The release of the PSG kit gives fans their first glimpse into the post-Mbappe era.

Paris Saint-Germain gave fans a first look at what the team will look like without Kylian Mbappe as he launched the club’s new home kit for the 2024-25 season.

With their Champions League campaign over and their star player set to join Real Madrid on a free transfer this summer, PSG are busy preparing for life after Mbappe with a smart new basic strip that forms part of an ongoing revamp.

18-year-old rising star Warren Zaïre-Emery, who recently signed a new contract with PSG, is one of the stars chosen to model the kit.

After experimenting with unconventional designs in recent years, the 2024-25 home shirt sticks quite similar to the typical PSG home jersey. The key element is a dark blue base with the Parisians’ famous red and white “Hechter” stripes running vertically through it. center.

But upon closer inspection, the stripes are slightly damaged, creating a faux brushstroke effect, which the club suggests serves as an homage to the contemporary urban art scene in Paris and its suburbs.

The return of the classic Hechter stripes to the home kit comes after PSG received complaints from an increasingly agitated group of fans who had been fooled by the non-conformist design for years. The last appearance of the traditional red stripes came with the 2020-21 kit.

The stripes then disappeared completely in 2021-22 (relocated to the sleeve cuffs), and underwent successive “overhauls” in 2022-23 (color reversal) and 2023-24 (offset down the sides of the torso). Much to the chagrin of many fans.