We came into the weekend expecting to see a host of new boots and colourways after both Umbro and Adidas released a plethora of boot updates over the past two weeks. We were a little disappointed to see how few made their Premier League debut this weekend. (Especially the new AdiPure 11Pro – which was debuted around the world but didn’t take to any Premier League pitches.)
One new colourway seeing Premier League action for the first time was the new Silver/Black/Red GT II Pro colourway worn by Spurs fullback Kyle Walker. Walker has become one of the best fullbacks in England and Umbro must be glad to have him on their books.
Swansea midfielder Danny Graham went backwards when he wore a pair of White/Blue GT Pro boots against Arsenal. The new GT II Pro is a big improvement in the original GT – which we felt was an underrated boot.
We expected to see the new Umbro Speciali 3 making their first appearance this weekend but the likes of Darren Bent and John Terry were still wearing Speciali R boots while Stoke City’s Wilson Palacios – who we have seen in a black-out pair – opted for Black/Blue/Yellow Geometra Pro boots.
We did a glimpse of the new Umbro Geometra Pro colourway however as Newcastle winger Jonas Gutierrez wore the new Black/Green/Red colourway to help his side overcome QPR on Sunday.
With Adidas having announced the signing of Iker Casillas this week, Manchester United’s veteran winger Ryan Giggs is now the only professional player to be wearing Reebok boots. Giggs has been wearing these kit matching White/Red boots for the past few weeks. We wonder how much longer he will continue to play for United and Reebok.
Giggs was once part of an impressive Reebok lineup that included Thierry Henry. The New York Red Bull player has since joined Puma and set the boot world alight last weekend when he wore the upcoming King Finale SL in his first game back with the Arsenal. Henry was back in them this weekend but failed to help his side avoid defeat.
Recent years has seen stars from the MLS taking up offers for short term loans in the Premier League and that is the case once again as Robbie Keane joined Henry and serial visitor Landon Donavon. LA Galaxy teammates Donovan and Keane faced each other this weekend as Keane made his Aston Villa debut wearing Grey/red/Black T90 Laser IV boots.
Nike’s recent collection of new colourways were all rather understated with the most understated of them all being the Dark Shadow/Volt CTR360 Maestri II colourway – a colourway which has become a massive hit amongst boot fans. So far Mario Balotelli and Robert Huth have worn the colourway and now Norwich’s Bradley Johnson has joined them.
Puma’s PowerCat 1.12 has been a huge success since their launch. Cesc Fabregas is the biggest name to have switched to Puma and the PowerCat 1.12 but others such as Bolton defender Gretar Steinsson – who was an AdiZero wearer – have switched to the German brand.
Hatem Ben Arfa has been in superb form for Newcastle of late. Ben Arfa has worn a host of boots in his time at the Toon and this weekend wore a pair of the original F50 AdiZero Chameleon/Electricity boots. The Chameleon/Electricity colourway was Leo Messi’s exclusive colourway – perhaps Ben Arfa is aiming to emulate the Bacelona star’s success.
Arguably the spot of the weekend, Sunderland winger James McClean had as thinking he was wearing Black/Warning/Electricity AdiZero MiCoach boots but a closer look revealed he was in fact wearing a bespoke pair of Black/Red/White MiAdidas boots – matched perfectly to his Sunderland kit.
On the subject of bespoke AdiZero boots and Lionel Messi… Adidas commissioned a bespoke Gold/White/Energy pair of AdiZero boots for Messi to celebrate his third Ballon d’Or which he wore for Barcelona’s cup game against Real Betis.
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