Manchester United confirm away kit for new season

Manchester United will wear blue away from home next season

Adidas and Manchester United have launched the club's new away kit for the 2016/17 season.

The jersey has a base colour of "collegiate blue", and has been launched ahead of the home shirt, which is yet to be released.

It includes a "distinct dark blue mélange detail, with red accents of the adidas performance logo, three stripes on the shoulders and a red Manchester United crest".

There is also a 'Red Devils' detail visible on the inside of the jersey.

Ryan Giggs sports a vintage Manchester United blue away kit in November 1991

Alongside the replica jersey, there is also an authentic shirt available - as worn by the players, a long-sleeved version, and shirts designed specifically for children and women.

It is accompanied by dark blue shorts, and socks with the same mélange detail.

Manchester United first wore a blue away kit in the 1906/07 season and used it sporadically - interchanging with a white strip - for several years afterwards.

They used blue most recently as a third strip, during the 2014-15 campaign. The current away kit is white and the third kit is black.