Despite protests from players, Aston Villa women will use the team’s Castore home jersey for their Women’s Super League debut against Manchester United on Sunday.
Players on both the men’s and women’s teams have expressed concerns about the quality of the equipment and how much perspiration it absorbs.
Although there have apparently been discussions between Villa and Castore, there won’t be a settlement before the weekend’s games.
While the men’s squad plays Brighton in the Premier League on Saturday at Villa Park, the women of Villa host United on Sunday.
According to Carla Ward, manager of the Aston Villa women, “[we] have similar concerns to what the men’s team have.”
“I think the men’s side brought it up early in our pre-season and the women’s side supported it,” the author said.
“As far as I’m concerned, the club and Castore should deal with it,” she continued. I have to concentrate on the weekend.
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Other teams who wear Castore uniforms include Newcastle United, Wolves, and Rangers, as well as well-known rivals in other sports like tennis player Andy Murray and the Red Bull and McLaren Formula 1 teams.
According to a Thursday article in The Daily Telegraph, Villa will end their agreement with Castore early because of the wet-look shirts.
In order to fulfill the standards we demand, we are working closely with the club to address this problem as soon as possible, according to a spokeswoman for the kit provider. We appreciate the club’s up to date patience and support.
Since 2015, Alasdair Mackenzie has contributed to FourFourTwo as a free-lance journalist based in Rome. He can be found at Reuters, The Times, and the i when not donning the FFT shirt. He became an Italophile after watching a lot of Football Italia on Channel 4 as a child and now counts himself among the hundreds of Ross County and Lazio supporters.
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