There's still plenty of football to be played this season to occupy our tiny minds.
This said, with the first international break of a World Cup year on the horizon, there's now a steady flow of international football kit releases to distract us from the business end of the season.
While England's new home and away kit designs were confirmed on Wednesday, many on social media appeared more concerned with the unveiling of Nigeria's new away shirt.
And to be fair, we don't blame them. It is, as the first of the tweets below puts it, worthy of winning the World Cup for its sheer loveliness alone...
https://twitter.com/FarleyWrites/status/961270818474020867
https://twitter.com/TRiCKETTengland/status/961279059354415104
https://twitter.com/TefTobz/status/961270867308220417
https://twitter.com/luke_bwfc/status/961281876194455553
https://twitter.com/bigrichinnes/status/961278534307274757
https://twitter.com/rdeano90/status/961273190382219266
Made by Nike, the design is a throwback to the iconic shirts worn Nigeria in their first ever World Cup campaign in the United States in 1994.
Assuming Fifa don't see the shirt and decide to just give them the trophy immediately, the Super Eagles will face Croatia, Iceland and Argentina in Group D in Russia later this year.
The following video, published on Nike Football's YouTube channel earlier this week, also reveals Nigeria's new home shirt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5cVY6dXxUs
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