Comments on: Gifts for Henry

By: James

James — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 16:02:53 +0000

European national teams always get new jerseys ahead of the World Cup and the Euro.

France typically get their new uniforms after the new year prior to the big tournaments. You may remember they wore their 2004 Euro kits in World Cup qualifying until early 2006; they wore their 2000 Euro kits to the 2001 Confed. Cup; wore the 2002 World Cup kits to the 2003 Confed. Cup; and so on.

By: Inara

Inara — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:40:49 +0000

I’ve seen the kits. The red away kit looks like a cross between Denmark’s and China’s. I’ll find the link. The blue home kit has a weird red slash in the middle.

By: Laurie

Laurie — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:35:30 +0000

Good question. Last year after World Cup I read a rumor about red (allez les rouges??!!) but haven’t seen anything recently. I’ll keep an eye out.

By: MB

MB — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:27:50 +0000

Now that we are on the subject of kits, do you Laurie (or anyone else, for that matter) know if France will be getting new kits for Euro 2008? Germany and Italy are among the teams that have unveiled new ones and while I really like the France kits right now (especially the white one) teams tend to unveil new kits right before a major tournament, such as Euro or the World Cup. Is France getting new kits?

By: sandrahn

sandrahn — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:33:57 +0000

I love this photo!!! How cool is that??

By: Inara

Inara — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:32:47 +0000

That is too cute! And I love that Benzema gave Henry the third jersey. It’s like handing off the torch (though Titi has some good years still left in him).

I like that the FFF does stuff like this. During the international week in September, they surprised Jeremy Toulalan with a very pretty birthday cake.