Arsenal have been banned from wearing their traditional red home kit for this weekend’s North London Derby against Tottenham after the Premier League and PGMOL deemed it as having too much white.
Bizarrely, the Gunners’ red strip has been judged as a potential colour clash with Spurs’ white home kit.
Arsenal tried to come to a compromise, offering the option of instead wearing red shorts and socks, but that was rejected.
As a result, they will be wearing their black away kit for the crunch fixture this Sunday at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. It’s understood Arsenal were informed of a potential clash ahead of time but it was too late for them to change their kit design by then.
The PGMOL and Premier League’s decision also means Spurs will wear different colours when they visit the Emirates Stadium in January.
Meanwhile, Arsenal are nervously waiting on the ankle assessment of captain Martin Odegaard.
Norway’s Odegaard appeared to twist his left ankle against Austria on Monday night, and immediately required medical attention before being helped off the pitch.
He flew back to London on Tuesday morning and is being assessed by the Arsenal medical staff.