After a string of pre-release leaks and inventive concept designs, Celtic officially unveiled the Celtic away kit 2024/25 earlier this week – a yellow and green Seville-era-styled throwback.

The new kit's likeness to Norwich City's home jersey fuelled yet more Adam Idah speculation over the course of Monday afternoon – last season's loanee, of course, having since returned to his parent club – while the most vocal Celtic fans appeared typically split on the new design.

This is always the case with each passing year, but for my money, the new away kit's crowning feature is its oversized badge with this one far more detailed than the similar designs that've cropped up on the away and special kits of recent seasons.

Celtic's default badge, the four-left clover crest wrapped by The Celtic Football Club and its 1888 founding year, has endured through the ages, but hasn't changed in shape or style since 1995 – with the exception of the European Cup-denoting star that first featured on a Celtic shirt in 2003.

Which begs the question: is the Celtic logo due a permanent revamp?

The Celtic Wiki has a brilliant generational breakdown of the crest's evolution – from the first Celtic cross against a red background, through to the first use of a four-leaf clover, the 'Celtic Football and Athletic Coy Ltd' branding that existed up until '95, the special anniversary badges throughout, and, of course, what exists today.

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Looking elsewhere, the likes of Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City, Roma, Paris-Saint Germain and Newcastle United have all switched to simplified iterations of their legacy badges over the last several years; whereas the likes of Feyenoord have made the slightest of changes that can only be reliably discerned when placed side-by-side.

Leeds United learned a harsh lesson back in 2018 when they moved to switch up the Elland Road outfit's familiar white rose moniker; and have most recently wowed fans with their throwback away kit for next season, underlining the sanctity with which some facets of fandom hold their club crest and its blueprint.

Perhaps the now semi-regular oversized crest is Celtic and Adidas testing the waters to this end, but I'd love to see it on the home jersey – even if for one single season – for an old school feel.

I might be in the minority, though. Let us know what you think!