Marseille In The Skin | Tattoo Artist Helps Design adidas Denim Away Kit - Football Shirts

A number of new kits this summer have been described as a little bit too safe but the same can't be said about Marseille's new away kit. It's a pretty bold move designing a denim look shirt complete with denim stitched pocket but that's exactly what adidas have created for the Ligue 1 side to wear on their travels next season...To explain the thinking behind the shirt adidas have released a video featuring a man as controversial as the kit itself - Joey Barton. The loveable on-loan midfielder received a lot of grief for double deniming up last season and if he stays at the Stade Velodrome he'll be sporting his denim look on pitch too.

The man guilty of this footballing fashion crime is the incredibly named Bob Le Blobb. Yep, Bob Le Blobb. Amazing. The Blobbster is a popular tattoo artist amongst the Marseille players and he's designed the new logo which features on the sleeve of the shirt.



With the help of Marseille players Andre-Pierre Gignac, Steve Mandanda and Barton, Le Blobb came up with a design of which Barton said “It shows exactly what I would visualise as being a Marseille fan - Marseille in the heart. The passion and the (adopts French accent) fever (returns to scouse) for this football club from the fans is incredible. It's a special place to play football and I feel very privileged to play in.”

If you take the pocket away it's not actually that bad. Don't get us wrong, it would still be bad but at least it would look more like a football shirt. Either way you'd be a brave man to wear it with jeans. So yeah, denim, what do you reckon to that?






The new adidas Marseille away shirt is available now from online stockists including Pro-Direct Soccer. What do you think of design? Join the conversation online, on Twitter and on Facebook.