FIVE potential Newcastle kits for the new season

The furore surrounding the release of Newcastle’s home kit has become known to some as ‘Wongagate’.

Both Papiss Cisse and Cheick Tiote, two of a number of players on Tyneside that follow Islam, have supposedly sought legal advice, as the new Toon Army sponsor – Wonga – is a loans business, a practice which the Muslim faith are vehemently against.

While fans are debating which of their Tyneside heroes might not be seen again as a result, ‘leaked’ images of Newcastle‘s new home kit have of course still been circulating on the Internet.

Interestingly, the photo with a blank sponsor area appears to have been shared about most. The design is a throwback to the dark blue trim which featured on the famous black and white shirt at the turn of the century.

If the away kit, a dark blue number which has been available for a while now, is anything to go by however, the shirt with the black Puma logo will be the club’s top, as the design is strikingly alike.

There are two other shirts of a similar design, but the colour and placement of the Puma logo is different in both cases.

Conversely, one shirt displays what appears to be a new, darker Newcastle badge, with smaller and hence more vertical stripes. Would Mike Ashley dice with a new club crest though, given his turbulent ownership so far?

Supporters of the Toon will have to wait until mid-August to find out, but in the meantime, here are five of the designs that have been bandied around.