In the centenary year for Old Trafford Nike designers have included several design features that pay homage to the side that first played at the Theatre of Dreams.

The new shirt features a large chevron across the chest, which echoes the same pattern United wore on their shirts during the 1909-10 season when Old Trafford first opened. The distinctive angle of the chevron also directly replicates the one found at the bottom of the club crest containing UnitedÆs red devil. The chevron augments the upper chest area of the shirt and Nike maintain that it gives UnitedÆs players an even bigger and more intimidating appearance.

The shirt also includes a number of other new elements. The entire back of the shirt has an engineered mesh, which is a series of small chevrons, a performance feature to offer players even greater ventilation during games.

Inside the black round-neck collar is a high quality woven label with the three United colours, red, white and black, while engineered in to the side seam is a small label that reads æThe Theatre of Dreams Since 1910.Æ

The shirt is made from Nike Dri-Fit fabric, which keeps players drier, cooler and lighter by drawing perspiration from the body to the fabricÆs surface, while its three-dimensional construction gives more air space around the skin to reduce clinging.