Overview

• La Liga’s Kit Selector flagged chromatic clashes between Levante’s red-and-blue home shirt and all three of Barcelona’s new kits, mirroring the issue that barred those strips at Mallorca on August 16.
• The conflict stems from matching red-and-blue stripes on the home kits and overlapping dark shorts – Barcelona’s black pair against Levante’s dark blue – which violated the league’s visual guidelines.
• Nike’s yet-to-debut orange third kit is also unlikely to gain approval, since La Liga reportedly believes its rumored navy blue shorts would conflict with Levante’s colours.
• Supporters have expressed frustration at seeing Barcelona back in the green-lime strip linked to last season’s Champions League semi-final exit against Inter.
• The club anticipates a return to its home kit for MD3 at Rayo Vallecano after last season’s home strip passed the selector for the Vallecas fixture.