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The leaked new Holland jersey is just not orange enough – or nice enough

Published 15:16 17 Nov 2016 GMT

Rob Burnett
The leaked new Holland jersey is just not orange enough – or nice enough

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The Holland kit is always one of the greats.

Orange. Lion. Simples. It's unique, iconic and has been worn by some of the greatest footballers ever to play the game, including Johan Cruyff, Dennis Bergkamp, Marco van Basten, Johan Neeskens and er, Royston Drenthe. You may have been somewhat startled then, to wake up to this image doing the rounds on Twitter this morning, purportedly showing the new design. https://twitter.com/Sobes022/status/799258962818256897 Apparently inspired by the Dutch Master himself, Vincent van Gogh, and his trademark brush work on the the hay bales in ‘The Afternoon Nap’, from 1890: Screen Shot 2016-11-17 at 12.55.40 We can't remember a shirt design that divided opinion so much. Some hated it: https://twitter.com/dizzydianajo1/status/799177334104408064 https://twitter.com/leitepreto/status/799207498515247105 https://twitter.com/coolbhoy1888/status/799198529398996992 https://twitter.com/chrishafc/status/799177850637156352

But some loved it:

https://twitter.com/TommyCunslow/status/799177925014781952 https://twitter.com/mr_currywurst/status/799160154499518464

And some... well, we're not sure if this is supposed to be good or bad:

https://twitter.com/arsenaloFka/status/799193715692732416

But then came the news that it might well be a fake anyway:

https://twitter.com/museumofjerseys/status/799213625974128640 As you were, kit fans. FFL new

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