Oasis' Noel Gallagher jokes with Pep Guardiola after designing Manchester City's new kit
Manchester City have unveiled a fourth kit for the current season, designed by Oasis icon Noel Gallagher, in the style of the band's hit album 'Definitely Maybe'
Noel Gallagher insists he couldn't believe he was asked to design Manchester City's new kit - in the theme of hit album ‘Definitely Maybe’.
Gallagher, alongside fellow City-supporting brother Liam, announced last month that Oasis were ending a 15-year feud to reform for a sell-out tour in 2025. He is a long-time friend of City boss Pep Guardiola and has been going to City games for five decades.
He is more than aware that their current dominance of English football - winning the last four Premier League titles in succession - is a far cry from his early time supporting the club, at former home Maine Road and notably in the third tier of English football in the late 90s.
“I’ve been supporting City for 50 years, the last decade has just been the stuff dreams are made of,” said Noel, who himself designed a fourth strip for the current campaign, in the colour scheme of his band’s 1994 debut album Definitely Maybe.
The kit was officially launched on Thursday, with City stars recreating the album’s famous front cover, with Guardiola seen sitting on a sofa playing a guitar surrounded by members of the men’s and women’s first teams, in a living room decked out in City memorabilia.
“Every single step of the way it’s got bigger and better and more global, it really is amazing,” Noel added. “If Definitely Maybe has a theme it’s honest, I think it’s real. People say that thing of if you walked up to your 16-year-old self and said ‘in 40 years you’ll be designing kits for the team’ you’d be like ‘what?’.
“It’s a proper honour. When the guys from PUMA approached us at one of the games, I took about five seconds to agree to it. It’s the same colour palette as the cover of Definitely Maybe.
"I think it’s unique, but it’s definitely striking and I think it looks great. When you see people represent 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. You know, it makes me smile.
"They were great times. Really, really great. I mean, it’s spawned a great football kit. So its legacy lives on.”
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