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Joe Doyle

Ian Wright delivers surprising revelation on an iconic Arsenal kit

Arsenal have had some iconic football shirts throughout the years.

From their partnerships with Nike, Adidas and Puma over the years, there have been some absolute stunners - as well as some not so great efforts.

But one of the best in the club's history was undoubtedly the infamous 'bruised banana' kit worn between the 1991 and 1993 seasons.

So much so that when the Gunners signed a new kit deal for this season with the sportswear giant, a remake of the shirt became the club's official away kit for 2019/20.

The demand for the shirt has been huge, with fans loving the new version of their iconic kit - but Arsenal legend Ian Wright says it wasn't always as popular - particularly with the players.

"Such an iconic shirt, everybody goes crazy for it," he said on his YouTube channel.

"They just brought it back out as well, Adidas, and it just flies, they just love it.

"I mean, when we started in it, we hated it. I didn't like it because I was desperate to play in [the home] one.

"Played my first two games in [the bruised banana shirt] against Leicester and then Southampton and I had to wait to play in [the home] one against Chelsea.

"You know, you're thinking it's gonna be something normal then all of a sudden Adidas came out with this.

"We used to hate it because we didn't know where to sign it, everybody used to moan about it.

"We thought that when it first came out people were gonna laugh at us in this. I look back now at the pictures of when we were playing: it's brilliant and the pictures are fantastic."

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