Liverpool have ended their court dispute with New Balance, meaning their new kit deal with Nike has finally been given the all clear.
The English club had a agreed a bumper deal with the American company, which was set to come into effect for the 20/21 season. However, New Balance had a clause to match any offers, agreeing to stump up the same financial incentives as Nike.
Liverpool claimed that their previous supplier could not match the commercial opportunities offered by the Oregon based outfit, something that was upheld by the court.
With the new deal now given the all clear, supporters have already started to speculate what next season's jerseys could look like.
Nike have produced some beautiful kits this season, with their third kits for some of Europe's biggest clubs going down a treat. That has led to high expectations for their debut campaign with Liverpool, with fans producing some beautiful concept kits.
Dead excited for this Nike deal now! Here's a third kit concept I put together #Nike #Liverpool pic.twitter.com/zInA5wIt2q
— Rhys (@confaLFC) October 25, 2019
This black number is very similar to the club's goalkeeper kit this season, which has proved to be a big hit with supporters.
📸 PHOTO | Liverpool NIKE concept home & away kit created by Designer "YNWA Edits" on Instagram.
Thoughts? 🗣 pic.twitter.com/frHHSn5o0s— LFC Transfer Room (@LFCTransferRoom) June 30, 2018
Liverpool x Nike
concept kits for 2019/2020 pic.twitter.com/4DgJ3hnSAV— hasan (@geniusarts_) April 16, 2019
A lot of supporters seem to be hoping for a green kit, a colour that has been criminally underused by the club in recent seasons.
Liverpool F.C x Nike - 2020/21
Concept kits 🔴 pic.twitter.com/zf49jFRyTa— LFC92 (@LFC92) October 19, 2019
Liverpool F.C x Nike - 2020/21
Away kit concept 🔴 pic.twitter.com/LUYzGmTe4l— LFC92 (@LFC92) October 19, 2019
The three below are certainly our favourite of the lot, and they seem to be heavily inspired by the third kits Nike produced this season.
New Balance made some awesome kits for Liverpool over the years, but with Nike now becoming the new supplier next season, if they make anything like these concepts, Earth would be scorched in fire 🤔😍🔥🤑 pic.twitter.com/5e2jSM4qYY
— The Set Piece Podcast (@thesetpiece16) October 25, 2019
There is a fear that Nike could break an overused template for the release of the kit, but you would imagine that they will make a big effort for their debut campaign at Anfield.
With Liverpool having already agreed a new kit design with Nike for next season. Could this be what it looks like? #lfc
Design by @catrindesigner pic.twitter.com/Byh2ICrQP6— YNWAGRAM (@ynwagram) October 19, 2019
[Media: Liverpool Echo] Liverpool fans get creative with Nike kit designs as club wins case against New Balance https://t.co/UXmaelRf8K pic.twitter.com/dXcevsZQA7
— LFCMAGAZINE (@LFCMAGAZINE) October 25, 2019
