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MADRID (Reuters) – The Spanish football club has rejected a proposal by Nike, the US sportswear firm, to design a reserve for 2021/2020 in white.

According to the newspaper "Mundo Deportivo", the Barcelona board of directors voted against the proposal for fear of negative reactions from the club's supporters if the players wore their favorite jersey, color of the rival's traditional rival jersey. team, Real Madrid.

It should be noted that Barcelona had a reserve of a shirt consisting of white and blue pants until the 70s of the last century, and the late Dutchman Johan Cruyff is the last legend of Barcelona who wore this outfit.

This outfit was the reserve outfit of Barcelona since the beginning of the last century. The Catalan team's basic outfit at that time consisted of a blue and red shirt and white pants until the color went black in 1913, then blue in 1920.