Have Celtic just dropped a huge hint about their new kit?

Hoops and stripes? A tie-up has been mooted since last year

A graphic from Celtic's season ticket website featuring the stripes

Celtic have dropped a huge hint that their rumoured tie-up with sportswear giant Adidas is close to being announced.

The Parkhead side issued a number of social media posts advertising season tickets for the 2020/21 season using the tagline: “A cause. A culture. A calling.”

Each image used in the campaign is overlayed by three diagonal stripes in green and gold – a nod, perhaps, to the Bavarian-based company's “three stripes” moniker, coined by founder Adi Dassler in 1952.

Celtic have had just three kit suppliers in the club’s history, with Umbro producing strips from the 1960s until 2005; Nike taking over between 2005 and 2015 and New Balance between 2015 and 2020.

The proposed deal between the Hoops and Adidas has been touted as the biggest in Scottish football history – larger, even, than the reported £25 million arrangement with New Balance.