Spectacular! Barça and Nike will launch a new collection in tribute to Kobe Bryant

Once FC Barcelona's new contract with Nike has been resolved, which will leave the club with record dividends in the order of 1.7 billion euros, news about the next culés kits is beginning to be revealed. In 2025, there will be a very exclusive special collection under the Kobe Bryant label.

According to the 'X' account @memorabilia1899, Barça will wear the 'Black Mamba' logo that distinguishes the basketball legend on some of its kits. In principle, the second Barça shirt, which in 2025/26 will be a pale ocher color, will carry this insignia instead of the classic Nike pipe, like other training garments.

Barcelona will launch with 𝗞𝗼𝗯𝗲 𝗕𝗿𝘆𝗮𝗻𝘁
branded away kit 25/26 and full collection exclusively named ace 𝗠𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
for the next season 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱/𝟮𝟲.

The Kobe Bryant logo will be on the 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗸𝗶𝘁, shorts, training collection,… pic.twitter.com/urnd0btawk

— fcbarcelonacollection.com (@memorabilia1899) November 9, 2024

In addition, the jersey will have some details in purple, the characteristic color of Bryant's longtime team, the Los Angeles Lakers. In that sense, the clothing line is part of the 'Mamba Collection', an exclusive collection that pays tribute to the former player who died in a plane crash in January 2020.

Other clubs such as Paris Saint-Germain have a similar collection in their contract with Nike. In the case of the Gauls, it is the 'Air Jordan' collection, under the seal of the legendary Michael Jordan. Since 2017, PSG has had several exclusive shirts from this collection.

Kobe Bryant, a culé for eternity

Nike has chosen Barça to launch this division of the 'Mamba Collection' due to the public admiration that Kobe expressed for FC Barcelona. The American star shared several opportunities with the Barça squad during the team's visits to Los Angeles, as part of the preseason.

In an interview for the 'ESPN' network, Bryant said that, at the time, Ronaldinho introduced him to a young Leo Messi, assuring that 'La Pulga' would be the best in history. Later, the man from Rosario was able to share with the basketball star again in 2011, already the undisputed best soccer player in the world at that time.

Kobe 🤝Boat always. pic.twitter.com/am4deuqy8s https://t.co/5g07grasl2

— abel (@FcbAvr) November 9, 2024

In this way, in 2025/26, Barça will pay tribute to one of the stars of world sport who, unfortunately, unexpectedly left for eternity in 2020, a couple of months before the start of the covid-19 pandemic.

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