Last year, with Manchester City about to face Internazionale in the Champions League final, we reimagined the clubs in a brand that neither had ever worn – adidas.
On Saturday night, Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund meet in the final at Wembley and we wanted to do something similar.
Of course, Madrid have worn adidas since 1998, having also had the three stripes in the 1980s, donning strips made by Hummel and Kelme in between. As well as adidas, their German opponents have had Nike, Kappa and, since 2012, Puma, as well as an ill-fated self-production period under the goool.de brand.
With all of those marques out of consideration, the natural choice – especially given the country the final is in and the fact they are celebrating their centenary – is Umbro. For no particular reason, we have decided to land upon the 1990-91 season.
For Madrid, the Nottingham Forest home design forms the basis – purple is the secondary colour rather than navy but we still wanted to stay away from the England or Luton Town styles.
In real life, 1990 marked Dortmund’s switch to Nike, who provided them with a more luminous shade of yellow and greater quantities of black, so we opted for Aston Villa’s template.
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The kit manufacturers for Real Madrid in the 90s were Hummel and Kelme. Teka was a sponsor.
Of course :facepalm: