Aston Villa players to keep wearing ‘wet’ kit despite complaints

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Aston Villa are to wear the club’s controversial new home strip for their Women’s Super League opener against Manchester United, despite ongoing issues with kit manufacturer Castore. Concerns were raised ahead of Villa’s opening WSL fixture, a match that will be broadcast live on the BBC, but manager Carla Ward has said the players have agreed to wear the shirt after having the option to wear the away kit instead. open image in gallery Aston Villa’s Boubacar Kamara in the ‘wet’ kit against Everton Villa signed a contract with British company Castore, who have also produced kits for Newcastle, Wolves and Rangers this season, in 2022 and there were no issues with the design on last season’s kit. The BBC commentator Jacqui Oatley told Newsbeat this week that Villa’s players would be “dreading” wearing the shirt because of it would look.