Chelsea FC 2012-2013 new away kit launch - new uniform photos and video
All change: Chelsea's new away strip features a River Plate-esque diagonal line
Set for action: Frank Lampard models the new Chelsea away strip
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After Chelsea revealed a gold trim home kit to inspire Roberto Di Matteo’s side to Champions League glory, you don’t have to look far to see their inspiration for the new away kit.
As talks with Didier Drogba to extend his stay broke down to the point of the striker leaving, it seems the Champions League winners' last desperate attempt to keep the veteran was to offer him a playing kit that resembled his former club Marseille!
rian has quoted in the past he would have liked to end his career at the Ligue 1 club who he left to join Chelsea for £24million in 2004.
rian has quoted in the past he would have liked to end his career at the Ligue 1 club who he left to join Chelsea for £24million in 2004.
![Top Drog: Didier Drogba enjoyed a successful season at Marseille in 2003/04](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/06/07/article-2155773-00E281BD1000044C-873_634x399.jpg)
Top Drog: Didier Drogba enjoyed a successful season at Marseille in 2003/04
And although the strip borrows a template from Argentine side River Plate, the colours look remarkably similar to that of the southern France side.
But all jokes aside, the new strip is laced with adidas’s TechFit technology (proven to enhance performance) and the colours are meant to be synonymous with the success the club have achieved over the years.
Fans can see the strip for the first time when it will be worn during a pre-season tour of the USA when Chelsea face the MLS Allstars on July 25 in Philadelphia.
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