Worst 5 kits in Europe: 2017/18

#4 Real Madrid's third kit

Good job hiding that kit with your hands, Ben.

In simple words, you gotta be wary of your source of inspiration. When you base your design on an abysmal piece of work from the past and yell 'Throwback time', you can never be too sure what is going to get thrown around. Inspired by the 1997-98 kit with the quarterly graphic print, Real Madrid have opted for shades of teal and blue for their third kit.

The Madrid players probably asked for a raise to wear that, don't you think?

It comes out looking like a picture of a poorly constructed lego house or a crossword puzzle nobody wants to solve. If one of your lads wore even a casual t-shirt looking like that, you'll probably have second thoughts about being seen in public with him.

But Real Madrid are certain to wear this to their nights out in Europe and in all fairness the t-shirt could give them an edge because their opponents are going to want to look away.

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