Nike unveil glorious new Nigeria kit for 2018 World Cup

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Phwoooaaar. Nike have hit a home run with Nigeria's strip for Russia this summer

The imagination behind kit design, particularly for international teams, seems to have receded in recent years - often leaving sides playing in different shades of the same template.

Step forward Nike and Nigeria, though, who have put together this absolute masterpiece.

Lovely. It's a far lighter green that normal and, in a nod to the country's finest footballing hour, the badge has actually been recoloured to resemble the one worn by the Olympic gold medal-winning side of 1996.

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Seb Stafford-Bloor

Seb Stafford-Bloor is a football writer at Tifo Football and member of the Football Writers' Association. He was formerly a regularly columnist for the FourFourTwo website, covering all aspects of the game, including tactical analysis, reaction pieces, longer-term trends and critiquing the increasingly shady business of football's financial side and authorities' decision-making.