Chelsea Launch New 2016-17 home kit: images, details and reaction

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Chelsea have unveiled their new home package for the 2016-17 season, set to be worn for the primary time in the closing healthy of the existing campaign against champions Leicester city at Stamford Bridge on might also 15. 

Eden Hazard and Ruben Loftus-Cheek looked in a video on the Blues facebook web page to launch the equipment on Wednesday:

The precise in shape shirt will can charge £90 even earlier than the addition of a name or quantity, whereas replicas can be priced at £55, per MailOnline's Oliver Todd. 

Chelsea additionally launched a picture of striker Diego Costa donning the brand new Adidas equipment, with Yokohama Tyres final the leading sponsor:

The rate of the brand new equipment has been widely condemned, with the independent's Simon Rice explaining enthusiasts may need to shell out as much as £149.ninety five for the entire components.

Former Liverpool and England star Stan Collymore slammed the can charge as "insanity":

meanwhile, BreatheSport put the fee of the brand new fit shirt into context with Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich's famously respectable-price season ticket:

The Blues will be hoping they savor improved fortunes of their new domestic package subsequent term than they've in 2015-16.

The west London side are getting ready to welcome Antonio Conte as their new manager in the summertime, and the Italian has a huge job on his arms after Chelsea's hunch from title-winners in 2014-15 to mid-desk also-rans in the latest campaign.