A day after smashing their club record transfer fee on Andy Carroll West Ham United have unveiled their new adidas home shirt for the forthcoming 2013/14 Premier League season.

As soon as the Hammers' big number 9 had signed his contract to make his loan move from Liverpool permanent he was roped in to model the new adidas home kit, which takes over from the previous Macron kit. The fee for Carroll is believed to be around £15 million or, if you like, the same price as 300,000 new shirts.



The 3 stripes feature on the famous claret and blue shirts for the first time since 1987 and adidas have incorporated a small white collar on the shirt combining with a blue v-neck. Claret trims are placed on the cuffs of the blue sleeves to ensure the shirt is classic West Ham United.

Adidas manufactured West Ham’s kit for their best-ever league finish in the 1985/86 campaign and some of the greatest players ever to wear the West Ham United kit did so whilst donning the three stripes, including Sir Trevor Brooking, Billy Bonds and Tony Cottee.

   

The shorts and socks are both predominantly white with claret adidas stripes and blue details. Hammers fans will be glad to see the back of Macron who churned out some pretty average kits over the last three seasons and we reckon shirt sales will no doubt increase with the help of a big brand on board.

The capture of West Ham means that adidas now manufacture the kits for 9 of the 20 Premier League clubs with the Hammers joining Fulham and Southampton as the latest additions to the adidas family. Decent kit overall but it's still hard to believe that Carroll is not only the British transfer record but has now swapped hands for £50 million. Fifty million pounds. Quite a lot isn't it.




The new adidas West Ham 2013/14 home shirts will be available to order from selected online stockists including Pro-Direct Soccer.