tEngland will take on World and European Champions Spain on Saturday in an international friendly at Wembley Stadium before hosting Sweden on Tuesday. Saturday is the 12th of November – the anniversary of the signing of the Armistice at the end of the First World War. This has caused their seen the build-up to the match has been dominated by a dispute over poppies after Fifa denied the Football Association the right to add poppies to their shirts, saying it would breach their regulations on “political” symbols. However Fifa can’t stop the players from adding personalizations to their football boots and that is exactly what Nike have done for all their star players.
Ashley Cole’s White/Gold/Volt Tiempo Legend IV boots feature his initials and number just above a poppy. Interestingly Cole has chosen to stick with the ‘standard’ Tiempo rather then wearing the Elite version.
Gabriel Agbonlahor has been in tremendous for in the Premier League and that has resulted in the Aston Villa striker being recalled to the England fold. He will wear a pair of Volt/Purple/Retro Superfly III boots with his nickname and initial joining the poppy.
Theo Walcott is another player wearing the eye-catching Volt/Purple/Retro Superfly III colourway which features his initials and the traditional symbol of remembrance.
It wasn’t only Nike boots that were their to be spotted however as new boots and colourways were popping up everywhere you looked. Phil Jones could make another appearance for the senior squad – and this time it will be in the brand new Puma PowerCat 1.12.
The biggest talking point of the weekend is the global rollout of the new Adidas AdiZero MiCoach which we spotted on Stewart Downing. Interestingly Downing has opted for the alternate Black/Electricity/Warning colourway rather than the main Energy/White/Electricity colourway.
Along with the new AdiZeros Adidas will also be handing debuts to their new Black/Warning/White colourway. However Scott Carson (remember him fron last season at West Brom Currently plays for Bursaspor ) may not be seeing much action as Joe hart will undoubtedly be starting. Also Parker in T90 KL-IV with Poppy Embroidary just like the others.
Leighton Baines has a better chance of adding to his cap tally as he could come on or start ahead of Ashley Cole on the new AdiPower Predator colourway.
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