Manchester United Is Back in Blue for the 24/25 Season

Blue might be one the furthest colors associated with Manchester United, but some of the club’s most cherished moments have come in its alternate strip. Who could forget when Cristiano Ronaldo, fresh off winning his first UEFA Champions League title, hammered a 40-yard free kick against Arsenal at the Emirates in 2009 to jettison United back into the final. Off the pitch, United’s famed 1990 away shirt, featuring a bold snowflake pattern, has become arguably one of the most coveted football shirts of any club, easily fetching hundreds on the aftermarket. Dialing the clocks back to 1968, United won its first ever Champions League final in a 4-1 rout of Benfica, led by the late Sir Bobby Charlton in a royal blue strip with the club’s coat of arms at left chest, setting the stage for the pedigree of success the club would come to be known for in the decades to follow. Read more at Hypebeast.