982 World Cup).

Cameroon are in Group F for CAN 2019 alongside Ghana, Benin and Guinea-Bissau.

New Macron Reading FC Kit Deal- Reading to switch from Puma to Macron beginning 2019-20

Championship outfit Reading FC have announced a change in kit partners ahead of the 2019/20 season, with Italian firm Macron set to take over from Puma. The Royals have inked a three year deal with Macron, which will see them outfit Reading till the end of the 2021/22 season.

Puma have been Reading FC’s partners for nearly one and a half decades ago, having begun their association with the club back in the 2004/05 season. Reading wore Puma kits for the three seasons they were in the Premier League- 2006/07, 2007/08 and 2012/13. They came close to returning to the top flight in 2017, but lost in the playoff final to Huddersfield Town.

At the time of writing, Reading are 19th in the EFL Championship, with 42 points from 44 games.