MANCHESTER CITY’S stars recreated Oasis’ iconic ‘Definitely Maybe’ album cover to launch their new kit.
City decided to just ‘Roll with Kit’ and launched their special edition strip designed by Noel Gallagher alongside manufacturer Puma.
Gallagher, who is a City mega fan, linked up with the club to create an electric European kit that will be worn this season.
The strip is inspired by Oasis‘ debut studio album ‘Definitely Maybe’, which celebrated its 30th anniversary this year.
The kit, dubbed ‘Definitely City’, will be worn for select European fixtures this season, starting with City’s upcoming Champions League opener against Inter Milan next week.
It forms part of a whole collection of ‘Definitely City’ apparel.
The collection includes track jackets, bomber jackets, drill tops and a retro jersey, all designed with the same colour palette as the iconic album cover.
And City have leaned in heavily to the 1994 cover art, recreating the covershoot with Kyle Walker, Jess Park, Mateo Kovacic, Ederson and boss Pep Guardiola.
Lifelong City fan and music legend Gallagher, who joined the stars on set, was over the moon with the collaboration.
He said: “I loved City before anything, I was into City before I was into music, I was into City before I knew what music was.
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“Definitely Maybe is what set us on our way, the record lasting as long, you can’t predict that kind of thing. It’s a great working class, Mancunian record – it’s real.
“When Puma approached us at one of the games about designing a kit it took about five seconds to agree to it.
“It’s the same colour palette as the cover of Definitely Maybe: it’s unique but it’s definitely striking, and I think it looks great.
“When you see people representing your Club, it’s important that they look good.
“Definitely Maybe has never lost its magic to me, I just think it’s an amazing snapshot of what we were about.
“With the anniversary, I’ve been listening to it a lot more than I would ever listen to it, it makes me smile – they were great times. It’s spawned a great football kit, it’s legacy lives on.”
The collab comes at the same time as Oasis’ long-awaited reunion with brothers Noel and Liam returning to the stage after 15 years to put on a huge tour.
