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Chelsea have returned to a more traditional yellow change strip after revealing their new away kit for the 2021-22 season, but fans have spotted an ulterior motive for the change in colour.
Stars including Antonio Rudiger and N'Golo Kante helped model the new design which sees the Blues release just their third yellow kit in over a decade.
The yellow design features black pinstripe hoops across the kit and according to the west London side, are a nod to the past in the form of the stripes. While the black trim colour 'is representative of a new era of youthful energy taking over the club'.
Antonio Rudiger (left) and N'Golo Kante show off Chelsea's away kit for the 2021-22 season
The strip sees a return to a traditional yellow, with the pin stripes a nod to kits from the mid 1980s - as worn above be Mickey Thomas in 1983
The yellow shirt will be paired with black shorts and yellow socks with a black stripe.
Chelsea won the Europa League in the 2018-19 season, the last campaign they wore a yellow kit, while yellow was also a change colour when they won the Premier League title in the 2014-15 season.
Midfielder Mason Mount claimed the yellow kit reminded him of past glories.
‘When you look over the years, you always remember the yellow kits on our heroes that made an impact', he
